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S. J. Sawyerr moved to draftspace

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An article you recently created, S. J. Sawyerr, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. ... discospinster talk 00:49, 14 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

I have cited a source for one of his activities which is from The Times of Nigeria dated 1916. I should add for one or two of the other activities but there's no book on S. J. Sawyerr, he's one of numerous folks who's history are basically orally passed down and fortunately found by me in the old newspapers of Lagos. Kelechinaba (talk) 01:25, 14 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

also I'm trying to edit the ref on the activity section but can't find my way around so it directs to the ref in the reference section Kelechinaba (talk) 01:26, 14 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: S. J. Sawyerr (March 25)

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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 M-Mustapha 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.
Em-em talk 22:06, 25 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
 
Hello, Kelechinaba! 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! Em-em talk 22:06, 25 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Reference

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The sources i highlighted are newspapers from old lagos that can be obtained at the National Archives Ibadan. They are not online. S. J. Sawyerr isn't mentioned in any book known so far or research article by anyone. Part of his information was given to me by his great grand son. Kelechinaba (talk) 08:49, 27 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: S. J. Sawyerr (April 28)

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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 CommanderWaterford 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.
CommanderWaterford (talk) 17:24, 28 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Concern regarding Draft:S. J. Sawyerr

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  Hello, Kelechinaba. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:S. J. Sawyerr, 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) 18:02, 28 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:S. J. Sawyerr

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Hello, Kelechinaba. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "S. J. Sawyerr".

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) 20:05, 28 October 2021 (UTC)Reply