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Hello, DocSully, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Below are some pages you might find helpful. For a user-friendly interactive help forum see the Wikipedia Teahouse.

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Africatown Heritage House, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. I dream of horses (Contribs) (Talk) 15:38, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted because it included copyrighted content, which is not permitted on Wikipedia. You are welcome to write an article on the subject, but please do not use copyrighted work. I dream of horses (Contribs) (Talk) 15:38, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, DocSully! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering 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! I dream of horses (Contribs) (Talk) 15:38, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Your recent article submission has been rejected. If you have further questions, you can ask at the Articles for creation help desk or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help. The reason left by I dream of horses was: This submission is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia.
I dream of horses (Contribs) (Talk) 16:52, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

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Information icon Hello, DocSully. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. S0091 (talk) 17:30, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If you have a COI, then you need to declare it (see WP:COIDECLARE). Even so, you can still submit a draft. I'd let the existing one just be deleted because it has several issues. I believe the museum can likely meet the the notability guidelines but like I said in response to your help desk query, you need to take a completely different approach. S0091 (talk) 17:37, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Doc, the administer declined the deletion nomination (i.e. it was not deleted). I chopped it down, added some secondary sources and re-added the draft template to allow for re-submission but it needs to be expanded based on what the secondary sources have written. I may work on it in the next week or so. Given it's not opening until July 8th, I think it is best to wait until after the opening because likely more sources will be available. Not to mention, it does comes across as promotional, even if unintentional, to propose an article about a museum/center that has yet to open and also what we call WP:TOOSOON. This is not a matter of if this will be article; it is a matter when. If you are affiliated, you still do need to declare you COI as noted above (and good luck with the opening). S0091 (talk) 17:35, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]