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Hello Veronica678, and welcome to Misplaced Pages! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your edits have not conformed to Misplaced Pages's Neutral Point of View policy, and have been reverted. Misplaced Pages articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media.

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Concerning your edits to Almeda University and Life Experience Degrees

Please stop. If you continue to violate Misplaced Pages's NPOV policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, you will be blocked from editing Misplaced Pages. A.J.A. 06:01, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Veronica678 10:11, 29 September 2006 (UTC) Why would you invalidate true and factual information that is validated by accurate links? A.J.A is NOT NEUTRAL, but is providing only the negative comments without providing a fair and factual representation. For example, the article about a dog getting an Almeda degree is completely inaccurate. According to the BBB, Almeda has rejected (turned down) over 90,000 applicants that didn't meet the requirements. Furthermore, Almeda requires a valid identification before it confers a degree. That article has been proven false several times as the author has failed to provide a copy of Rover's diploma even after numerous requests.
Next, Almeda was never closed down in Florida by legal action. The Oregon website quoted by A.J.A. was wrong. The Florida news article quoted by Veronica was accurate. In it, it states that that in 2003, Almeda reached an agreement with the State of Florida to cease issuing degrees from within the state of Florida and to cease direct advertising to Florida residents. If you do some research, you will find this is accurate and A.J.A.'s statement is false.
Now A.J.A. is threatening to block this accurate information in favor of inaccuracies.

The statement regarding the dog is sourced. Your assertion of inaccuracy isn't. Therefore I have reverted it again. Please review WP:V and WP:NOR. A.J.A. 17:00, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

So what? It's clearly biasaed as are you. Perhaps I am too, but you fail to give both sides of the Almeda argument. Only one. At least I give both sides. I am much more neutral than are you. Do you think everything in the newspaper is true? The news article has given no proof at all to the validity of the dog story. Did you know that when you get a degree from Almeda they validate your Identification? Do you want me to prove that? Where did the dog get his I.D.? It didn't happen. No "doggie diploma" has ever been produced becaus none exist. Period!

Furthermore, even if a "doggie diploma" did exist, it would be complete fraud on the part of the person that applied. It would be akin to having a friend take your SAT's or cheating on an important college entry exam.

I have reviewed WP:V and WP:NOR and as clearly as I can see, I am in no way violating any of its parameters. You have launched your own personal attack on Almeda University and Life Experience Degrees. You are clearly a violation of NPOV policy. Please stop or I will have you reported for spewing a personal attack against Almeda University.

Be aware that I made a report myself. A.J.A. 18:29, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Veronica, Misplaced Pages is an encyclopaedia, committed to presenting what is verifiable from reliable secondary sources in a neutral way. The consensus among reliable sources is that life experience degrees are worthless and a hallmark of diploma mills. Your assertions to the contrary amount, I'm afraid, to original research, in that they are not backed by reliable sources. You may feel that it is terribly unfair that unaccredited schools are given a rough ride on Misplaced Pages, but that is a reflection on their verifiable lack of academic credibility. Above all, when we have cited criticisms from state governments, these should not be removed. Before you can fix this in Misplaced Pages, you first need to fix it in the real world: once state governments and educationalists stop criticising unaccredited colleges and (especially) life experience degrees, then we can reflect that here. Until that happens you are swimming against the tide and are unlikely to get what you want. Guy 08:57, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Copyright, cutting and pasting

Your edits to Life Experience Degrees are simply cut-and-pasted from . As it says blow the edit box, "Content that violates any copyright will be deleted." Oh, it also says, "Do not copy text from other websites without permission. It will be deleted." Perhaps you missed those. --jpgordon 22:14, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

I own that material. I wrote it and I agreed to allow it on degreeadvice. How do you want me to prove that to you? Shall I have them give me credit for the write up on their website?