Ben Airdunat

Your submission at Articles for creation: Pleasant DeSpain (July 12)

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scope_creep^Talk 09:31, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Ben Airdunat! 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! scope_creepTalk 09:31, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

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Your draft article, Draft:Pleasant DeSpain

Hello, Ben Airdunat. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Pleasant DeSpain".

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! JMHamo (talk) 21:10, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Pleasant DeSpain has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Pleasant DeSpain. Thanks! Fiddle Faddle 07:13, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

I have left you an extra link on my own talk page. Thank you for askkng me for help. Fiddle Faddle 07:35, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Pleasant DeSpain has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Pleasant DeSpain. Thanks! Fiddle Faddle 09:02, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Pleasant DeSpain has been accepted

Pleasant DeSpain, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Fiddle Faddle 09:20, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

I'd like to see you here as a hobby editor

I know DeSpain was a paid article. But I hope you enjoyed the process. You have a decent writing style for Wikipedia, something that will develop over time (even if you are a professional writer, Wikipedia is very different), and may find it a rewarding hobby. As long as you declare paid submissions as you have with DeSpain, write those through WP:AFC and are scrupulous in not editing artcles you have been paid for once they are proomoted to being articles except by using {{Request edit}} on their talk page (except for very simple factual corrections, typos etc), then you will be able to enjoy editing here as an amateur, too.

Well, that was a rambling sentence! Fiddle Faddle 10:32, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure how to answer or communicate with you. Let's see if this works. Thanks for the compliment and the invite. I'm pretty well packed with writing my own books, editing other folks' work, building websites, walking the dog, etc. Ben Airdunat is a pen name only used for some online stuff. You can view more at www.kingcobrapress.com or at the very neglected www.lifeinthelaughlane.com.

Your assistance was splendid (full of splen). One think that made the process difficult for me was the variance in pages that are currently live. All the rules didn't seem to apply equally to all the pages, but I think that's life in a nutshell in the world these days. And the reams of instructional pages to absorb were formidable. You walked me through to success, though, and I thank you. I don't know what I could suggest to make the process smoother, but I didn't quite understand how to keep track of when the submission might be accepted. I remember seeing that 3,000+ submissions were ahead. I didn't want to harass the people or the process, so a year went by before I got a message about the rejection. I had a serious bout with cluster headaches from October to February then COVID slipped in and the US of Angst went to hell. Luckily I live in Thailand. 70 million people, first case Jan 13 I think, total of 3,000-some cases, only 58 deaths, no domestic cases here for more than 2 months.

When Pleasant returns, I'll see if I can find some more supporting references for the awards. And I know pics are his, but maybe we can fill out the appropriate Commons forms. Thanks again for your help. One last question: where are you located? I see you tell people the time, but I never quite understood where you might be...

Scott

Ben Airdunat (talk) 11:07, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Ben Airdunat, I'm in the UK, deep in south Devon

Wikipedia is a daunting place, and there is little consistency. The devolved nature means it is a pleasant social experiment.

I try to help where I can, mainly because it's fun! Fiddle Faddle 12:13, 2 August 2020 (UTC)