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Hi, thanks for email. I deleted your article because
 * it did not provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the organisation, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the organisation claims or interviewing its management. The supposed subject of your article isn't even mentioned until the last few lines of the article, which appears to be original research tangential to the article title, and looks like an educational project rather than an encyclopaedia article
 * you gave some references, but they were not in-line or formatted so we can't tell what fact each is supporting. The fact that there appears to be nothing linked on the internet is surprising if the institution is as notable as you claim
 * It would've been better if you would've done the research first &mdash;no, the idea is that you do the research and present it in a way that shows notability
 * it was written in a promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. Examples of unsourced claims presented as fact include: Not only was the studies findings nation wide, they went global and other countries were inspired to reevaluate the way in which their system work to make changes to improve. His work at Atlanta University reached other famous sociologist who then used his work as a base for their own studies, although some don’t give him credit for his work. 
 * the article was created in a single edit without wikilinks or references, and looks as if was copied from an unknown and possibly copyrighted source. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient.

You should not put your name to the article, you don't own it

It's not the worse I've seen, and if you want to try again, I'll post the deleted text to a user subpage for you to work on, just let me know. I suggest that you look at some other articles, like Oxford University to get some idea of how to edit and reference articles rather than just dump unformatted text on us

Cheers, Jimfbleak - talk to me?  13:33, 4 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Note that you don't need all the detail or the fancy referencing templates of the Oxford article, just for web refs or  for books etc will do. Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  16:11, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi, I've recreated here. I've tweaked a bit, adding a couple of links to other articles and converting one of your refs to the correct format to show you how they should look.


 * You need to go through the text adding other links (only link once to a particular article though, not every time, and format your references. If you use a reference more than once, use on the first occasion and    thereafter.


 * Write in proper paragraphs and do a spell check. More importantly, bear in mind that this is an encyclopaedia article. You shouldn't give any opinions or commentary on what you have written, just the facts. You also need to be clearer what your topic is. Is it the ASL, the history of the ASL or the foundations of sociology?


 * Despite the rocky start, I think this is potentially a useful topic, and you should feel free to ask any questions. I'll see your comments quicker if you post on my talk page rather than email me. You can alternatively leave a message on this page, and I will know you have done so if you start it with my user name, User:Jimfbleak and sign it with four tildes ~ when you post it. Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  07:08, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

I made these edits, mainly formatting and copy edits, although I removed two sentences that appear to be your opinions rather than referenced facts

You need to tidy the publications list. Either put a * before each item on a new lineto get a bullet list, or a # to get an auto-numbered list. You have left some refrences unformatted. You might want to add more categories too

I'm not sure why you haven't used any on-line resources, their seem to be plenty of good reputable sources out there, such as this and this

While I think it's OK to use "negro" in a historical context, African-American is better otherwise. I hope this helps Jimfbleak - talk to me?  15:28, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

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Thank you. --SineBot (talk) 19:18, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

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You can sign your comments automatically using four tildes ~. You can link to a web page using the format I gave above. ''I would like to also make it official and clear that no one change the term to African-American at all. I would like to keep this paper as authentic as possible and true to its form.''&mdash; see my previous comment about ownership of content. Anyone can edit any article, and if you are unhappy with good faith changes, you must discuss them with the other editor, not just revert to your preference. Having said that, this article is unlikely to get the same level of attention as, say, Barack Obama. You can restore the article at any time using the "Move" tab (don't cut-and-paste (that loses the history and upsets people). Good luck Jimfbleak - talk to me?  06:48, 6 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Please sign your comments automatically using four tildes ~ . You should have used the "Move" tab like I said, fixed now. You still have some references in parentheses eg (DuBois 1968). that you haven't formatted properly yet Jimfbleak - talk to me?  06:18, 7 December 2015 (UTC)