Welcome!

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Welcome!

Hello, Windsorchair, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Below are some pages you might find helpful. For a user-friendly interactive help forum see the Wikipedia Teahouse.

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I see you're new

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Hello there,

Following the talk we had on an earlier page. It's a big topic and of course you're welcome to provide your input. I would also recommend you venture into editing in other topics that interest you as well, in order to build up your editing skills. Of course if you have any questions I'll gladly answer.

Pleasant editing! Homerethegreat (talk) 13:25, 2 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you so much! Yes I definitely agree. I've already been learning so much. There's a bit of a learning curve but I feel it will be well suited to me as my day job also requires me to get to the details of things and I appreciate the amount of due diligence being executed here. I fully understand (and am happy!) that this topic doesn't allow newbies like me to directly edit. I'm happy to receive any feedback on my approach and thank you for being so welcoming. Windsorchair (talk) 13:51, 2 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 19:17, 2 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: New Visions (December 10)

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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 BuySomeApples was:  The comment the reviewer left 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 after they have been resolved.
BuySomeApples (talk) 18:02, 10 December 2023 (UTC)Reply
 
Hello, Windsorchair! Having an article draft 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! BuySomeApples (talk) 18:02, 10 December 2023 (UTC)Reply