User talk:DavidADunne

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Speedy deletion nomination of WriteStuff

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A tag has been placed on WriteStuff requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Conflict of interest

Hello, DavidADunne. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest.

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 10:02, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've declined the speedy but offhand there were issues with tone. I've re-written parts of it, but I have to stress that I would highly, HIGHLY recommend that you go through one of our WikiProjects and submit this via WP:AfC to ensure that other editors are monitoring your editing to ensure that the article is properly sourced and neutrally written. It's usually discouraged for people to edit with a COI, as it's very easy for you to write an article that sounds more promotional and positive than you might realize it to be. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 10:02, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: WriteStuff (May 15)

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Rankersbo (talk) 07:47, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! DavidADunne, 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!

May 2014

I see that you have put quite a bit of time into writing and editing your draft article. I see that you have also been encouraged to put more time in, for such purposes as "to ensure that other editors are monitoring your editing to ensure that the article is properly sourced and neutrally written". I think it only fair, however, to tell you that it seems to me that its subject probably does not satisfy Wikipedia's notability guidelines. If that is so, then no matter how well sourced and neutrally written the page may be, it will almost certainly be deleted, so that any time and effort put into it is likely to be wasted. Rewriting an article may clear up some problems, such as promotional tone, but no amount of rewriting an article can change the notability of the subject of the article. I am sorry to be so discouraging about the draft, which, as I have already said, has evidently taken you some time and effort, but I actually think that warning you that the article is unlikely ever to be accepted is more friendly than encouraging you to believe that putting lots more work into it will save the article, if in fact it won't. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:00, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:WriteStuff

Hello DavidADunne. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "WriteStuff".

The page will shortly be deleted. If you plan on editing the page to address the issues raised when it was declined and resubmit it, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code. Please note that Articles for Creation is not for indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you want to retrieve it, copy this code: {{subst:Refund/G13|Draft:WriteStuff}}, paste it in the edit box at this link, click "Save page", and an administrator will in most cases undelete the submission.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 10:23, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]