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Your submission at Articles for creation: Battle of talahandak (July 14)

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

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. 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 when they have been resolved.

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--TheImaCow (talk • contribs) 16:37, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Shiftyzygo! Having an article 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! --TheImaCow (talk • contribs) 16:37, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Battle of boulikessi

The article Battle of boulikessi has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

news story about a skirmish in Mali. May be relevant to Operation Barkhane but not as a stand alone article

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. noq (talk) 14:42, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Daily Mail reference at Battle of Raqqa (2017)

Hi. Please do not use the Daily Mail as you did at Battle of Raqqa (2017). See WP:DAILYMAIL. Kind regards, Robby.is.on (talk) 16:23, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Battle of talahandak

Hello, Shiftyzygo. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Battle of talahandak".

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 by following the instructions at this link. 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!} 18:52, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Battle of Talahandak

Hello, Shiftyzygo. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Battle of Talahandak".

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!} 01:08, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use File:Commando Marine during training drills in Africa.jpeg

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Orphaned non-free image File:Commando Marine during training drills in Africa.jpeg

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 03:46, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

October 2021

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Heckler & Koch HK416, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Loafiewa (talk) 23:47, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Battle of Dangarous(2021) (October 10)

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

This submission appears to be a news report of a single event and may not be notable enough for an article in Wikipedia. Please see Wikipedia:NOT#NEWS and Wikipedia:ONEEVENT for more information.

The proposed article does not have sufficient content to require an article of its own, but it could be merged into the existing article at Mali War. Since anyone can edit Wikipedia, you are welcome to add that information yourself. Thank you.

The comment the reviewer left was:

This should be described in the main war article first and then split proposed if it is significant enough to have its own article.

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:Battle of Dangarous(2021) and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 16:43, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Battle of Dangarous(2021)

Hello, Shiftyzygo. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Battle of Dangarous(2021), a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 01:47, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Battle of Dangarous(2021)

Hello, Shiftyzygo. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Battle of Dangarous".

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!} 16:43, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]