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Profit

Is there any profit to me for posting articles Younus1925 (talk) 10:27, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Wikipedia is a bottomless money pit. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure. . .Mean as custard (talk) 10:58, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No we deserve money for this Janettedone (talk) 22:45, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Terms of payment for the use Nation World Tour Webcite (talk) 18:50, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Statistics on rejected drafts?

I added a statistic on the number of mainspace articles that are deleted each day (more than 200). Is there a statistic anywhere on the number of drafts (as opposed to mainspace articles) that get declined and/or deleted? I'm trying to give prospective article submitters a reason to think hard about this, and especially about notability. I perceive a real need for this based on the daily questions about deleted articles that show up on the help desk. -Arch dude (talk) 18:34, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

More than 97 replies, read them all. Desireef79 (talk) 17:45, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Missing link in intro

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In the second paragraph of the Introduction, you say, "We summarize such sources here," but "here" isn't hyperlinked. I believe it should be "We summarize such sources here."

Thanks! Joshstrupp (talk) 13:42, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Joshstrupp: I suspect that "We summarize such sources here", in context, means "We summarize such sources in the articles we write" or "We summarize such sources to create Wikipedia". If I've understood that correctly, a link to Wikipedia:Reliable sources doesn't fit well in that sentence. I'll leave your request active so that someone gives a second opinion. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:10, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Joshstrupp: I concur with John of Reading. That sentence isn't saying "For a summary of such sources, please look over here." It's saying "Wikipedia articles summarize the published sources." I've made an adjustment to that sentence to clarify the meaning. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 16:39, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@ElHef: Copy that. Makes sense. Thanks!

Requested move 7 July 2019

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: move. I will file a technical move request. (closed by non-admin page mover) DannyS712 (talk) 21:19, 14 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Your first article → Help:Your first article – This is a really a help page, and it would be a lot friendly to newbies to see "Help:Your first article" than "Wikipedia:Your first article". Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 19:05, 7 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support this seems to be far more a help page than a "guideline page". Compare Help:How to move a page/Wikipedia:Moving a page and Help:Category/Wikipedia:Categorization where the "help" pages primarily give help on the technical side rather than guidance on policy, while this does give guidance on notability and content policies its overwhelmingly a "help" page and I do agree the proposed title would be more friendly. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:41, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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hi. I want to create an article but it been draft. this is my first article. Do pleas help me to how can I create an article without a draft?16:51, 23 July 2019 (UTC)16:51, 23 July 2019 (UTC)16:51, 23 July 2019 (UTC)~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrcood (talk • contribs)