User talk:Torimcneely
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Hello, Torimcneely, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:38, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article ChangeJar is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ChangeJar until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. jcc (tea and biscuits) 22:00, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
- Hi - I received a notification of the deletion. Offhand the article has several issues that must be resolved if the article is to have a good chance of surviving the deletion discussion.
- The first issue is that the article does not have many sources that discuss the app itself. You have sources that are related, but aren't about the app itself - which is what you mostly need here. Things like this are good, but you definitely want to get broader coverage since this source is somewhat local. Local sources tend to be greatly depreciated on Wikipedia because they often serve a "local color" function and papers are more likely to cover local people.
- Some of the content in the article doesn't seem to be all that pertinent to the article topic, such as an offhand mention about the number of smartphone users. While this does relate to the app, it's not really something that's important enough to include as far as Wikipedia's guidelines are concerned.
- Be very careful about tone, as it's easy for articles to get a promotional or too casual tone without really intending for this to happen. Unfortunately Wikipedia is often inundated with people trying to market something, so editors can sometimes get a little on the defensive and assume something is promotional.
- I'm going to do some cleanup to help deal with some of the issues, so the main thing I want you to look for is independent, reliable sourcing that's about the app itself. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:32, 28 November 2017 (UTC)