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May 2018

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  Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Thomas Pettus. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. –Ammarpad (talk) 15:08, 7 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

Your draft article, Draft:Thomas Pettus

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

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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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Abelmoschus Esculentus 05:51, 11 November 2018 (UTC)Reply