Your submission at Articles for creation: Sample page (September 17)

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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 Theroadislong 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.
Theroadislong (talk) 16:37, 17 September 2021 (UTC)Reply
 
Hello, Chrissy7531! 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! Theroadislong (talk) 16:37, 17 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

AfC notification: User:Chrissy7531/Sample page has a new comment

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at User:Chrissy7531/Sample page. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 17:08, 17 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

Welcome!

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Hello, Chrissy7531, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your recent edits did not conform to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and may have been removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations verified in reliable, reputable print or online sources or in other reliable media. Always provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles.

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Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

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Hello, Chrissy7531. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there!
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by David Biddulph (talk) 17:18, 17 September 2021 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).Reply

AfC notification: User:Chrissy7531/Sample page has a new comment

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at User:Chrissy7531/Sample page. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 17:36, 17 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

AfC notification: User:Chrissy7531/Sample page has a new comment

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at User:Chrissy7531/Sample page. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 17:38, 17 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

Regarding your Teahouse post about feeling lost

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Hello Chrissy, if your Teahouse post was referring to Susanna Flavius she seems to be a good and interesting person, but I doubt that she is notable enough for a Wikipedia article.

I am a writer who had a book published (sold a few hundred copies), and I have friends that have had numerous books published but, though they're very notable to me, because they weren't published by a well-known company, and didn't sell a huge number of copies (say, 100,000) they aren't considered notable enough to be written about in an encyclopedia. (If you're too young to know the days when a bookshelf row of printed encyclopedia volumes were found in homes and libraries, you may want to think of Wikipedia as being the online equivalent of non-fiction reference books found in a public library.)

My knowledge of Twitter and Instagram is limited to hearing their name mentioned, so I don't know if 40,000 followers are considered an important amount. But my guess would be that a social media personality wouldn't be considered important outside of social media unless at least one major newspaper or magazine wrote about the person. I live in the United States so if you live in another country I can't say what newspapers or magazines are considered important there, but it would be ones that a lot of people who don't read newspapers know about.

I am sorry that you're feeling lost about your Wikipedia difficulties. I see that others have given you tutorials to click on and read, and those will help you learn the basics – such as how to format your reference sources properly. Here is an example which will be shown below: [1] (I published several articles about 19th century children's magazines, so I have a list of references I've used multiple times.)

It may be that Susanna Flavius may become more notable later on. (see WP: Too Soon) If that is the case you can start collecting good references for her, and have them ready for another try later on. I sometimes research a subject for years before I feel it is the right time to try and write a Wikipedia article. (I started researching my latest article David Cory (author) back in 2017, and only recently felt I had enough data to attempt to begin writing.) Creating a good article is a lot of work. I've published numerous ones, and I still have problems with each one. When I finish writing and click on "Show preview" I always find formatting problems – especially for my references, and I have to spend a couple of hours reading and rereading in order to find all my mistakes. Usually I want to give up and scrap the whole project, but I have to remind myself that after 14 years as a Wikipedia editor I'm still no expert – but I'm learning more all the time. The work can be stressful, so I space out my projects so as not to become overwhelmed. I keep working on projects because I want others to be able to find accurate information on subjects that are important to me.

Best wishes on your future projects. Take your time, and start making small edits on published articles to help you slowly learn how Wikipedia works. Karenthewriter (talk) 03:54, 20 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

Concern regarding User:Chrissy7531/Sample page

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  Hello, Chrissy7531. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that User:Chrissy7531/Sample page, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 17:02, 19 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, User:Chrissy7531/Sample page

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Hello, Chrissy7531. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Sample page".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! Celestina007 (talk) 21:50, 19 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Concern regarding User:Chrissy7531/sandbox/Susanna Flavius

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  Hello, Chrissy7531. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that User:Chrissy7531/sandbox/Susanna Flavius, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 14:03, 6 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

  1. ^ Kelly, R. Gordon, Children's Periodicals of the United States, pages 282-285 Greenwood Press, 1984