User talk:Joodia

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Hi! I would like to inform you that the Articles for Creation submission which was previously located here: User:Joodia/Matthew 25: Ministries has been moved to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Matthew 25: Ministries, this move was made automatically and doesn't affect your article. Your draft is waiting for a review by an experienced editor, if you have any questions please ask on our Help Desk! Have a nice day. ArticlesForCreationBot (talk) 20:54, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your question at the AfC help desk

I just saw your question at the AfC help desk, but you removed it before I could reply. Was that deliberate? Huon (talk) 14:05, 4 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

Hello! Joodia, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! Sarah (talk) 05:32, 9 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation

Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. You are welcome to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit once you feel they have been resolved.

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Nathan2055 ^talk 16:27, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Your submission at Articles for creation

Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. You are welcome to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit once you feel they have been resolved.

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! avs5221^{(talk|contrib)} 18:25, 1 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation

Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. You are welcome to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit once you feel they have been resolved.

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Excirial^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 19:26, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Matthew 25: Ministries

Hello,

You recently reviewed an article I have been working on about Matthew 25: Ministries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Matthew_25:_Ministries. You told me that the article reads like an advertisement and not like an encyclopedia. I was told this once before and was told to make it more dry. I thought I had removed any flowery wording and felt I added enough outside, reliable sources to back up the information. I have been declined several times and am doing my best to rectify each problem. I was wondering if you could give me some specific examples of where the article gives an advertisement feel and how I might fix that? It is not my intention to create an advertisement I just want to provide information on the organization. Should I remove all links to the organization's website? These are in place simply to provide the most updated information of the given topic; however, if they are the reason for the advertisement feel then I can certainly remove them. Again, if you can please give me some examples of advertisement and how I could go about fixing that I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you for your time. Joodia (talk) 19:53, 13 July 2012 (UTC)Joodia[reply]

Hello there Joodia,

I can definitely point out some example's for you, but before doing so i would suggest having a look at the list of good quality article's. The article's listed there have been quality checked, and while they are not the very best there are on Wikipedia, they tend to make excellent examples for one's own page. You might want to have a look at a few of them and compare the writing style to your own.

As for the promotional issue, here are a few examples (These aren't the only ones in the page though).

General issue - don't link external pages inside the article body, this is considered linkspam intended to draw a reader to a certain page. External links go into a separate external links section, and only when they are warranted. Note that you only need 1 link to a certain page (EG: a link to the official site only, not to various sub pages as well).
His experience in material handling enabled him to develop an efficient system to rescue (Non neutral, promotional - goes for the entire line)
Matthew 25 seeks to address the comprehensive problems of severe poverty worldwide by helping create (Promotional, Peacock terms)
Matthew 25: Ministries has developed an efficient, effective, adaptable template for deploying humanitarian aid that works successfully for local, regional, national and international relationships and for ongoing aid or disaster relief. (Entire line is promotional, and riddled with peacock terms)
Matthew 25: Ministries is unique among organizations with similar missions and ministries in many ways: (More promotional lines, and the entire section under this line is a downright advertisement).
Matthew 25 helps the poorest of the poor nationally and internationally regardless of race, creed or political persuasion. (Non neutral - true or not, it is another promotional line).

Note that in this case the entire article's structure and content have a rather promotional feeling, as opposed to just having promotional or non neutral sections. This is mostly due to the way the article has been set up: Mission statement, a list of programs, a "Strategic Planning and Sustainability" which honestly seems to read as "We are better then them because" and two lists: "Recent Accomplishments" and "Matthew 25: Ministries and Disasters" which for most part showcase recent accomplishments.

I am aware this is a rather large list, and i have to be fair and say that content-wise the article is in quite a bad shape. Ignoring the content for a second i do have to state that (Sans the promotion) the article is in a very decent shape otherwise. References are definitely good, it has been properly sectioned and the writing itself isn't bad. It just lacks some category's and wikilinks but that is really a very minor issue. If it is any consolidation: I believe that the organization itself passes the notability criteria, so if the excessive promotion is taken care of, i wouldn't see a real reason to reject the article. Excirial^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 19:07, 15 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation

Matthew 25: Ministries, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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:- ) Don 05:18, 25 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation

Reverend Wendell Mettey, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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avs5221^{(talk|contrib)} 04:48, 30 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Nomination of Wendell Mettey for deletion

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Orange Mike | Talk 20:00, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Joodia. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Wendell Mettey, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
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In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:02, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Joodia (talk) 19:16, 1 July 2021 (UTC) Joodia[reply]

Thank you for making us aware of more detailed review policies affecting our articles that have been implemented in the 10 years since these articles were originally reviewed and approved for publishing.

We are currently in the process of reviewing our Wikipedia articles for current information and active documentation links and are willing to make edits and updates to any information that does not meet Wikipedia’s current approval criteria. The article in question was stringently reviewed by Wikipedia editors when originally published 10 years ago, and we made a number of changes to the original text to ensure that the article met the following types of criteria:

• Was written from a neutral point of view (NPOV). The article fairly represents the actions and activities of the person in question

• Was documented by reliable, verifiable resources for each topic

• Did not include any opinions or subjective statements or make any editorial remarks

• Did not include any undocumented, unverifiable original research

• Did not use contentious or judgmental language or make any derogatory, libelous or defamatory statements.

The article is about an individual who is notable as an individual and as the founder of a large nonprofit (Forbes America’s 2020 Top Charities https://www.forbes.com/companies/matthew-25-ministries/?list=top-charities/&sh=710451c628ec), and all information in the article is written from a neutral point of view and is verifiable. No original research was included in the article. No private information was shared regarding this individual. If any of the citation links have expired, they can/will be replaced with active links documenting the same information.

If the Wikipedia review team would like to indicate which specific items need to be updated and if needed provide insights into what the problem is, we will be happy to review and revise the information.