User talk:Tarek Mahdy

September 2019

 * 1) Unless there are specific reasons for doing otherwise, it is best to use only one account. If there are reasons for using more than one, then it is essential to make it clear that you are doing so. Not doing so may cause various problems, such as difficulty in keeping track of edits done using different accounts. There is also the unfortunate fact that some people make undeclared use of multiple accounts for deceptive purposes, and while I am sure you are not doing so, it is much better to avoid any risk of anyone forming that impression, by declaring all accounts you have used. I suggest posting a message here listing all accounts you have used, and likewise on the talk pages and/or user pages of those other accounts.
 * 2) Please don't create more than one copy of a page under different titles. Doing so can make it very difficult to keep track of pages and changes to them.
 * 3) Unfortunately there are several reasons why the draft you have created was unsuitable as a Wikipedia article, such as the fact that it was not written from the detached point of view that is required (to give just one example, a Wikipedia article should not say things like "On a personal note...") and the fact that, while the draft is by no means totally promotional, it was not completely neutral in tone. However, far more important is the issue of copyright. When you post anything to Wikipedia you release it for anyone in the world to reuse it, either unchanged or modified in any way whatever, for any purposes whatever (including commercial use) subject to attribution to Wikipedia. It is very rare that the owner of a web site licenses content for such very free reuse, and in those few occasions when they do so, we require proof of the fact. We don't assume that content is freely licensed on the unsubstantiated say so of just anyone who comes along and creates a Wikipedia account. In this case I have been unable to find any evidence that the text you posted is licensed for such free use. The page for requesting free access reuse on the Springer website did not accept my request for publication for profit on a web site with no password protection and with a circulation of hundreds of thousands or more.
 * 4) Before doing any more editing about yourself please read one or both of Wikipedia's guidelines on conflict of interest and autobiographies, which discourage one from doing so.
 * 5) My advice to new editors is that it is best to start by making small improvements to existing articles, rather than creating new articles. That way any mistakes you make will be small ones, and you won't have the discouraging experience of repeatedly seeing hours of work deleted. Gradually, you will get to learn how Wikipedia works, and after a while you will know enough about what is acceptable to be able to write whole new articles without fear that they will be deleted. Over the years I have found that editors who start by making small changes to existing articles and work up from there have a far better chance of having a successful time here than those who jump right into creating new articles from the start.  Of course that advice will not appeal to you if you have no interest in editing Wikipedia except for using it to publicise yourself and your work, but in that case you should not be editing at all, because that is not what Wikipedia is for. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:38, 10 September 2019 (UTC)