User talk:MC Lessard

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Draft:Minister of State for Happiness

I don't understand your question. What is the question about the article? It appears that there already is an article on this position. You may edit the article. The only thing that I did was to move your sandbox draft into draft space. I neither accepted nor declined the draft. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:27, 8 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This help request has been answered. If you need more help, you can ask another question on your talk page, contact the responding user(s) directly on their user talk page, or consider visiting the Teahouse.

Robert, sorry my question was not clear. I deduced that I had made an error since you moved the article I edited from SANDBOX to DRAFT SPACE. I'm assuming that, next time, I should move it there myself prior to requesting a review. Is that correct? I do understand that you're not the one who will be accepting or declining the draft. I assume that someone else will be informing me when this step has been completed. Thanks for your time and guidance! ;-)

--MC Lessard (talk) 07:25, 9 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

While the Draft namespace indeed is the preferred location for drafts awaiting review, you don't need to move a draft from your sandbox yourself; someone else can take care of that if you prefer. You will be informed on your talk page when the draft has been reviewed, but since we already have a Minister of State for Happiness (UAE) article that covers the same topic, there's no need for a second page. As Robert McClenon said, you're welcome to improve the article we already have. Huon (talk) 16:10, 9 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

User:MC Lessard - I have a hard time answering a series of questions when the questions are asked in good faith but are based on an incorrect assumption in the first place. You started off concluding that you had made some mistake, and were asking me what it was. I don't like to start off by saying that your whole initial premise was wrong, but, as Huon answers, it was. You seem to have concluded that I moved the draft to draft space because you did something wrong. No. I moved it to draft space because that is one of the functions of the reviewer. Also, as noted, we already have an article on the post. Some new editors think that AFC can be used for articles that will replace existing articles. That isn't what is done. If you want to improve the article, discuss your improvements on the article talk page. Now, in the future, please ask me open-ended questions rather than starting off by assuming that you made a mistake. I don't like to start off by changing the question. If you have any more questions, please ask at the Teahouse. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:30, 9 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Minister of State for Happiness has been accepted

Minister of State for Happiness, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

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SwisterTwister talk 04:45, 10 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Swister Twister: thanks for the above info. I'm still having a hard time with "Talk" so pardon me if this is not a well-formatted reply. My question is the following: Now that my article has been accepted for submission, is it in the cue for being published? --MC Lessard (talk) 21:39, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ministry of State for Happiness (UAE) (February 16)

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

Good start, but you need multiple citations to coverage in serious news media of this new position.

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.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Ministry of State for Happiness (UAE) and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Ministry of State for Happiness (UAE), click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{db-self}}" at the top of the draft text and save.
If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk or on the reviewer's talk page.
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MatthewVanitas (talk) 03:35, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, MC Lessard! 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! MatthewVanitas (talk) 03:35, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Ministry of State for Happiness (UAE)

Hello, MC Lessard. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Ministry of State for Happiness".

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.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. 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. Hhkohh (talk) 12:13, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]