User talk:Melliott132

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Hello, Melliott132, and welcome to Wikipedia!

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Hello, Melliott132, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:04, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bombus bohemicus already existed

Wikipedia already had an article for Bombus bohemicus. I redirected the article that you created to the existing article. You are welcome to expand the existing article with your sourced research. Here's a link to the last version of the article that you created, after I had cleaned it up a bit. – Jonesey95 (talk) 05:55, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make a new bumblebee article, pick any of the red links on this page: List of bumblebee species. – Jonesey95 (talk) 06:00, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Bombus bohemicus (September 27)

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

Thank you for your submission, but the subject of this article already exists in Wikipedia. You can find it and improve it at Bombus bohemicus instead.

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:Bombus bohemicus and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Sulfurboy (talk) 06:51, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Melliott132, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about 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! Sulfurboy (talk) 06:51, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Bombus bohemicus concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Bombus bohemicus, 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.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:32, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Bombus bohemicus

Hello, Melliott132. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Bombus bohemicus".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation 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}} 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. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 17:46, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]