User talk:Constituent12

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I thought I'd try the Content Translation feature in the Beta tools to translate a German page to English. The system threw up a few random options for me, and I worked on the Ludwig Hofmaier article. Everything worked fine until I hit 'publish', then there was an error message suggesting that it couldn't publish. I thought maybe I don't have permissions to publish directly from the Content Translation tool. So I used the dropdown box to save it as a personal draft, and pasted all of the contents into a new page. But now both of the pages are live: and . I don't need the personal draft anymore, and wonder whether it could be deleted for me? If there's something I got wrong with using the Content Translation tool that would also be good to know, since it could be a useful way for me to translate pages. Constituent12 (talk) 09:00, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

For some reason, use of the Wikipedia:Content translation tool is restricted to users that have more than 500 edits and have accounts more than 30 days old. I believe this is because many new users use the tool while only submitting a poor quality machine translation. However your workaround does work, and since your edits clearly aren't poor quality, in the spirit of ignoring rules to make the encyclopedia better, you can and should continue using the tool with your workaround if you find it helpful. As for your personal draft, Huon has deleted it for you. Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 11:59, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for replying so quickly! I'll keep using the workaround, then, until I've done 500 edits/got an account more than 30 days old. And thanks to Huon for deleting the draft. Constituent12 (talk) 12:46, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Notability

Please be careful about notability before creating new articles on subjects. J. P. E. Harper-Scott, a person you wrote about, may not meet this criteria. The subjects you write about should meet the general notability criteria outlined here (a good rule of thumb is a few news articles in national or international news websites that talk mainly about the subject). Alternatively, look for subject-specific criteria at the sidebar of WP:Notability. Articles that write about non-notable subjects may be deleted, so it's good to make sure that the topic you are writing about is notable before writing about them. If you want some ideas on notable topics to write about, take a look at WP:RA, but double-check the notability of the subject yourself first. Thanks! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 12:21, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for this too. I thought full professors at major universities were notable. In any case, there are quite a few secondary sources. I'll add some and would be very grateful if you or someone else could check that they are enough. I want to get the hang of this! Constituent12 (talk) 12:46, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

I was asked about this on my talk page. Darylgolden, have you read WP:PROF.? The books and the editorship make it obvious he is an authority in his field. Before reviewing further articles in this area, you might want to look at some of the AfDs in this subject. I've commented further on my own talk p. DGG ( talk ) 22:07, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

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