User talk:Abthomps

Your submission at Articles for creation: Air mobility command museum (June 18)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Calliopejen1 was:

You say that "Some of this text is taken from the pages of the Air Mobility Command Museum website" because that website is public domain, but that is not true. The website is explicitly marked as copyrighted (© 1999 - 2015 AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.). I have removed essentially all prose content from this article because I could not quickly determine what was copied. You are welcome to rewrite and resubmit -- please leave a note below this comment indicating that all the text is in your own words before resubmitting.

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Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:00, 18 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Abthomps, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about why your article submission was declined please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:00, 18 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Air Mobility Command Museum (July 5)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by MatthewVanitas was:

You cannot simply quote an organization talking about itself. That's not an encyclopedia article, that's just a homepage. Wikipedia is not a place for an organization to simply make a duplicate "About Us!!!" page. You really need to read WP:Notability (organizations) to understand what kind of sourcing is required of you. Long/short, we don't care at all what the AMCM has to say about itself, we care about what uninvolved journalists and academics have had to say about AMCA. You should have almost no citations to the museum itself, except for extremely basic things like opening year and location. We want to see inependent, objective, expert observations about the Museum, cited to published works.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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MatthewVanitas (talk) 13:16, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Abthomps, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about why your article submission was declined please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! MatthewVanitas (talk) 13:16, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Air Mobility Command Museum has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Air Mobility Command Museum. Thanks! Sulfurboy (talk) 06:21, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Air Mobility Command Museum has been accepted

Air Mobility Command Museum, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:34, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]