User talk:Staffsmcav

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Hello, Staffsmcav, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Staffsmcav, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 22:52, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality and verifiability

I am not "sabotaging" your edits. That's simply unreasonable. But you are not complying with Wikipedia guidelines. Wikipedia requires citations to reliable, authoritative, and neutral third-party sources. Two good sets of Wikipedia guidelines that I have found really useful can be found HERE and HERE.George Custer's Sabre (talk) 07:20, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Don't put Sheikh or Mawlana in page title

Please see the Wikipedia guidelines om Titles and styles, which can be found here:

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WP:TITLESINTITLES

"Styles, such as "His Grace" or "HRH", are not used in the page titles of biographical articles.

"Honorifics and other titles such as "King", "Queen", "Blessed", "Mother", "Father", "Doctor", "Professor", etc. are not generally used to begin the titles of biographical articles, unless they are used to form the unambiguous name by which the subject is clearly best known (as in Mother Teresa, Father Damien, Mahatma Gandhi).

"Where such qualifiers are used, they are not abbreviated. Redirects should be created from commonly used forms containing such qualifiers; this may include abbreviated forms. For example, Blessed John Forest redirects to John Forest, and Dr Livingstone redirects to David Livingstone.

"For guidance on the use of the title "Saint", and for clerical titles such as "Pope", see the clergy naming guideline.

"For the use of titles in the names of articles on monarchs, other royals and members of the nobility, see the royalty and nobility guideline.

George Custer's Sabre (talk) 17:31, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Mawlana As-Sayed Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Mawlana As-Sayed Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi 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/Mawlana As-Sayed Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi 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.Jeff5102 (talk) 12:38, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

December 2016

Hello, I'm Serols. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —the one you made with this edit to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mawlana As-Sayed Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi— because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Serols (talk) 12:53, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Issuing level 1 warning about removing AfD template from articles before the discussion is complete. (Peachy 2.0 (alpha 8))

Welcome to Wikipedia. Please do not remove Articles for deletion notices from articles, or remove other people's comments in Articles for deletion debates, as you did with Mawlana As-Sayed Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi. Otherwise, it may be difficult to create consensus. If you oppose the deletion of an article, please comment at the respective page instead. This is an automated message from a bot about this edit, where you removed the deletion template from an article before the deletion discussion was complete. If this message is in error, please report it.—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 12:56, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mawlana As-Sayed Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Serols (talk) 12:56, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Mawlana As-Sayed Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi, you may be blocked from editing. Serols (talk) 13:56, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

December 2016

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. When you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion (but never when editing articles), such as at wp:Articles for deletion/Mawlana As-Sayed Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi, please be sure to sign your posts. There are two ways to do this. Either:

Add four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment; or
With the cursor positioned at the end of your comment, click on the signature button ( or ) located above the edit window.

This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is necessary to allow other editors to easily see who wrote what and when.

Thank you. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 20:44, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Question about user name.

Hello, Staffsmcav. We have met before in the AfD about an article you created, Mawlana As-Sayed Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi. I also left you the message above about signing posts, and I'm glad to see that you've started doing this. It is very helpful to other editors. I'm posting this to ask you another question and possibly let you know about another policy Wikipedia has.

Namely, I wanted to know if your account name refers to an organization. I infer from the "Staff" part of the name that you may be on the staff of an organization, possibly with the acronym MCAV. I only ask because there is a policy about names that "...are names of posts within organizations, such as "Secretary of the XY Foundation", are not permitted, as such a post may be held by different persons at different times." I wanted to let you know about this in case my suppositions were in the right general area. If not, feel free to ignore.

Finally, I wish you the best with you editing career here. I know that the standards and norms of the community are bewildering to the new editor, particularly one that wishes to add content they feel is missing. You may want to check out these resources for new editors if you haven't yet: The Missing Manual to Wikipedia and a guided tour/tutorial to various Wikipedia features. Best wishes. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 03:46, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Advice

Do not be discouraged if the article you created is deleted. The first article I created was speedily deleted within a few hours of my writing it. At least you got a hearing.

Can I give some advice? I looked at an older version of your article.[1]

Quotations need individual citations - see Wikipedia:Quotations
You need to show notability. For someone who is alive now, newspaper articles are useful to show notability. They do not have to be in the English language. If you cite newspapers, I strongly advise putting in full details - names of newspaper, date, article name, author (if known) - the reason for this is that newspaper websites often remove old articles, or move the URLs, but if you have full details people can always consult a paper version.

-- Toddy1 (talk) 12:56, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Mawlana Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi

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A tag has been placed on Mawlana Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, such as at Articles for Deletion. When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discusion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:16, 3 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]