User talk:Monochuck

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I have very carefully checked through the article The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet. It is clear that the thrust of the article is to support the views espoused in the book which it is about, and perhaps also to publicise the book. Even the section titled "Controversy" merely dismisses the criticisms of the book as personal attacks "for her challenges to establishment thinking". A Wikipedia article needs to be written from a neutral point of view, and writing to promote or publicise anything, including a book or a point of view, is not permitted by Wikipedia policy. The article will therefore be deleted, in accordance with Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion.

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.. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 20:22, 26 May 2017 (UTC)