Aishaac

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Hello, Aishaac, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:34, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Hello!

Hi Aishaac! I hope that you have enjoyed using Wikipedia as an editor thus far. I am also a junior. I'm looking forward to seeing how this class project evolves.

Happy editing! Myahaynes (talk) 18:57, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Virginia Johnson (Dancer) has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Virginia Johnson (Dancer). Thanks! Legacypac (talk) 05:54, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Virginia Johnson (Dancer) has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Virginia Johnson (Dancer). Thanks! Dan arndt (talk) 06:18, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Copyright and re-writing content

Hello, I received a notification that you had posted content that had previously been published elsewhere to your draft article. This is seen as a copyright issue and plagiarism, even if you were to include the original source as a citation. Always be careful when writing article content - a good way to avoid doing this is to take notes while reading and write your article from those notes. Even if this was in the draftspace, you still need to make sure that you avoid posting content taken from elsewhere. Also be careful about close paraphrasing, as this is also seen as plagiarism. I'm aware that some of this was a list of Johnson's performances and work, so there's not really a lot of ways to re-write that. If it were this alone it wouldn't have been an overwhelmingly huge issue - it would mostly just warrant a warning to be careful since cut/pasting can make it easier to plagiarize or add content with copyright issues - however it does look like you took several non-list sentences from the source material as well. I've blanked the section on your draft - I want you to re-write this in your own words.

Unless the material is explicitly marked as falling into the public domain or was released under a compatible Creative Commons license, it should be assumed that the content is copyrighted in a way that would prohibit it from being used verbatim elsewhere. It's always best to write things in your own words, as this can help prevent issues like this from arising. I would like for you to review the module on plagiarism and copyright, thanks. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:02, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Virginia Johnson (Dancer) (April 16)

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

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Virginia Johnson (Dancer) and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Virginia Johnson (Dancer), click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{db-self}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
• If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk or on the reviewer's talk page.
• You can also use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

-- RoySmith (talk) 14:55, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Aishaac! 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! -- RoySmith (talk) 14:55, 16 April 2018 (UTC)