User talk:Kamran Hassan

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This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Kamran Hassan (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Requested username:

Kamran Hassan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

I am a student at the University of Maryland. I was working on a project for a comparative literature class. Our goal was to create a wikipedia page for a book that we read, which is titled Texaco. The reason I called the username Texaco, was so everyone in my group would easily remember that. However, I see that it is misleading. I have no official affiliation to the author, his publisher, or the novel and I make no profit from the advertisement of this book. I was simply trying to complete an assignment for school. I believe the goal of the assignment is to start a wikipedia page for an arguably important book of post colonial literature. I hope you will please allow us to continue.

Accept reason:

Allowing username change to requested username. Please put this request in at Wikipedia:Changing username as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. I'm also going to restore the deleted content to a subpage of your userspace for you (it will be moved when your account is renamed) so that you can continue to work on it; I'll drop you a further note in a few minutes with some advice on the content. Yunshui 雲‍水 15:14, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft

It's now at User:Texaco(novel)/Texaco (novel), and will move to User:Your new username/Texaco (novel) after your rename request is completed. First the good stuff; this is a very thorough draft which clearly shows that the book meets Wikipedia's inclusion criteria for books. It's comprehensive and contains lots of useful encyclopedia information. You don't need to do a great deal to get it ready for mainspace, but here are the major sticking points:

Promotional language - statements like "illuminates the truths of his homeland by delicately intertwining both historical and personal perspectives" are far too flowery for an encyclopedia. You need to go through the draft and look for peacock or weasel words that may have crept in, and rephrase those sections to make them more neutral. You can say that the novel has been widely praised, but you need to provide a source that specifically says, "this novel has been widely praised". Which leads me to:
Sourcing - there's a good deal of analysis here, but much of it is not sourced. That makes it original research, something Wikipedia doesn't like. If you want to write about metonymic gaps of double colonisation, you can - but only if someone else has done so first, and you reference their work. Your own analysis and opinions don't belong here. Have a read of the verifiability policy to get an idea of what sort of things need sources.

If you can address these two issues, you have a decent article on your hands - I've added a template to the top of the draft which you can use to submit it when you feel it's ready. One other thing - I've removed the image of the novel's cover temporarily, because it's been uploaded under the wrong licence - until the licencing is fixed, please don't use it.
If you need help, feel free to ask on my talkpage or at the Teahouse, or just ask your question here and place the code {{helpme}} above it. Yunshui 雲‍水 15:30, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You used the {{Help me}} template, but you wanted an answer from a specific editor. If you still need help, please add your question to that editor's talk page instead. Alternatively, you can ask your question at the Teahouse, the help desk, or join the #wikipedia-en-help IRC help channel to get real-time assistance. Click here for instant access.

Hi, Yunshui, thank you so much for your help. We have updated a few things. We have to present in a few minutes, if I hit submit will the page go under review, and possible be rejected? I know that the "promotional" language needs to be addressed, and if we do remove it, i believe that will help us satisfy the sourcing "sticking" point you have addressed.

I wouldn't expect it to be rejected if submitted, though it does depend a bit on who you get as a reviewer. Review can take a few weeks, though. I hope your presentation went well; sorry I didn't see this until today. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:41, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Image

I've listed the book's cover image for deletion on Wikimedia Commons, since it can't be used under a CC-BY-SA licence. When you've got the article up, let me know and I'll upload it for you under fair use (I can't do that until there is an article to use it in). Yunshui 雲‍水 15:45, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]