User talk:Cblount17

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Umoja Learning Community

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Umoja Learning Community, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Also, it was not sourced from reliable sources unconnected with the subject that treated the subject in depth. -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 04:25, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

@Shalor (Wiki Ed): One (maybe three) of your lambs have gone astray. The draft was not tagged as a student thing, and they probably should not have pushed the submit button. -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 04:30, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

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December 2017

Hello, Cblount17. Thank you for helping to build Wikipedia-- the world's largest free content encyclopedia. I'm sorry, but  Draft:Umoja Learning Community has been deleted as meeting WP:CSD#G11. "This applies to pages that are exclusively promotional and would need to be fundamentally rewritten to conform with Wikipedia:NOTFORPROMOTION." These must be rewritten from scratch from "reliable, third party sources unconnected to the subject." See WP:RS.

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You may find this tool useful: Google custom search Don't feel discouraged. My first attempts at creating articles were deleted too. -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 04:26, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

Article notability and neutrality

Hi! I was tagged by Dlohcierekim, so I wanted to give you some feedback over your draft.

The article would definitely need to have sourcing that is independent of the non-profit itself and any persons or organizations affiliated with them. It can actually be incredibly difficult for non-profits to gain enough coverage to justify inclusion on Wikipedia because most media outlets tend to overlook them or only mention them offhand - especially if they are more of a local group. This means that most non-profits will fail notability guidelines, unfortunately.

As far as neutrality goes, make sure that you are writing in a formal third person style. Avoid terms like "we, me, you, and I", as these are too casual to use and don't fit the type of writing style that Wikipedia uses. It can also exacerbate promotional or non-neutral writing if/when it's present. Also avoid a writing style that talks up the article topic and has the goal of getting people to join or participating with the non-profit. This is the type of thing that would be seen as promotional, which can lead to the article getting deleted.

I hope that this helps explain why the page was deleted. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:56, 14 December 2017 (UTC)