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Assume you have been contacted by an engineering student who have lost his/her results work that was saved on a flash disk. Explain how you can help such a student to recover or back up his or her work ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TUMWEKWASE TOMOS ( talk • contribs) 14:25, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia's users will not do your homework for you. -- Orange Mike | Talk 23:22, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
I have made improvements to the page for Augustus Post and I believe it may now meet the requirements of a higher class in the grading system. It was originally given a C. Is it possible to get it reviewed again to see if a higher grade might now be appropriate? ~~hollykatharine
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Hi! I was told my page didn't contain enough outside sources and read more like an advertisement. I'd love to make these changes so my page can get published but I'm not so sure what reads like an advertisement and what doesn't. I think I used many outside sources like Forbes and USA Today. I hope you can help! Thank you so much! Jsavasta ( talk) 21:28, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
We here at Wikipedia often use the word advertising in a broader sense that you might imagine. For us, it means an article that appears to be little more than an extension of a company's web site. And I think that's what the reviewer had in mind when they used the word to describe your submission. There's a good deal of discussion of the web site's content, but relatively little about the company itself. I haven't gone through all of your sources, so I don't have an opinion as to whether there is enough material in them to justify an article on your company. But, "more company history, less web content" is the direction you should take. By the way, there is almost never anything encyclopedic about documenting the company's financing. All companies get their financing from one source or another and there is rarely anything notable about the particular source. If a big investment played a significant role in the company's history, then a sentence in there might be appropriate, but a separate section for it? No.
I hope this response has been helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 03:49, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
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Assume you have been contacted by an engineering student who have lost his/her results work that was saved on a flash disk. Explain how you can help such a student to recover or back up his or her work ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TUMWEKWASE TOMOS ( talk • contribs) 14:25, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia's users will not do your homework for you. -- Orange Mike | Talk 23:22, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
I have made improvements to the page for Augustus Post and I believe it may now meet the requirements of a higher class in the grading system. It was originally given a C. Is it possible to get it reviewed again to see if a higher grade might now be appropriate? ~~hollykatharine
Hollykatharine (
talk)
20:26, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
Hi! I was told my page didn't contain enough outside sources and read more like an advertisement. I'd love to make these changes so my page can get published but I'm not so sure what reads like an advertisement and what doesn't. I think I used many outside sources like Forbes and USA Today. I hope you can help! Thank you so much! Jsavasta ( talk) 21:28, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
We here at Wikipedia often use the word advertising in a broader sense that you might imagine. For us, it means an article that appears to be little more than an extension of a company's web site. And I think that's what the reviewer had in mind when they used the word to describe your submission. There's a good deal of discussion of the web site's content, but relatively little about the company itself. I haven't gone through all of your sources, so I don't have an opinion as to whether there is enough material in them to justify an article on your company. But, "more company history, less web content" is the direction you should take. By the way, there is almost never anything encyclopedic about documenting the company's financing. All companies get their financing from one source or another and there is rarely anything notable about the particular source. If a big investment played a significant role in the company's history, then a sentence in there might be appropriate, but a separate section for it? No.
I hope this response has been helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. NewYorkActuary ( talk) 03:49, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
Diyar Kurda (
talk)
21:35, 14 July 2017 (UTC)