User talk:John.A.McKee

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Percy Allan AM (September 2)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! The submission has not been accepted because it included copyrighted information, which is not permitted on Wikipedia. You are welcome to write an article on the subject, but please do not use copyrighted work.

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Revent^talk 16:25, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! John.A.McKee, 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! Revent^talk 16:25, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reply to your Articles for Creation Help Desk question

Hello, John.A.McKee! I'm Timtrent. I have replied to your question about a submission at the WikiProject Articles for Creation Help Desk. Fiddle Faddle 09:44, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Percy Allan

If this bloke is notable and you really want to write an article about him use this:

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Once you have found them use the sense of what they say and write the article around that information in your own words, using them as references. See WP:REFB. For a living person we have a high standard of referencing. Every substantive fact you assert, especially one that is susceptible to potential challenge, requires a citation with a reference that is about them, and is independent of them, and is in WP:RS. Do not consider copying text from the sources. It is always discovered, usually by automated tools.

If Allan is your client I would avoid this task because he will not be satisfied. Men who want articles about themselves never are. An article on WIkipedia about one's self is a vanity and requesting one is a conceit that shows that they wish to present their best side.

What they do not understand is that, once an article is here, they will be presented, warts an' all, to anyone who does a search in their name. And that the warts will be added to the article.

He may get an article one day anyway, written by someone else. It will still have the warts in it. If they appear verified by WP:RS then they will be in it.

By the way, the source you used in the draft was never going to be acceptable anyway. Flannel panels for speakers are pretty much alwasy produced by the speaker himself and are primary sources. You would have been made to remove this one anyway. It added no value, and nor did the text it contains. It is puffery. Fiddle Faddle 06:36, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reply to your Articles for Creation Help Desk question

Hello, John.A.McKee! I'm Timtrent. I have replied to your question about a submission at the WikiProject Articles for Creation Help Desk. Fiddle Faddle 06:46, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Percy Allan (economist) (December 9)

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

This submission's references do not adequately evidence the subject's notability—see the guidelines on the notability of people and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing, so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia.
What you can do: Add citations (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners) to secondary reliable sources that are entirely independent of the subject.

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:Percy Allan (economist) and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Chris Troutman (talk) 18:44, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Percy Allan (economist) concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Percy Allan (economist), a page you created, has not been edited in 6 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:33, 11 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Percy Allan (economist)

Hello, John.A.McKee. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "Percy Allan".

The page will shortly be deleted. If you plan on editing the page to address the issues raised when it was declined and resubmit it, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code. Please note that Articles for Creation is not for indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you want to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by one of two methods (don't do both): 1) follow the instructions at WP:REFUND/G13, or 2) copy this code: {{subst:Refund/G13|Draft:Percy Allan (economist)}}, paste it in the edit box at this link, and click "Save page". An administrator will in most cases undelete the submission.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:16, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]