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Your submission at Articles for creation: Andrew Mark Turner (September 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 Robert McClenon was:

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage about the subject in reliable sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of people and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

The comment the reviewer left was:

This draft has no references. The subject does appear to be ipso facto notable based on military notability guidelines based on his rank, but a reliable source is required to that effect.

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Robert McClenon (talk) 21:45, 12 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Aoc22gp, 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! Robert McClenon (talk) 21:45, 12 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

File permission problem with File:Avm turner.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Avm turner.jpg, which you've attributed to RAF Valley MCO. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Andrew Turner (RAF officer) (November 6)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted because it included copyrighted content, which is not permitted on Wikipedia.

This submission appears to be taken from http://www.raf.mod.uk/no22traininggroup/aboutus/aoc_22_trg_gp.cfm. Wikipedia cannot accept material copied from elsewhere, unless it explicitly exists under a compatible licence and is written in an acceptable tone—this includes material that you own the copyright to. You should attribute the content of a draft to outside sources, using citations, but copying and pasting or closely paraphrasing sources is not acceptable. The entire draft should be written using your own words and structure.

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Gbawden (talk) 15:15, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Autobiographical article Draft:Andrew Turner (RAF officer)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, but it appears you have written or added to an article about yourself. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 08:53, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have compiled the article on behalf of AVM Turner, so it is technically not an Autobiography. I read the guidance on Military personnel notability and I believe the article is justified as he holds Air rank. Aoc22gp (talk) 19:04, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As noted by several people the existence of the article is probably justified but your favoured form breaches policy in several ways.

I note that at File:AndrewTurner121.jpg you declared that you were Andrew Turner. If this is not true then you should correct your statement there. Whether or not you are in fact Andrew Turner you clearly have a substantial conflict of interest, and you should declare that openly here. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 19:43, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Extra admin eyes. Thank you. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 19:50, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there Jonathan, thanks for your help, I have written a comment at the noticeboard/incidents page. I have clearly failed at trying to work this all out myself, and need a lot more help to sort this out. I don't even know how to get back to that photo to change the comment, which I acknowledge is misleading, I thought that if I said I was adding it on behalf of AVM Turner that it would be rejected, however the photo was the one he had explicitly requested be used.Aoc22gp (talk) 09:34, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As you will have seen your article has been deleted. I suggest that the best way to get this article created is for somebody who knows what they are doing (e.g. me!) to take over. You could help with providing information, but should not be directly involved in editing due to your conflict of interest. On a different topic, your username might be considered in breach of Wikipedia policies; I have asked about this at Extra admin eyes as it would be better to discover this sooner rather than later. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 11:55, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Jonathan, your suggestion makes absolute sense, and I'm sure you'd do a better job than me anyway as you know all the "coding" language on here. Having read the comment on the username, I can see where you're coming from, but is it possible to retain it until the article is created. After that I don't foresee using it and would happily delete the account if that is possible, again I bow to your superior wikipedia knowledge and advice. How would you like me to provide the information, some is available here http://www.raf.mod.uk/no22traininggroup/aboutus/aoc_22_trg_gp.cfm and then official public record of commissioning, promotions and awards can be found in the London Gazette https://www.thegazette.co.uk by entering his service number 8029033F in to the search. Aoc22gp (talk) 12:44, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As you have discovered, creating wiki pages can be quite tricky if you don't understand the rules, but I have had enough practice [1] to get this right most of the time. In the first instance I'll just ask questions here when I need information. I have found Barbara Cooper (RAF officer) and Simon Bryant (RAF officer) which are quite useful as models. With regard to your username, there might not be a problem, but if there is a problem you will be asked by an administrator to change your name. If you get asked to do that by an administrator then don't argue, just agree immediately: arguing with admins is a quick way to make your losses escalate out of control. I'm watching your talk page so you can ask questions here, or on my talk page if you prefer. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 14:30, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. Ok thanks for the advice. Here are a few more pages of RAF Officers... Stephen Hillier Andrew Pulford and some shorter ones... Philip Osborn Sean Reynolds (RAF officer) Aoc22gp (talk) 14:54, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find his CBE in the 2010 Birthday Honours list - is there a reason why this doesn't appear? Or is some detail wrong? Jonathan A Jones (talk) 22:08, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it's an error, you'll find it in the 2009 NY Honours List see bottom right of the page at this link... https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59282/supplement/5 Also, AVM Turner has supplied the following text for potential inclusion...

Air Vice-Marshal Turner is currently AOC 22 Group and Chief of Staff Training at HQ Air Command in the Royal Air Force.

He was born in Hodnet Hall, Shropshire in 1967 and brought up in Hong Kong, the United States and the UK, he went to Kingswood School in Bath before commissioning into the Royal Air Force in 1985. He completed flying training on a number of aircraft types before becoming combat ready on the Puma helicopter on 230 Sqn in Germany in late 1988. He served on Puma, Chinook and Merlin helicopters in a number of roles based from RAF Aldergrove, Benson, Gutersloh and Odiham. He has also completed staff appointments in the Ministry of Defence (operations, media and plans), the Pentagon and White House, the Permanent Joint Headquarters (military plans), HQ ARRC, Multinational Division (Central) and HQ 2 Group. He has commanded the ACE Mobile Force Helicopters, No 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron, the UK Chinook Force, the Special Forces Aviation Wing, RAF Odiham, the Joint Helicopter Force (Iraq), the Joint Aviation Group (Afghanistan) and No 22 Group.

With just over 5000 total flying hours, he has served on operational tours on 19 occasions and flown 1850 flying hours in Northern Ireland, Central America, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Bosnia, India, Pakistan, Kosovo, Albania and Afghanistan. On operations he has commanded the Puma Force in Kosovo and Albania, the Merlin Force in Iraq and the Chinook, Apache, Lynx and Sea King Forces in Afghanistan.

Service education has included leadership training at the RAF Colleges Cranwell and Bracknell, strategic studies at the Indian Defence Services Staff College in Wellington South India, the UK Higher Command and Staff College at Shrivenham, the Royal College of Defence Studies in Belgravia London, the UK Pinnacle Course in Northwood and the US Capstone Course in Virginia, USA. He has completed a Fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford University, an MSc in International Relations from Kings College London, an MSc in Strategic Studies from Madras University and a BA in Oceanography and Cosmology from the Open University.

He was appointed as an Officer in the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2006 Birthday Honours “in recognition of distinguished services in the Ministry of Defence in support of operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and in home waters”. He was promoted to Commander within the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 NY Honours "in recognition of distinguished and gallant service in command of RAF Odiham and in Afghanistan during the period 21 November 2007 to 22 November 2009".

Married to Catherine with two adult sons and two wild Jack Russells, he enjoys any kind of sport, rowing, polo and parachuting.

Hope this helps, what timeframe are you able to get something up online? Just so I can report back, he is keen for it to go up ASAP. Aoc22gp (talk) 20:57, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that's useful as a start point. A lot of it is not usable, either because it is not "encyclopedic" or because it is not "verifiable" (see Wikipedia:Verifiability, not truth), but it gives something to work from. Note that the CBE is actually from the 2010 New Year Honours list; I haven't yet found the OBE.

As I said this is not a high priority for me, but you might expect something to go live over the weekend. It will then have to pass approval, but that should not be a huge problem if I get the contents right first time. In that I'll be guided primarily by Wikipedia rules and conventions, with his wishes very much secondary. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 09:57, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ah yes, I confused myself there, I guess because it was published on 31 Dec 2009 I thought it was 2009, but yes that makes sense that it's the 2010 new year honours. True I can't find record of his OBE either, I will ask him to see if there was some reason why it was not included in the Public Official Records. Aoc22gp (talk) 19:31, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Now found the OBE in the October 2003 Iraq War special list. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 22:27, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

OK, there's a draft at User:Jonathan A Jones/Andrew Turner (RAF officer). You might be surprised at what I have chosen to emphasise, but that's driven by reflecting ther reliable secondary sources I have found, which is critical if this article is to survive initial peer review. Feel free to comment here, but no guarantee that any requested changes are possible. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 09:38, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The article is now live at Andrew Turner (RAF officer). It should be reviewed at some point in the next 48h, and while I do not anticipate any problems I would very strongly advise you not to touch the article until it has passed (I'll let you know as and when that happens). After that if you have suggestions for changes you should describe them at Talk:Andrew Turner (RAF officer) rather than seeking to implement them yourslef. Regards, Jonathan A Jones (talk) 09:26, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

For some bizarre reason it didn't get reviewed in the normal cycle, but it was reviewed and passed (without significant comment) today, so effectively the article is now safe. The caveats above still apply of course. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 20:11, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Andrew Turner (RAF officer) has been accepted

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Gbawden (talk) 07:40, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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