User talk:Cortnie330/sandbox

Contested deletion

This page should not be speedily deleted because... (your reason here) --Cortnie330 (talk) 16:45, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

I was trying a create a project page for a Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon to increase the visibility of women scientists for Women's history month and I made a small mistake which (I think) I quickly corrected. I'm not sure why my user page should be deleted. I hope that the Wikipedia community welcomes my contributions for increasing the visibility for women in STEM and will forgive the mistake of an inexperienced user who is trying to improve. This project is in collaboration with the University of Michigan.

Thanks for your consideration!

The article was a copyright violation. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. The page you copied is not PD. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient. But in any case the copyrighted text is far too promotional to be useful for Wikipedia's purposes, so there would not be any point in your jumping through all the hoops that are required.

Also the text is a hagiography, not neutral text sourced to independent third-party sources. One example of unsourced claims presented as fact include: recognized by all associated with her as a superb teacher. Her lectures were well organized and clear, and although she always arrived to class with copious handwritten notes, she rarely, if ever, consulted them during her presentations. After lecture she always stayed and answered questions until all were satisfied. Few students failed her courses, mainly because she was so diligent in offering help both in and outside of class.

Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:49, 13 March 2017 (UTC)