User talk:Celestina wang

July 2016

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Proposed deletion of Mark Hollis (actor)

The article Mark Hollis (actor) has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

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A concern

Hi Celestina, do you, Starrysky666, and Larry Thomson know each other off-wiki, either in real life or over the Internet? You three all have very similar editing styles and are editing very similar topics, especially related to Tzu Chi and Buddhism. Have you all been asked to edit Wikipedia by a third party? If so, I would like to know the details; conflict of interest editing is very strongly discouraged on Wikipedia. Graham87 09:12, 19 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Graham, I am very surprised that my page had been

deleted. This was my second article and I was not aware of G12. Larry is my friend in real life. We are both Buddhists and would like to contribute to Wikipedia from the areas or topics that we are familiar with. I do not know Starrysky. Larry and I are new and I don't understand why would you say we are asked to edit Wikipedia by a third party? This is very shocking and as well, disappointing me. I was putting effort to contribute voluntarily and Wikipedia is a platform for everyone to contribute our knowledge, yet I receive such concern from an admin. Can you please explain to us what is COI so that we could contribute in a correct way in Wikipedia. Thank you. Celestina wang (talk) 16:29, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You were all editing in very similar ways ... adding wikilinks in incorrect places and, in Starrysky666's case, making unnecessary changes to word order that sometimes changed the meaning of the text. Also, you'd all be in contact with each other. I thought you might have all been instructed by a third party to pad up your edit account to gain some leverage on Wikipedia, or something like that.

Re COI, see the plain and simple conflict of interest guide and the messages below my reply. Graham87 03:02, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Graham. It is okay that you mentioned the edit style of Larry and I are similar because we are friend and new. But I really do not know who is Starrysky. I will read through the article of COI and thanks for your guidance. I add in wikilinks because I really thought those links were being left out. May I know in what circumstance we can add in wikilinks? Thank you very much for your guidance and I will continue contributing to wikipedia and appreciate if you could continue to mentor my contributions. 36.84.68.42 (talk) 06:10, 28 July 2016 (UTC) This was me Celestina wang (talk) 06:14, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia's guidance about linking is at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking. In general, common words such as "Olympic" (as in the swimming example) and major geographical features like Los Angeles should not be linked. By the way, there's no need to note on my talk page that you've replied to me; if you add a link to my username, for example using the {{replyto}} template, I'll get a notification about it. Your talk page is also on my watchlist, so I'll find out about changes to it that way. Graham87 06:45, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Australia Oriental Media Buddhist Charity Association

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A tag has been placed on Australia Oriental Media Buddhist Charity Association requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://aombca.org/%E6%9C%BA%E6%9E%84%E7%AE%80%E4%BB%8B/. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Welcome!

Hello, Celestina wang, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! JohnCD (talk) 20:03, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Advice

Welcome to Wikipedia. Apart from copyright, there is another reason why copying an organization's own website is not a good idea. That gives the story the subject wants to tell the world about itself, and will tend to have blue-sky stuff about its vision, mission etc; but an encyclopedia article should be an external view of the subject, based mainly on what other people have said about it, factual not opinion-based, covering what the organization has actually achieved rather than what it hopes to do. If Wikipedia allowed organizations simply to post copies of their promotional material, it would be no more use as an encyclopedia than Facebook.

The Wikipedia:Notability requirement for references showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" is there partly as a check that others beside the subject consider it important or significant, but also to ensure that there are sources to enable a neutral, independent article to be written.

I have this conversation so often that I have written User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard to explain some of the issues. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:03, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi JohnCD,okay noted. This was my second article and I have made a mistake. I will continue contributing to Wikipedia and learned a lesson. Appreciate if you could continue mentoring my article or contribution in near future. Thank you. Celestina wang (talk) 06:20, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No worries! Building an encyclopedia is a complicated business, and there is no way one could know all about it to start, so the only way to progress is to make mistakes and learn from them. Another tip: in talk page conversations, it is usual to indent successive contributions, as I have done here, by adding colon characters : at the beginning of paragraphs. I am quite busy IRL at the moment, so I can't guarantee to monitor your contributions, but ask me if you have a specific question. There is also the "Teahouse" which is a place for new users to ask advice. JohnCD (talk) 14:21, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]