User talk:Rodney B James

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ian Gardiner (artist) (December 14)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Onel5969 was:

This submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. Entries should be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources. Please rewrite your submission in a more encyclopedic format. Please make sure to avoid peacock terms that promote the subject.

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Onel5969 ^{TT me} 19:54, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Rodney B James, 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! Onel5969 ^{TT me} 19:54, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ian Gardiner (artist) (December 21)

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:

This submission's references do not adequately evidence the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage about the subject in reliable sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of people and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

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SwisterTwister talk 06:44, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ian Gardiner (artist) (January 14)

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

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LaMona (talk) 22:31, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of Interest

Hello, Rodney B James. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, please:

avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your circle, your organization, its competitors, projects or products;
instead propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you.

As the author of the document heavily quoted here, you may have a conflict of interest that you must declare, as per the rules above. You can continue to edit the draft, but you need to know that when/if the draft is promoted to the WP main space you may not continue to edit it if you do have a conflict of interest. At the same time, you are obviously a good person to be initiating this article because of your knowledge of the subject. The important thing is to edit with a neutral point of view. Thanks, LaMona (talk) 22:37, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ian Gardiner (artist) (January 28)

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

You have not responded to the Conflict of Interest notice I placed on your talk page on January 14. You should not continue editing until you have followed through on that by placing clear notices on your user page and on the talk page of the article.

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LaMona (talk) 22:52, 28 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Rodney B James (talk) 04:42, 29 January 2016 (UTC) Hello,[reply]

I am an Australian art historian, researcher and curator with specialist expertise in Australian art.

My first article for Wikipedia is on the Australian artist Ian Gardiner. Although I have not been paid to write or edit this article, it is based on research and writing that I undertook for the Ian Gardiner Estate in 2015, principally cataloguing his works and producing a book on his life and work. The article uses some of that research including interviews conducted with his wife, friends and contemporaries. Although the content of these interviews is not available in the public domain, the article counterbalances these non-verifiable sources by references to authors and publications easily accessible at public libraries.Rodney B James (talk) 04:42, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Rodney B James, thank you for clarifying. However, there is no "counterbalance" to non-verifiable sources -- unverifiable sources are simply not allowed (see wp:v), so you need to base the article on independent, published sources, not on the interviews you have done. LaMona (talk) 15:52, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ian Gardiner (artist) (February 1)

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

No changes were made to the article since the last decline. It is not ok to resubmit without making changes. Continuing to do so will result in the deletion of the article, and a block on the editor's account.

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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LaMona (talk) 15:44, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi LaMona, Thank you for your advice. I will endeavour to omit the non-verifiable sources from the text and change the entry on my account and user page accordingly. Hopefully this will get the piece accpeted. Regards RodneyRodney B James (talk) 23:54, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ian Gardiner (artist) (March 3)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by 333-blue was:

Too less references, only 2 edits after the last review, and others per previous users.

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333 -blue 10:23, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Rodney B James (talk) 08:37, 5 March 2016 (UTC)Hello Smokey Joe. Thank you for your advice in your last message. I think a basic problem is that I have been making a lot of edits and changes in response to the various feedback I have been getting, including adding quite a few additional published or verifiable references. Problem is I mustn't have ticked a box that indicates edits have been made each time I have been asked. If any of the reviewers could check the latest draft against the first one they would see that this essay has been changed quite dramatically. Sorry to have taken up everybody's time on this, I can see that you are all quite busy. I'm about to give up on more corrections which is a shame - not sure what else I can do to make it comply with Wikipedia style and tone.Rodney B James (talk) 08:37, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

~~==MfD nomination of Draft:Ian Gardiner (artist)==

Draft:Ian Gardiner (artist), a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Ian Gardiner (artist) and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Draft:Ian Gardiner (artist) during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. 333 -blue 10:28, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hello, Rodney B James! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking

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