User talk:Tomcalwriter

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Sydney Howard Gay, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Draft:Abel Brown, Abolitionist ‎

I have copyedited Draft:Abel Brown, Abolitionist. In particular I added links to some related Wikipedia articles (though more could be added still) and tidied up the references. Please double-check some issues:

1. The references after Ray (currently no. 17) were just page numbers, so if I understood your citation style correctly they should also have been Ray - that didn't seem to make much sense, and I cited Brown instead. If that was wrong, please either tell me or fix it yourself by changing {{sfn|Brown|2006|p=page number}} into {{sfn|Ray|1887|p=page number}}.
2. I wasn't quite sure what "Vermont Historical Society" referred to - presumably the Vermont Freeman of July 1, 1843? If so, we should clarify that.

The code I added at the end - the categories - will get less obtrusive once the draft is accepted, but drafts shouldn't be contained in article categories. Huon (talk) 20:01, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at AfC Abel Brown was accepted

Abel Brown, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

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MatthewVanitas (talk) 04:01, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Hi-doh Hi-dee Ha-Ha (November 2)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Rankersbo was: 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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Rankersbo (talk) 07:23, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Hello! Tomcalwriter, 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! Rankersbo (talk) 07:23, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Hi-doh Hi-dee Ha-Ha (November 12)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Rankersbo was: 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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Rankersbo (talk) 07:18, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Hi-doh Hi-dee Ha-Ha

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Hi-doh Hi-dee Ha-Ha, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Hi, thanks for message. I deleted your article because

• it did not provide adequate independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the [[Wikipedia:Notability books|notability guidelines]]. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the company, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the company claims or interviewing its management. You gave some references, but they were not in-line so we can't tell what fact each is supporting.
• Since the references are all to local publications and don't have web links, they are not likely to meet our criteria for sources. I'm guessing that they are in any case just reviews or interviews with you anyway, rather than factual content, such as verified sales figures or literary awards. Coverage in national media would be acceptable.
• it was written in a promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. Your article consists of a self-review —It is set in thinly-veiled locations from the author’s life – two towns, for example, being Schenectady and Ithaca, N.Y. It is an allegory with adult themes viewed through the lens of a child’s imagination, and deals with modern issues... It shows that laughter, poetry and music can remedy many of life's problems—a plot summary, and two carefully selected positive reviews, nothing negative. There's nothing factual to tell us why this book meets our notability criterai
• Your conflict of interest doesn't prevent you writing an article, although you must declare your COI. If, after reading the information about notability linked above, you still believe that your book is notable enough for a Wikipedia article (and that there is significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources), you could, if you wish, post a request at Wikipedia:Requested articles for the article to be created. See also Wikipedia:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest.

I don't know if you saw the AFC comment by Rankersbo:This has no references- see WP:42 although references are implied by the quoting from reviews, we need the names and dates of the articles, and preferably (word missing ?web links?), and reads like a promotional blurb. The inclusion guidelines for books is at WP:NBOOK.

I see many wiki entries that are blatant self-promotion yet they are up there— that's as maybe, but it doesn't help you, just means they should be deleted too. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:43, 19 July 2016 (UTC)