Amyabaker

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Draft Noddle article

I belatedly see that you requested feedback on this at Wikipedia:Requests_for_feedback/2011_August_19#User:Amyabaker.2FNoddle but that noone replied. I am very sorry to have to say that your draft article was speedily deleted and has been temporarily restored while it is being discussed at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2011 September 3. In my opinion the matter should have been discussed with you at a much earlier stage. I might be able to help, but I am not sure I can, if you want to try and take this forward. If so, plaese get in contact. Thincat (talk) 13:36, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Thincat, thanks for getting in touch. I was wondering what had happened to my article but since I'm such a newbie I thought maybe it was all part of the wiki process. I see there have been some changes to my original article, which is totally fine. Is it possible to get it published on Wikipedia now, or is it still pending approval from other members? Thanks! Amy

Well, things like this are supposed to be be handled by a "wiki process" though in my personal opinion on this occasion the process has strayed very far from what should happened. A discussion is still taking place at Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2011_September_3 which I fear you may find extremely confusing but you are welcome to take part in it. Suffice it to say that everyone thought your draft was not suitable to be made into an article as it stood (because it read too much like an advertisement). Most people thought you (and others) should be allowed to continue improving the draft and many people thought it should not have been deleted in the first place.

Some very helpful editors got the draft temporarily restored and then have made what they hope are improvements sufficient to allow the improved draft to be kept. If this is successful (and my guess is that it will be) then it will regain its status as a draft. Only after this can it be decided whether it can be moved to become a normal article, no longer a draft. However, the deletion/discussion has already broken several "rules" and it is possible that the discussion will end up with the draft actually being made into an article directly. I suggest you read (and comment if you like) at Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2011_September_3 and then keep at eye on it to see what happens. These discussions normally last at least 7 days and I suspect this one may well end tomorrow (10 September).

On a technical matter, any article would likely be called Noddle (credit report service) and there would be a link to it from Noddle. Thincat (talk) 11:06, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Thincat, thanks for your speedy reply. Ill check out the Deletion_review/Log and see if I can make sense of it all. Hopefully the draft is made into an article directly sometime over the next couple days :)

Hey again Thincat, thanks again for all your help. Just wondering if there is a way I can be updated on when the Noddle Wiki site is actually posted and gone live? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.189.165.198 (talk) 11:09, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Hey again Thincat, thanks again for all your help. Just wondering if there is a way I can be updated on when the Noddle Wiki site is actually posted and gone live?

The deletion review not only overturned the original speedy deletion but resulted in the revised draft article being moved to "mainspace" at Noddle (credit report service). Since you have only edited Wikipedia concerning this topic, people may wonder whether you have some association with the service or the firm. If you do then it is recommended (but not required) that you declare your interest on your user page and at Talk:Noddle (credit report service). In any case it is quite OK to continue editing the article. A particularly good example of best practice is at User:Joedesantis. See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. Best wishes. Thincat (talk) 09:38, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:BarbaraAstman.jpg

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