User talk:Viamail

What's with Wikitext Markup?[edit]

I am wondering, what are the uses of learning wikitext markup over using the visual editor? I can appreciate the wikitext markup as a way to geek out and work more intimately with the language that wikipedia uses. How about for efficiency and specificity? Or is it just kind of dated? --Viamail (talk) 00:59, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (March 18)[edit]

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

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KylieTastic (talk) 23:37, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Clarence Dick has been accepted[edit]

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Sionk (talk) 22:32, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Concern regarding User:Viamail/sandbox[edit]

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 13:58, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, User:Viamail/sandbox[edit]

Hello, Viamail. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "sandbox".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:42, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]