User talk:Stilldreamin57
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Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (November 2)
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Hello! Stilldreamin57,
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! Flat Out (talk) 01:41, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
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Reply to your Articles for Creation Help Desk question
[edit] Hello, Stilldreamin57! I'm Timtrent. I have replied to your question about a submission at the WikiProject Articles for Creation Help Desk. Fiddle Faddle 09:58, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Wikipedia and copyright
[edit] Hello Stilldreamin57, and welcome to Wikipedia. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Fiddle Faddle 09:59, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (November 2)
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Reply to your Articles for Creation Help Desk question
[edit] Hello, Stilldreamin57! I'm Wikiisawesome. I have replied to your question about a submission at the WikiProject Articles for Creation Help Desk /wia /tlk /cntrb 20:18, 2 November 2015 (UTC) /wia /tlk /cntrb 20:18, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Reply to your Articles for Creation Help Desk question
[edit] Hello, Stilldreamin57! I'm Timtrent. I have replied to your question about a submission at the WikiProject Articles for Creation Help Desk. Fiddle Faddle 22:07, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
To create a good draft of Milton Charles
[edit]Please discard 100% of your current draft except to use it as notes.
Start by search for references that meet our requirements. Though he is deceased and some time ago it is good practice to treat him as though he were only recently deceased. For a living or recently deceased person we have a high standard of referencing. Every substantive fact you assert, especially one that is susceptible to potential challenge, requires a citation with a reference that is about them, and is independent of them, and is in WP:RS, and is significant coverage. Please also see WP:PRIMARY which details the limited permitted usage of primary sources and WP:SELFPUB which has clear limitations on self published sources. Providing sufficient references, ideally one per fact cited, that meet these tough criteria is likely to make this draft a clear acceptance (0.9 probability). Lack of them or an inability to find them is likely to mean that the person is not suitable for inclusion, certainly today.
- Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
- Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
- Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
These ought to help you.
Then assemble what they say and use them to create the facts you wish to have in the draft. Incorporate the notes you have retained form your prior attempt. Please write in fair continuous prose, using the references to cite the facts.
If you are in any way unsure about how to cite things please read WP:CITE and WP:REFB.
When you have marshalled your facts, complete with citations, into a proper prose draft please submit it for review. Be sure you have not copied and pasted material from anywhere else at all. Use your own words. Do not try to paraphrase closely, but use 100% of your own words. Fiddle Faddle 22:48, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Your draft article, User:Stilldreamin57/sandbox
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Hello, Stilldreamin57. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "sandbox".
In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}
or {{db-g13}}
code.
If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Lakun.patra (talk) 07:51, 11 May 2016 (UTC)