Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

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Hi MaryAnthonyStartz! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

-- 20:58, Sunday, October 2, 2016 (UTC)

Your sandbox

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You made an inquiry on the Wikimedia Commons help desk that I presume was about User:MaryAnthonyStartz/sandbox. You would do better to ask at Wikipedia:Help desk (Commons is an entirely separate project).

I don't monitor a watchlist for the English-language Wikipedia these days, so I will not see if you respond here, but here are a few pointers:

  • What you've written so far is not in the style of a Wikipedia article. I suggest you look through half a dozen articles on similar subjects and get a sense of that style; your article is far more likely to be accepted if it is written in the usual style. In particular:
    • The article should start with a lede: name, birth & death dates, short summary of who he was & why he's notable. Maybe I'm missing something, but at a quick skim, I cannot tell why this person would be important enough to merit an encyclopedia article. Most army sergeants do not meet that threshold, and a quick read does not indicate any extraordinary achievements on his part.
    • Use mediawiki markup. Link relevant articles by using the [[article name]] syntax in your text.
    • The article should be written as a continuous narrative, with virtually all issues of documentary evidence confined to footnotes.

When you've dealt with those issues, you can either copy-paste from your own sandbox page to the correct page in article space (presumably something like William McNamara (U.S. soldier) or you can "move" the sandbox page content to that new page (which would preserve the history of the edits you made while it was in the sand box). In either case, you would want to add an entry to William McNamara (disambiguation). I hope some of that helps. - Jmabel | Talk 01:18, 13 January 2017 (UTC)Reply

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

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Hi MaryAnthonyStartz! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

-- 14:06, Monday, May 15, 2017 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:William McNamara (soldier) has a new comment

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:William McNamara (soldier). Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 03:46, 17 May 2017 (UTC)Reply

Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

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Hello, MaryAnthonyStartz. 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 DES (talk) 13:44, 17 May 2017 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: William McNamara (soldier) (May 18)

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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 Shadowowl 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.
» Shadowowl | talk 18:34, 18 May 2017 (UTC)Reply


 
Hello! MaryAnthonyStartz, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that 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! » Shadowowl | talk 18:34, 18 May 2017 (UTC)Reply

About your draft on William McNamara

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Hello MaryAnthonyStartz. I've put some minor fixes on your Draft:William McNamara (soldier). It's fixed the infobox problem, and seeing as everything else looks relatively in order, I'd suggest you resubmit it for review. I hope you haven't been discouraged by the previous rejection. Our reviewers over at AFC have a lot of content to sort through and often can't stop to make minor fixes. Feel free to ask me any additional questions at my talk page. -Indy beetle (talk) 20:56, 20 May 2017 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: William McNamara (soldier) has been accepted

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William McNamara (soldier), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!

» Shadowowl | talk 10:05, 21 May 2017 (UTC)Reply