User talk:Shaught

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Bencherlite ^Talk 00:52, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Global Missions EJOURNAL

No need to be rude. Now, the content as written contained passages such as "EJournal provides thought-provoking biblical and theological content, that challenges the reader to think outside their comfort zone about how one can meet God in His mission field, wherever and whatever that may be. EJournal does not align with political positions, nor side with or against social institutions, governments or leaders. Our position is strictly neutral, and only aligned with interests and mandates as found in the Bible. Whether a reader is a missionary, or a supporter of missionaries or maybe thinking about taking up the call to serve, EJournal provides a valuable source of news, information and inspiration about “the mission” around the globe and the challenges faced by Christian religious organizations in fulfilling The Great Commission" - certainly not neutral language and instead advertising. Ironholds (talk) 00:44, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I saw your message on user talk:Ironholds and thought I would reply as well (in fact, we ended up replying at the same time and I got an edit conflict: this is what I wrote before I saw what Ironholds wrote)

Using my administrator privileges, I've read the deleted article. I agree that Ironholds was right to delete it on sight. Phrases such as "Our position is strictly neutral, and only aligned with interests and mandates as found in the Bible" and "EJournal provides a valuable source of news, information and inspiration about “the mission” around the globe and the challenges faced by Christian religious organizations in fulfilling The Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20)" are, I'm afraid, words of advertising and promotion in the eyes of Wikipedia. Can I make a few suggestions and comments?

Firstly, read the links above about what Wikipedia is for. You ought also to read what it is not for.
Secondly, if the journal is "notable" (see here for what Wikipedia means by "notable"), then someone else will write about it eventually. Wikipedia has guidance on writing where there's a conflict of interest, and you have such a COI here as the founder of the journal. Such editing is "strongly discouraged".
Thirdly, I'd suggest reading Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause. It makes the point that the same standards apply to articles about "good" things like religious journals as they do for our other articles: it is not enough to show that the subject exists, but it has to be notable, as demonstrated by reliable sources that are independent of the subject.
Fourthly, don't Ironholds, or me, or anyone else to telephone you. That's not how Wikipedia works. And don't expect him or me to drop our pseudonyms, which we, like the majority of editors here, use for good personal and / or professional reasons.

Regards, Bencherlite ^Talk 00:52, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]