User talk:USC GESM

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March 2016

Welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, including your edits to Thom Gunn, but we cannot accept original research. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. RA0808 ^talk _contribs 21:38, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Tupac Changes (April 7)

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

Thank you for your submission, but the subject of this article already exists in Wikipedia. You can find it and improve it at Changes (Tupac Shakur song) instead.

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:Tupac Changes and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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/wiae /tlk 15:18, 7 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! USC GESM, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that 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! /wiae /tlk 15:18, 7 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: "Power" by Audre Lorde (April 8)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by 333-blue was:

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage about the subject in reliable sources that are independent of the subject—see the general guideline on notability and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

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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333 -blue 11:27, 8 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality, editorializing, unattributed opinions

Hello,

I have noticed some issues in some of the content you have been adding to wikipedia. Wikipedia needs to be written from a Neutral point of view, and in an encyclopedic fashion. Opinions need to be attributed (not notable, reliable sources) and not in WP:Wikivoice. Personal interpretation/analysis of facts and opinions is WP:ORIGINALRESEARCH which cannot be used on wikipedia.

A number of your edits are pushing (and exceeding) the boundaries on these principles. While this style of writing is fine for an essay, or blog, or critical review, it is not fine for an encyclopedia. Here are a few problematic examples. Please respond here if you have any questions or would like to discuss further.

His attitude toward being treated differently based on his skin color is beautifully positive; he simply laughs off the racial segregation and predicts imminent change for the better. His audacity is not only an outlet for expressing his personal experience, but also a voice for the entire subjugated black community in America.
In to Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar captures the essence of a black life in America that is far from universal, but definitely truthful to his experience. His album continues a nuanced dialog about weighty topics that affect the African American community. Releasing his album in a precious historical moment for black activism,
If one were to step back from these tangible institutions, the more encompassing themes of faith and doubt play an equally important role in the novel; both of these, in fact, are similar in that they are catalysts for action. Whenever a character proclaims faith in something, that something is pursued. Similarly, when a character doubts something, that is pursued. In the book, doubt can be viewed as a transfer of faith; whenever a character is doubting, they are simply deciding to put their faith in something else. Because the book has no universal standard of morality or value system, there is no black and white. Whatever the character believes in is what they pursue, whether or not it conflicts with the beliefs of another character. As an exemplification of this idea, one can turn to Sue’s final decision to leave Jude. In the final part of the novel, because of a change in her beliefs, Sue discovers that she is committed only to Mr. Phillotson. Because she puts faith in something else, in this case religion (and therefore marriage), she takes action in a completely different direction than before.
There lies an evident contrast between the constant passing of time signalled by Big Ben and the random crossing of time in Woolf’s writing. Although it seems random, it only demonstrates the infinite amount of possibilities that the world can offer once connected by the individuality of each person inside.

Gaijin42 (talk) 14:59, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Problematic school shared account?. Thank you. ChamithN (talk) 15:27, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@ChamithN: Is at AN, not ANI. tweaked your links. Thanks for the notice, I forgot that was a requirement. Gaijin42 (talk) 15:59, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of File:"America" by Claude McKay.pdf

A tag has been placed on File:"America" by Claude McKay.pdf requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F10 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a file that is not an image, sound file or video clip (e.g. a Word document or PDF file) that has no encyclopedic use.

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Your draft article, Draft:Tupac Changes

Hello, USC GESM. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Tupac Changes".

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 edit the submission 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. 1989 (talk) 02:17, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]