User talk:Southall Church of God

December 2012
I am sorry to have to cast a shadow over your start as a Wikipedia editor, but there are several problems regarding your editing, and the content you have posted has been deleted. This has been done because of two problems, both of which fall under Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion.
 * 1) The content was a copy of contents of the page http://southallcog.com/aboutus/81-general, and appeared to infringe copyright. Content must not be copied to Wikipedia from elsewhere unless there is unambiguous proof either that the content is in the public domain, or that the copyright owner has released it for reuse under terms compatible with Wikipedia's licensing conditions. This means that the copyright owner must have indicated that the content may be reused by anyone at all, for any purposes, commercial or otherwise, in its original form or modified. I could give you links to instructions on how to provide evidence of such licensing terms, but I doubt there would be any point, as, even in the unlikely event that such broad reuse conditions were accepted, it would still be unacceptable as a Wikipedia article, for the reason which follows.
 * 2) The content was unambiguous promotion. Wikipedia is not a medium for promotion of any sort. The article was full from start to finish with such language as "a story that is inspiring, and narrating God’s faithfulness in establishing his church in a community that desperately needs the love of Christ.We are blessed with an opportunity to serve many nations without going very far." This is not the kind of neutral reporting required for Wikipedia.

There are also two further problems relating to your account.
 * 1) Since you are clearly working for the Southall "church of god", you are not writing from a neutral point of view, and you have a conflict of interest in contributing to the encyclopaedia on the subject. Wikipedia guidleines strongly discourage us from writing about subjects in which we have a close personal involvement, which might cause difficulties in maintaining a neutral point of view, as indeed is illustrated by the highly promotional nature of the article you contributed. You are, of course, welcome to contribute on other subjects.
 * 2) Your username indicates that the account represents an organisation, rather than an individual person, which is contrary to Wikipedia policy. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:16, 18 December 2012 (UTC)