User talk:Lawrenceastein

May 2015

Hello, I'm Amaury. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Constitution of Illinois, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Amaury (talk) 05:48, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add or significantly change content without citing verifiable and reliable sources, as you did with this edit to Constitution of Illinois. Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Amaury (talk) 05:51, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Raymond Westbrook (May 17)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Jaaron95 was:

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability—see the guidelines for academics 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:Raymond Westbrook and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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JAaron95 | Talk | Contribs 08:26, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Lawrenceastein, 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! JAaron95 | Talk | Contribs 08:26, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Raymond Westbrook

You need to put your references in the the text following the fact each supports using <ref>[url description]</ref>. Then the {{reflist}} I've added at the end at the end will automatically generate a numbered list.

Also consider using wikilinks eg Near East, Oxford, cheers Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:09, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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AfC notification: Draft:Raymond Westbrook has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Raymond Westbrook. Thanks! FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 11:38, 9 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not copy-paste entire articles to move them

I note you created Raymond Westbrook by simply copy-pasting the entirety of Draft:Raymond Westbrook. Please do not do this, that just created more work for a bunch of us. Now you have people trying to help you by reviewing what is now a redundant draft, and also when you copy-pasted your separated the published piece from the draft, essentially "erasing" its history of development (and contributions of others helping you) by separating it from the editorial process.

I'm putting in a request to merge the two pages together so the history can be consistent, but please in the future do not just copy-paste entire pages. If you want to move something, use the Move button at the top of the page. Please keep this in mind in the future.

Side note: since Westbrook is deceased, you can upload one, not-high-resolution, small image of him to the article, regardless of its copyright status, under WP:Fair use. Please do so, using the "Upload file" button on the left hand margin of your screen, and being sure to clearly chose the "copright image, but subject is deceased, so fair use" options in the upload tool, and providing a link to where you found the photo; i.e. please just follow the form there and it will all make sense.

Interesting academic, thanks for adding his bio! MatthewVanitas (talk) 13:02, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cut-paste boilerplate advisory

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give Draft:Raymond Westbrook a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into Raymond Westbrook. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge. Thank you. MatthewVanitas (talk) 13:02, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Lawrence A. Stein (November 9)

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

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

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 after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Lawrence A. Stein and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 04:24, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Lawrenceastein! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering 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! McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 04:24, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Lawrence A. Stein (November 9)

Your recent article submission has been rejected. If you have further questions, you can ask at the Articles for creation help desk or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help. The reason left by Mcmatter was: This topic is not sufficiently notable for inclusion in Wikipedia.

McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 04:27, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

November 2022

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions; however, it appears you may have written a Wikipedia article, or a draft for a Wikipedia article, about yourself, at Draft:Lawrence A. Stein. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – please see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to or change an existing article about yourself, you are welcome to propose the changes by visiting the article's talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was the page I created deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss this with the deleting administrator. Thank you. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 04:53, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]