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Hello DisinfectingSunlight! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Hipal (talk) 02:32, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Seth Dillon (January 24)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by TheBritinator was:  The comment the reviewer left was: 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.
TheBritinator (talk) 12:32, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, DisinfectingSunlight! 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! TheBritinator (talk) 12:32, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A lengthy welcome

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Hi DisinfectingSunlight. Welcome to Wikipedia. I've added a welcome message to the top of this page that gives a great deal of information about Wikipedia. I hope you find it useful.

Additionally, I hope you don't mind if I share some of my thoughts on starting out as a new editor on Wikipedia: If I could get editors in your situation to follow just one piece of advice, it would be this: Learn Wikipedia by working only on non-contentious topics until you have a feel for the normal editing process and the policies that usually come up when editing casually. You'll find editing to be fun, easy, and rewarding. The rare disputes are resolved quickly and easily in collaboration.

Working on biographical information about living persons is far more difficult. Wikipedia's Biographies of living persons policy requires strict adherence to multiple content policies, and applies to all information about living persons including talk pages.

If you have a relationship with the topics you want to edit, then you will need to review Wikipedia's Conflict of interest policy, which may require you to disclose your relationship and restrict your editing depending upon how you are affiliated with the subject matter. Regardless, editing in a manner that promotes an entity or viewpoint over others can appear to be detrimental to the purpose of Wikipedia and the neutrality required in articles.

Some topic areas within Wikipedia have special editing restrictions that apply to all editors. It's best to avoid these topics until you are extremely familiar with all relevant policies and guidelines.

If you work from reliable, independent sources, you shouldn't go far wrong. WP:RSP and WP:RSN are helpful in determining if a source is reliable.

If you find yourself in a disagreement with another editor, it's best to discuss the matter on the relevant talk page.

I hope you find some useful information in all this, and welcome again. --Hipal (talk) 02:32, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Part of the nature of writing about contentious topics is that it's hard to take it as in good faith at first when info starts disappearing. I get where you're coming from and appreciate your levelheadedness.
I am still learning the ropes, and knowing how and where to contact people individually is still super new to me. But, yeah, I'll stick to lighter stuff for a while. DisinfectingSunlight (talk) 03:37, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your response, and making it clear that the article needs a great deal of work. I've asked for help with it. --Hipal (talk) 17:55, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Seth Dillon (February 8)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Chetsford was:  The comment the reviewer left was: 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.
Chetsford (talk) 05:49, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Seth Dillon

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Hello, DisinfectingSunlight. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Seth Dillon".

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! 01:12, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]