User talk:TomVenam2021

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Peter Gutwein

The image you are trying to add appears to be a copyright violation. Just because the picture was taken by the Tasmanian state government or the federal government does not make it a public domain item unless the source specifically says so. Works produced by a state or the government have a copyright period of 50 years and this image isn't that old. Nthep (talk) 23:12, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Alexander Clerke has been accepted

Alexander Clerke, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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DanCherek (talk) 05:29, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Thomas Cowley (April 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 CommanderWaterford 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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CommanderWaterford (talk) 15:36, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

April 2021

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Your recent editing history at Richard Nixon shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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Ok, sorry sir. TomVenam2021 (talk) 05:15, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

I'm not trying to come across as a WP:DICK. I especially don't want to discourage you from editing WP:BOLDLY. What I'm seeing in your edits is a desire to make changes to infobox images. Aside from the WP:Discretionary sanctions which could be leveled at you from edit warring in infoboxes, there's the local consensus on the page itself. Editors who've been able through hard work and consensus building to advance very visible pages to Featured Article status might object to sudden changes, especially when those kinds of changes have already been discussed on talk. I would suggest if one is going to make image changes, try working on pages which are B-class or lower. A great place for new editors to contribute is on stubs and start class pages which can really use the help. If I can be of any assistance myself, please feel free to call on my talk page. Thanks for your contributions thusfar. Welcome, good luck, and happy editing. BusterD (talk) 19:49, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Okay man, I’m just trying to be good. I don’t wanna seem like a bad user. I’ll discuss changes on the talk page before changing them. TomVenam2021 (talk) 20:41, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Thomas Cowley (April 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 DGG 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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DGG ( talk ) 08:22, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Rupert Holmes.jpeg

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Tom Venam tagged for deletion

Hello TomVenam2021, I wanted to let you know that I've tagged Tom Venam for deletion because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia. If you feel that this assessment is incorrect you can either edit the article to explain better how the subject is notable or you can click on the "Contest this deletion" button and explain it on the talk page, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top. You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. – Thjarkur (talk) 08:02, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

It's usually best not to write about subjects that one is close to. Note that Fandom is not a usable source (it is user-generated), Wikipedia has to summarize what reliable, independent soures say. – Thjarkur (talk) 08:06, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for letting me know. I, however disagree. There are many people on here who aren’t relevant too much, this article included, but, I still think if people who were part of the 106th district of the house of reps in Michigan 160 years ago, then it should be fine for this article to be on here as well. TomVenam2021 (talk) 09:55, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia does indeed have some arcane standards for what counts as notable, but: People who have served in state legislature are considered notable by default, while people who have not been mentioned by a reliable source are not notable. There is further discussion of this here. – Thjarkur (talk) 13:02, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

Well where can I make sure which websites are reliable? TomVenam2021 (talk) 06:26, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Please read & heed Wikipedia:Reliable sources. Peaceray (talk) 06:29, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Tom Venam The Future.jpeg

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Isaac Butterfield (comedian) moved to draftspace

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Isaac Butterfield (comedian) has been accepted

Isaac Butterfield (comedian), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Devonian Wombat (talk) 23:53, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of Thomas Cowley for deletion

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Nomination of Isaac Butterfield (comedian) for deletion

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FMSky (talk) 11:16, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Ways to improve Thomas J. Cowley

Hello, TomVenam2021,

Thank you for creating Thomas J. Cowley.

I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

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✠ Rejoy2003 ✠ (contact) 06:49, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Thomas J. Cowley

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December 2022

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