GoldenArmorYeah

Links to draft articles

Please do not introduce links in actual articles to draft articles, as you did to Spanish missions in Georgia. Since a draft is not yet ready for the main article space, it is not in shape for ordinary readers, and links from articles should not go to a draft. Such links are contrary to the Manual of Style. These links have been removed. Thank you. - Arjayay (talk) 11:20, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Comments about your draft article

I appreciate that you want to contribute to Wikipedia, and particular in the area of Spanish missions in what is now Georgia. I have looked at your Draft:Santa Cruz de Cachipile, and offer the following comments in the spirit of helping you.

Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are extensive, and it can take a while to become even somewhat familiar with them. First, though, we have a very strict policy about violating copyrights. You copied a sentence verbatim from John Hann's "Summary Guide", and I have removed it from the draft because that one sentence was a substantial part of the section in Worth's article about Cachipile, and in your draft. Except in clearly marked quotes, we must reword any substantantly creative content from a copyrighted work. We also are picky about what sources we can use. We generally do not accept blogs, such as "The Establishment of Catholic Missons by the Spanish Empire in North America" web site, as reliable sources, and I have tagged that source as self-published.

Unfortunately, the topic "Santa Cruz de Cachipile" has very little usable information that I have been able to find, which means an article about it will be a sub-stub. Hopefully, the results of excavations at the proposed site of the Santa Cruz mission will eventually be published in a reliable source, but that may take years. In the meantime, I have found a couple of possible sources,

• Worth, John E. (1998). Timucua Chiefdoms of Spanish Florida. Volume 2: Resistance and Destruction. University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-1575-8. Retrieved November 11, 2013., and
• "Demographic Patterns and Changes in Mid-Seventeenth Century Timucua and Apalachee", by John Hann.

Unfortunately, those two add only a few bits, but not enough to expand an article beyond sub-stub status.

I recommend that you try expanding an existing article. For instance, San Pedro de Mocama currently only cites three sources (one of which is Hann's "Summary Guide"). A quick search has found the following sources that may be useful in expanding that article:

• Distribution of Contact and Mission Period Sites in the Mocama Province,
• Tacatacuru and the San Pedro de Mocama Mission,
• Grafting onto the Native Landscape The Franciscan Mission System in Northeastern Florida, and
• Pilijiriba: The End of the Native Era in the Mocama Province

I hope this will help you. Donald Albury 15:25, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the insight! I will add the existing information to the Spanish missions in Georgia wiki. GoldenArmorYeah (talk) 19:50, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

And of course, as you mentioned, be more careful with Wikipedia's rules. I will also try to expand San Pedro. GoldenArmorYeah (talk) 19:55, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello GoldenArmorYeah! Your additions to San Pedro de Mocama have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, it's important to understand and adhere to guidelines about using information from sources to prevent copyright and plagiarism issues. Here are the key points:

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices. Persistent failure to comply may result in being blocked from editing. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 21:55, 22 May 2024 (UTC)