User talk:Roweflute

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Hello, Roweflute, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

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Roweflute, good luck, and have fun. – Levivich 20:49, 10 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Elizabeth Rowe (flutist) (November 11)

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

The comment the reviewer left was:

This draft appears to be an autobiography, the submission of which is strongly discouraged. See the conflict of interest policy for more information.

If this draft is resubmitted, it is recommended that it be nominated for deletion. If this draft is not an autobiography, it may be resubmitted with an explanation on the draft talk page that it is not an autobiography.

The subject of this draft almost certainly is notable. However, this draft is an autobiography and must be reviewed by a neutral editor.

Please ask for the advice of experienced editors at the Teahouse.

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:Elizabeth Rowe (flutist) 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:Elizabeth Rowe (flutist), click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{db-self}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
If you do not make any further changes to your draft, in 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Robert McClenon (talk) 02:21, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Roweflute! 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! Robert McClenon (talk) 02:21, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome

Hallo Elizabeth, Now that your article seems fairly secure, I hope you'll stay around and carry on editing the encyclopedia in future. You will know about lots of eminent musicians who deserve articles, and who can meet the notability requirements for notability at WP:MUSICBIO, or otherwise meet WP:GNG, the General Notability Guidelines. And you've found the Women in Red project already, where there are a lot of supportive editors eager to see more articles on notable women. But it can become a fascinating time-sink, when making one little edit leads to another and suddenly it's lunchtime! Happy Editing. PamD 10:47, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for taking the time to look at this, and for welcoming me to the Wikipedia community! I look forward to learning more! Roweflute (talk) 15:47, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

Thank you for creating this article. It's a perfect example - if indeed not a precedent - of how (and why) an autobiography can and should be written. I hope you will go on to contribute to Wikipedia about other female musicians.

Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 12:15, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for taking the time to look at this and for welcoming me to the Wikipedia community! Roweflute (talk) 15:44, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red

Hi there, Roweflute, and thank you for coming to Women in Red for support. If you feel like assisting us by creating or encouraging biographies of other musicians, it might be useful for you to become a member of our project. You can register by using the box at the top of our project page. After reading the background on your case with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, I wondered how our Danish flutist Michala Petri would have reacted had she been told that the flute was a much less demanding instrument than the oboe. Anyway, glad to see it's now all been sorted out. Please let me know if ever you run into any other difficulties with Wikipedia or need assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 09:39, 18 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Ipigott. Your project is terrific and I admire the work you are all doing. Thank you for your time and for inviting me to become a member the project. I'm enjoying learning the "ins and outs" of Wikipedia! Roweflute (talk) 18:57, 20 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest

As you appear to have no other intention here but to edit your own article, I would strongly suggest you restrict yourself to edit requests on the article's talk page rather than directly editing the article. Theroadislong (talk)