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Welcome to WIkipedia! I'm looking forward to meeting you at the Women in Science workshop on August 6th. Great to see you've set up a user page and worked through the Wikipedia Adventure. Take a look at the list of women that we're adding to the project page, and see if there's anyone there you'd particularly like to work on; any research you can do in advance will be very helpful on the day. Cheers, Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 07:40, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

A page you started (Josephine Gordon Rich) has been reviewed!

Thanks for creating Josephine Gordon Rich, Melwel!

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Nice new stub. Thanks for your contributions.

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— InsertCleverPhraseHere 05:18, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

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Hello, Melwel, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask at the help desk, or place {{Help me}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or or by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Also, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! — InsertCleverPhraseHere 05:18, 6 August 2017 (UTC) Getting started Introduction Contributing to Wikipedia The five pillars of Wikipedia How to edit a page Intuitive guide to Wikipedia Finding your way around Table of contents Department directory Help directory Editing articles How to develop an article Simplified Manual of Style Getting help Frequently asked questions Cheatsheet Our new user help forum, the Teahouse Where to ask a question Help pages New contributors' help page Article Wizard – a Wizard to help you create articles How you can help Community Portal Join a WikiProject Follow Wikipedia etiquette Practice civility Discover what's going on in the Wikimedia community

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		Congratulations on making such a good start with Wikipedia. Keep it up! Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 10:56, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Warren Tate (August 9)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by SwisterTwister 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 when they have been resolved.

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SwisterTwister talk 17:49, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi there Melwel. I just took a look at the Warren Tate draft, and it could do with some work, but I think we could establish notability. Being a Rutherford Medal recipient is something, so it would be possible to make clear his international standing. A general cleanup of the article and making the referencing better would be helpful too. Leave a message if you'd like some help with this. Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 02:41, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

The Rutherford Medal, as well as his Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit both classify for automatic notability under the specific criteria #2 for awards under WP:NACADEMIC. I made this clear to SwisterTwister and he sorted it out. — InsertCleverPhraseHere 05:22, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Warren Tate has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Warren Tate. Thanks! — InsertCleverPhraseHere 04:12, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Warren Tate has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Warren Tate. Thanks! SwisterTwister talk 04:13, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Warren Tate has been accepted

Warren Tate, 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 04:13, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Rosamund Vallings

Hello, I'm Deb. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles are written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.Deb (talk) 09:30, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

I'd say have a look at WP:PUFFERY and trim some of the overly promotional language like "leading authorities" and "prestigious award". The sourcing also needs work, the first couple references to Rosamund's own website are inappropriate as it isn't an independent source (see WP:42). I don't agree with Deb that it classifies for G11 speedy deletion, but it is pretty easy to fix these issues, even if she hasn't made it all that clear what needs to be fixed. If you are light on reliable sources, You can still write an article on her as she classifies for automatic notability from the awards, but in general I'd probably say less is more in this case, and I would cut most of the second and third paragraphs unless you can source them well. — InsertCleverPhraseHere ^{(or here)} 18:28, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

That's not quite accurate. All articles on living people have to be sourced. However, notability depends on the existence of sources, not on their inclusion in the article. I managed to find this example of a newspaper report which you could use to support the statement that she has received the OM: http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/216614/Recognition-for-Chronic-Fatigue-researcher Deb (talk) 08:14, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

• Note: I added some additional sources I found by searching her name on Google News and promoted the article to the mainspace. — Insertcleverphrasehere ^{(or here)} 11:31, 14 March 2018 (UTC)