User talk:Funarchitect

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February 2013

Hello, Funarchitect. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. 99.12.243.171 (talk) 20:50, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the promotional content to both biographies regarding one of the books, the notability of which is not established, and have similar concerns re: a parallel account [1]. Thank you, 99.12.243.171 (talk) 20:50, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Illinois Bicentennial - 200 Great Places Favorite Architecture (May 2)

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

This submission provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please see the guide to writing better articles for information on how to better format your submission.

The proposed article does not have sufficient content to require an article of its own, but it could be merged into the existing article at America's Favorite Architecture. Since anyone can edit Wikipedia, you are welcome to add that information yourself. Thank you.

The comment the reviewer left was:

This reads like a content fork of America's Favorite Architecture, filtered to just the Illinois places. Not clear how many different versions of the list there are.

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 when they have been resolved.

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AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 13:39, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Funarchitect! 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! AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 13:39, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Illinois Bicentennial - 200 Great Places Favorite Architecture concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Illinois Bicentennial - 200 Great Places Favorite Architecture, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

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Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 23:07, 19 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Illinois Bicentennial - 200 Great Places Favorite Architecture

Hello, Funarchitect. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Illinois Bicentennial - 200 Great Places Favorite Architecture".

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 nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! CptViraj (📧) 11:38, 3 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Illinois Bicentennial - 200 Great Places Favorite Architecture concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Illinois Bicentennial - 200 Great Places Favorite Architecture, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

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Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:21, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Illinois Bicentennial - 200 Great Places Favorite Architecture

Hello, Funarchitect. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Illinois Bicentennial - 200 Great Places Favorite Architecture".

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 nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 03:23, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Illinois Bicentennial - 200 Great Places Favorite Architecture has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Illinois Bicentennial - 200 Great Places Favorite Architecture. Thanks! ~Kvng (talk) 16:00, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Illinois Bicentennial - 200 Great Places Favorite Architecture

Hello, Funarchitect. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Illinois Bicentennial - 200 Great Places Favorite Architecture".

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. If 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!} 18:47, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]