User talk:SunshinePowers

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Hello, SunshinePowers, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:38, 16 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi! I took a look - it looks like the unknown parameters were the jacket art and jacket design fields. I've fixed the infobox, however I do have some notes for you:

Make sure that everything in the article is pulled from a source - we can't draw conclusions on our own, even if it seems obvious.

Also be careful with sourcing. Not all sourcing will be reliable. For example, be very careful with blogs as many are self-published. In order to show that they're reliable you need to make sure to check that the site is routinely seen as a reliable source by other reliable sources. I'm not terribly worried about this with the article, but I wanted to caution you about this when it comes to books, as the blog posts will often be the most visible in a Google search.

On a side note, Kirkus Reviews isn't super well thought of on Wikipedia because there have been questions about their integrity. I believe that it's still technically seen as a reliable source, but it's not the strongest possible source out there. There's no way that you'd have known about this, so I just wanted to give you a head's up about this. I typically leave it out as a source personally.

When referring to the title in the article, you can go by just Strange Birds - you don't have to have the full title, which should save you some typing time. :)

I expanded the publications section to help it fit guidelines a little. Plus I couldn't help myself - I love editing book articles! (So great choice on topic!)

Let me know if you have any other questions or concerns. Like I said, this is one of my favorite areas to edit. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:09, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers (March 25)

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

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

The comment the reviewer left was:

The references look messed up. They should have references to themselves.

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.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 18:03, 25 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, SunshinePowers! Having an article 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! AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 18:03, 25 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers

Hello, SunshinePowers. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia 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 edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 05:28, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]