User talk:Aphillcsa

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Confederate biographies

Thank you for your recent contributions for R. Lindsay Walker, Abner Perrin, and Willie Pegram! I added references and categories, and slightly restyled the articles per the wiki biography format. There is a style guide for Civil War biographies that I have adopted and copied (see User:Hlj/CWediting). Keep the articles coming! Scott Mingus 19:41, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

John Rogers Cooke

Your recent contribution(s) to the Wikipedia article John Rogers Cooke are very much appreciated. However, you did not provide references or sources for your information. Keeping Wikipedia accurate and verifiable is very important, and as you might be aware there is currently a drive to improve the quality of Wikipedia by encouraging editors to cite the sources they used when adding content. If sources are left unreferenced, it may count as original research, which is not allowed. Can you provide in the article specific references to any books, articles, websites or other reliable sources that will allow people to verify the content in the article? You can use a citation method listed at How to cite sources. Thanks! DancingMan 23:56, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

124th NYSV Regiment Ellis statue memorial photo

Hello -

If you are Jennifer, I would like permission to use your lovely photograph of the Ellis statue in a memorial page I'm working on for the Find A Grave website (and do you happen to have a close-up of the plaque?): http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSmcid=46998289&GRid=55879417&

If you aren't Jennifer, how would I contact her?

Thank you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ellisstaute.jpg

Wordreader (talk) 01:49, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Rushing Fall (July 8)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Padavalamkuttanpilla was:

This submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. Entries should be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources. Please rewrite your submission in a more encyclopedic format. Please make sure to avoid peacock terms that promote the subject.

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Padavalam🌂 ► 07:08, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Aphillcsa! 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! Padavalam🌂 ► 07:08, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I signed in to donate some photos I had taken from historical sites to the Wikipedia tonight and yup, you're right, this was definitely disappointing to see at the top of my page. I'll be sticking to working on just my own sites from now on - I thought my article was pretty darn neutral, so clearly, I don't "get" the rules. Aphillcsa (talk) 23:31, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]