User talk:DrVickie

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Hello, DrVickie, and welcome to Wikipedia! I have noticed that you are fairly new! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. I also see that some of your recent edits show an interest in the use of images and/or photos on Wikipedia.

Did you know that ...

...Wikipedia has a very stringent image use policy?
...most images from Flickr, online news websites, and other web sources are copyrighted?
...Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously?
...freely-licensed images should be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, a central location for images where they can be used on all Wikipedia projects?
...we recommend that new users use our "files for upload" process – at least until you get the hang of things?

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Theroadislong (talk) 07:06, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Steps

Create a draft using WP:YFA See also WP:BIO
If you have a personal or paid connection to the person, read WP:COI and WP:PAID, and declare accordingly on your User page the nature of your connection.
Incorporate references for all content about the person. What the person has written (books, books made into movies) should be included, but do not contribute toward establishing notability in the Wikipedia sense of the word. Need to find and ref published content about the person.
You can copy content and references from Charles Sellier as long as you acknowledge the source in your Edit summary
Don't bother with a photo until after the draft is accepted.
Understand that this is a hard task for new-to-Wikipedia editors, and your attempt is likely to be Declined, requiring significant improvement before resubmitting. David notMD (talk) 08:29, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so very much for your message. I really need help to get my late partner, David Balsiger, on Wikipedia. I’m surprised someone didn’t do it many years ago. When his business partner Charles Sellier died in 2011, his page was up within a month or so. Anyway, I’m elderly and disabled, and don’t have the technical skills to do what seems to be required. I can provide all the content, photos, references, etc. if you or someone can give me a template in which to put them. I appreciate any assistance you can provide. In the meantime, here's a link to what I created for him shortly after he died. www.hourforpeace.org/BalsigerObit.pdf . I've been the coordinator of the International Hour For Peace in Northern Colorado since 2006. Regarding copyright, etc., David's will left his Legacy to me and a Judge's order confirmed it. So I have the legal authority to use any of his photos, books, information, etc. in whatever way I deem appropriate. 2601:283:8401:3510:44FA:491:E39C:6C77 (talk) 02:16, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your thread has been archived

Hi DrVickie! The thread you created at the Wikipedia:Teahouse, Trying to Load material for a new page for David Balsiger, has been archived because there was no discussion for a few days.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: David W. Balsiger (September 5)

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

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

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:David W. Balsiger 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.

Storchy (talk) 04:54, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, DrVickie! 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! Storchy (talk) 04:54, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:David W. Balsiger

Hello, DrVickie. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:David W. Balsiger, 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) 21:02, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:David W. Balsiger

Hello, DrVickie. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "David W. Balsiger".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, 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.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:46, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Please help get this page up. I have tried but can't seem to fit into your strict parameters. 2601:283:8401:3510:2107:F115:D13F:94CF (talk) 20:09, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]