User talk:Blockheadcitydara

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Blockheadcitydara (talk) 13:00, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Iain Parke moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Iain Parke. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability and those sources must be reliable and independent of the subject. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 01:08, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Iain Parke has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Iain Parke. Thanks! Grabup (talk) 07:03, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Iain Parke (May 8)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by KylieTastic were: 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 after they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Iain Parke and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
• If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

KylieTastic (talk) 19:58, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Blockheadcitydara! Having an article draft 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! KylieTastic (talk) 19:58, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Iain Parke

Hello, Blockheadcitydara. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Iain Parke, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 08:08, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Iain Parke

Hello, Blockheadcitydara. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Iain Parke".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:52, 8 November 2024 (UTC)