User talk:Courageo

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Spam in Courageous Persuaders

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Hello, I have deleted the article above, not only because it was presented as advertising, but also because most of the article seemed to have been copied directly from the program's website. Wikipedia works to maintain a neutral point of view in order to clearly convey our information in a non-biased manner. To that end, we ask that those people who have a personal affiliation to a subject not write about it, in case they inadvertently write an article that is supportive of the subject. Also, Wikipedia licenses all of its text under the GFDL, and so we cannot accept any content that is held under copyright. Such violations are deleted on sight. If you'd like to write an article, I'd encourage you to do so on a user subpage such as User:Courageo/Scholarship so that other editors can review your work and assist you before it goes "live" to avoid it being deleted as quickly. However, since you do appear to be involved with the project in some way, I'd ask that you instead request an article be created on it by someone else. Please let me know if you have any questions. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 18:10, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

That is better in the sense I'm not noticing any copyright violations, but it's still fairly promotional and doesn't talk a whole lot about the program itself. You also need some more third-party references that actually refer to the program - those CDC and DoJ links are great for double-checking the stats, but it's not what the article's about, and it does nothing to confirm that the program is indeed notable. As for writing the article, get rid of the sections you've taken from the DoJ and CDC reports. I know those should be public domain, and thus not a copyright problem, but they don't have anything to do with the program itself and turn the article into a coat-rack that overlaps onto other articles. The article should be about Courageous Persuaders only. Try also to turn the "Steps" section into prose instead of a bulleted list. The Manual of Style can help you out with that somewhat. Next, look for some information on reactions to this program, how the program started, etc.; all the while pulling from third-party sources and not the program website itself.

I'd again ask you to consider not writing this article yourself. It's great that you're willing to put this much work into it, but I'm afraid your involvement with the project may make things difficult for you in keeping the article neutral, and may blind you to other sources that are available to use. If you do wish to continue writing this, however, then the best of luck. I'd also recommend seeking assistance at the new contributor's help page and/or Requests for feedback (although keep in mind they're also going to warn you about the conflict-of-interest thing). Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 04:50, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:Courageo/Lipsum

User:Courageo/Lipsum, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Courageo/Lipsum and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Courageo/Lipsum during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:20, 21 February 2011 (UTC)