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The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~ (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! Fiddle Faddle 09:58, 2 November 2015 (UTC)Reply


Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (November 2)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Flat Out was: 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.
Flat Out (talk) 01:41, 2 November 2015 (UTC)Reply


 
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)Reply

Reply to your Articles for Creation Help Desk question

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  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)Reply

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  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.

  • You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and a cited source. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
  • Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
  • Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
  • If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
  • In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Wikipedia:Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
  • Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you can, but please follow the steps in Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

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)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (November 2)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Timtrent was: 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.
Fiddle Faddle 11:52, 2 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Reply to your Articles for Creation Help Desk question

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  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

Reply to your Articles for Creation Help Desk question

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  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)Reply

To create a good draft of Milton Charles

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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.

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)Reply

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 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. Lakun.patra (talk) 07:51, 11 May 2016 (UTC)Reply