User talk:Gewiki116

Gewiki116, you are invited to the Co-op!

Hi there! Gewiki116, you are invited to The Co-op, a gathering place for editors where you can find mentors to help you build and improve Wikipedia. If you're looking for an editor who can help you out, please join us! I JethroBT (I'm a Co-op mentor)

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Welcome to Wikipedia, and the Co-op

Welcome to Wikipedia!

Hello, Gewiki116. Welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your contributions. My name is Howicus, and I've been an editor here for some time. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

If you're working on creating a new article, you should take a look at this page on your first article, and use the article wizard here to get started. Also, this page has instructions on how to cite sources, complete with videos.

If all this Wikicode is a little overwhelming, this cheatsheet may help untangle it.

If you're looking for a tutorial of sorts, The Wikipedia Adventure is a good option.

And if you need more help, I'd recommend getting live help at the Wikipedia help chat channel: click here to join. Additionally, you could ask me on my talk page, try the Teahouse (a help page for new users) or click here to ask for help here on your talk page and a volunteer will visit you here shortly

Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. Again, welcome, and have fun editing!

Co-op mentoring

Also, I'm your Co-op mentor! You said you wanted help with writing, with notability, and with keeping articles from sounding like ads. The best general advice I can give is to write articles as a summary of what reliable, independent sources say about the subject of the article.
Avoid non-independent sources such as press releases. For some reason, press releases usually start with the location and the date, whereas few independent news articles do. It's best to plug sources like that into Google and see if they come up on a site like PRweb or the company's own website.
On another note, according to Wikipedia's manual of style, you should not include marks like ™ or ® in Wikipedia articles.
I hope this starts to answer your questions. If you have more, please, by all means ask. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 01:37, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Famic Technologies (July 31)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Dodger67 was:

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

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:Famic Technologies and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk or on the reviewer's talk page.
You can also get Wikipedia's Live Help real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:00, 31 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Gewiki116, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about 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! Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:00, 31 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]