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AfC[edit]

You have not yet made 500 edits in the article namespace and are therefore unqualified to be an Articles for Creation reviewer. I have removed you from our participant list. Chris Troutman (talk) 16:19, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Gordonap (talk) 16:23, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

From the user page[edit]

You have requested review of the article on the 1991 immigration act. I cannot find the article in question; could you please give me the actual title of the article in question? --Anthony Bradbury^"talk" 19:58, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if this is the correct place to respond as I have been making minor edits to Wikipedia for a few years, but haven't been involved in reviewing previously. The article is the 1991 Armed Forces Immigration Adjustment Act. It was removed as a fake article because it was cut and pasted (from my student's word document) but it is a well-researched article without any copyright violations that I believe would be a helpful contribution to Wikipedia users. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:1991_Armed_Forces_Immigration_Adjustment_Act Thanks Gordonap (talk) 14:28, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Part of the problem was that the article was created in user-space rather than in article-space. I have now corrected this and inserted the article where it should be.--Anthony Bradbury^"talk" 18:01, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I hadn't realized this. I'll make sure that I check this in future when students are working on Wikipedia. Gordonap (talk) 23:41, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"when students are working on Wikipedia" ??

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This is really helpful. I think I may have started doing this before the training existed and I have gradually developed my assignment to include more guidance, including a class workshop in which we upload the entries, discussion about wikipedia guidelines, etc. ... but this will save me a lot of time! I realize that entries can still be uneven, but this looks really helpful. I will definitely use it in future. Gordonap (talk) 00:35, 20 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

To expand slightly on my earlier comment; if an article is posted as if the subject were a user (e.g. user:1991 immigration act) then one cannot find the title unless the word "user" is included in the search. Hence my initial difficulty in finding the article in question. It is also true that pages which appear to be user pages but which contain information not directly related to Wikipedia are customarily deleted, with only rare exceptions. --Anthony Bradbury^"talk" 14:00, 20 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for the message: you are right ... I had no idea that I was linking to a disambiguation page. I changed the link, but noticed that the Ellis Island link is constructed differently, with a disambiguation link under the reference to the immigration station. I would guess that the vast majority of researchers are interested in the Angel Island immigration station and would benefit from the Angel Island page being constructed in the same way. Just a suggestion! Thanks again.Gordonap (talk) 12:06, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for your contributions to the Emile Lacombe article and the rest of Wikipedia. I wanted to follow up on your edit summary regarding his assignment to the Second Circuit. Lacombe, like all U.S. circuit judges who were sitting at the time, immediately became a judge of the new Court of Appeals pursuant to Section 2 of the Evarts Act. However, Lacombe continued to sit concurrently on the existing Circuit Court until 1911, when the Circuit Courts were abolished and their remaining trial jurisdiction was transferred to the District Courts. This is consistent with Lacombe's Federal Judicial Center biographical database page, here. I hope this clarifies, but if you have any questions or any ideas how this can best be expressed in the article please let me know. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 15:27, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: First interracial kiss in film (October 23)[edit]

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