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Happy editing! Royal Autumn Crest (talk) 02:55, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Articles for Creation

Here is a link to the Articles for Creation page: Wikipedia:Articles for creation. Wikignome Wintergreen^talk 03:55, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Followup

You had asked a question at your other account. The talk page there has gotten rather confusing, so I figured I would answer here.

Copying from your own Word document works mostly. There are issues around markup and a few punctuation marks that can cause problems.

There is an article at United States Department of Defense and a few of the other likely ways to spell it: U.S. Department of Defence, U.S. Defense Department, U.S.A. DoD, among others, are redirects that point to the actual article. But not every plausible way of spelling it has a redirect, so if you're coming up with something that seems empty but should not be, try to figure out what the actual title of the article is. External links in body text are not an acceptable substitute. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:11, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

And as a further follow-up to your last question on that page - "So basically someone like WSJ or NYT woujld have to print that Dr. Covello was 'one of the world's leading experts on xyz..." and I would have either cite or hyperlink that?" - yes, exactly. The best approach in that case would be to quote the source exactly:

So-and-so of the NYT said, "Dr. Covello is the bestest bester that ever bested."[insert citation here]

I hope you do have NYT/WSJ sources, those are among the best! Wikignome Wintergreen^talk 04:21, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

GOT it. How do I thank thee? as Wiki helpdesk goes, you are the bestest bester that ever bested.

Well, believe it or not, Wikipedia does have some built-in ways to thank people. The simplest way at this point would be to click View history in the menu at the top-right of this page. Find the most recent mention of my user name in the list and at the end of the line you should see (undo | thank). Click thank! Wikignome Wintergreen^talk 04:34, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Oh, and before I sign off for the night - it sounds like you might have a personal or professional connection to Dr. Covello. In that case, the following is some very important reading: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. Wikignome Wintergreen^talk 04:44, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

thank you for pointing me to the 'thank you' feature, I'm a big believer in customer feedback! And thank you too for pointing out potential COI. I had read some of Dr. Covello's materials and then became aware of him and his colleague on an informational call with the Association of State Health and Territorial Officials (ASHTO) when I was Communications Director at NM Dept. of Health during COVID-19. More specifically, wrt to Wikipedia policy, I did receive payment as a consultant (because of my earlier work as Communications Director at NM Dept. Health) in 2020 for beta-testing his online course. I did also register and complete the course. These (consultant and course completion) are visible on my LinkedIn. I have also shared some of his posts on LinkedIn, but I share other person's posts that I find educational. As a Comms professional, I find his research and messaging maps very useful. Your thoughts on the above? DVCeditor (talk) 14:32, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

It sounds like you have a sort-of-indirect COI; as long as you're up front about these things, it's not a dealbreaker as far as getting an article published. May I ask how you got hold of the pictures you mentioned trying to upload - the ones that belong to Dr. Covello? That's what made me wonder. Wikignome Wintergreen^talk 15:16, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Suggestion for your second draft

I'm sorry about the loss of our draft article. I have no ideas about how to get it back, but wanted to suggest something that might help when you are ready to write the draft a second time. I always write my articles offline, in a file saved on my computer. Since I have a Mac, I use a file called TextEdit, and I believe PCs have something similar called Notebook.

I often work on articles, off and on, for months before publishing them, and feel safer knowing they are on my computer, and nothing's happening to them in my Sandbox. When I'm ready to publish I copy and paste my work into Article Wizard, click Show Preview to make sure there's no problems (sometimes quotation marks get corrupted in transition, or I've made mistakes in formatting, and need to make corrections), and then publish. I like to know that if anything goes wrong – such as the WiFi goes down while I'm working – I still have my article in the original file. Since you're understandably upset over your mishap, my suggestion may make you feel safer on your next attempt at getting published. Best wishes on future endeavors. Karenthewriter (talk) 05:18, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Thank you so much! I will take your advice! DVCeditor (talk) 14:14, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Your thank you's were very kind.

DVCenter I see that you have left four thank you's for my edits. I'm not certain which edits you approved of, but I'm pleased that my work satisfied you, and that you took the time to let me know. I spend my volunteer time researching, creating, or editing rather obscure topics that interest me, because my local libraries are discarding many of the "old faithful" references books I relied on when I first began researching, and I want to make sure that others with similar interests will be able to find accurate online information. It is good to know that my efforts are appreciated. Karenthewriter (talk) 03:36, 3 January 2022 (UTC)