Syd Highwind

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July 2017

Your recent editing history at Juliet Simms shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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Except I wasn't trying to start an edit war...? So I'm kind of confused as to where you got that idea. I've actually been trying to salvage the Juliet Simms article for a while now and in fact suggested it be re deleted due to it being such a contentious article (amidst other reasons.) So like...since this wasn't an intentional thing, can this be deleted? Syd Highwind (talk) 20:02, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ashley Purdy (July 12)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Timothyjosephwood was:  The comment the reviewer left 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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TimothyJosephWood 19:17, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Hello! Syd Highwind, 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! TimothyJosephWood 19:17, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Fortunate Youth has been reverted.
Your edit here to Fortunate Youth was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (https://www.twitter.com/fortunateyouth) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If the external link you inserted or changed was to a blog, forum, free web hosting service, fansite, or similar site (see 'Links to avoid', #11), then please check the information on the external site thoroughly. Note that such sites should probably not be linked to if they contain information that is in violation of the creator's copyright (see Linking to copyrighted works), or they are not written by a recognised, reliable source. Linking to sites that you are involved with is also strongly discouraged (see conflict of interest).
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Draft:Ashley Purdy concern

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Your draft article, Draft:Ashley Purdy

Hello, Syd Highwind. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Ashley Purdy".

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 and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. HasteurBot (talk) 22:01, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Drakeo the Ruler

On 23 December 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Drakeo the Ruler, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 01:00, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:User arm

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