Bigpicture1956

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

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.

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Fiddle Faddle 11:15, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello! Bigpicture1956, 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! Fiddle Faddle 11:15, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Matakana War Memorial Dedication 1920.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Matakana War Memorial Dedication 1920.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Matakana War Memorial (November 9)

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

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SwisterTwister talk 02:00, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Matakana War Memorial has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Matakana War Memorial. Thanks! Fiddle Faddle 23:36, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matakana War Memorial

Greetings, Bigpicture1956, and welcome to Wikipedia's deletion process! Thank you for your contributions. As a newcomer, it may be helpful for you to read Wikipedia's deletion policy, and the pages describing the articles for deletion process, proposed deletion, and speedy deletion. Remember that deletion debates are not votes, and reasons matter, especially reasons relating to the central content policies of verifiability, neutral point of view, no original research, and what Wikipedia is not, and to the consensual community guidelines for biographies, corporations, music, and fiction. Also remember that deletion is not always the answer to a bad article. Feel free to drop me a line at my talk page if you have any questions. Again, welcome! Grutness...wha? 23:17, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Matakana War Memorial.jpg

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Matakana War Memorial.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you object to the listing for any reason. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 00:13, 14 February 2016 (UTC)