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Your edits
Hi Ocean, thanks for your note. The problem with your edits is threefold. (1) First, they are highly POV. This is not, in and of itself, a problem, because we want all majority and significant-minority POVs to be represented. However, we need to use good sources, and the more controversial or hard-hitting the POV, the better the source should be. (2) What counts as a good source is much debated, but most editors agree, and the policies state, that anonymous posters on personal websites can't be used, because we don't know who they are, or what their qualifications are for making the statement being attributed to them. We publish material only if it has already been published in a credible publication. (3) You're attempting to use the Ali Sina website in a number of different places, a website you're clearly connected to in some way, and self-promotion is poorly regarded here. See Misplaced Pages:What Misplaced Pages is not.
Criticism of Islam (and everything else) is welcomed, but it has to be written in a scholarly or encyclopedic style, well-sourced to academics, journalists, theologians, political commentators, and the like; and it shouldn't cross into bigotry. Someone who has made many of the points you're making is Nick Cohen of The Observer. He might be someone you can use as a source. Cheers, SlimVirgin 21:54, 23 October 2005 (UTC)