User talk:Tpmsfcstudent2019

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Hello, Tpmsfcstudent2019, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Adam and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:11, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

Hi Tpmsfcstudent2019, this is Emily Roldan. I am a sophomore in St. Francis College. I hope you enjoy this semester! (Emsroldan (talk) 21:03, 14 September 2016 (UTC))

Your contributed article, Draft for Wikipedia Article: Revisions/Add-ons for Gamification

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, Draft for Wikipedia Article: Revisions/Add-ons for Gamification. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – Gamification. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Gamification – you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. Cabayi (talk) 15:27, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Your text appeared also to be original research without any reliable sources. Please read Your first article before creating another article. Hope that helps, Cabayi (talk) 15:30, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikilinks

Hello. Wikilinks in articles should only be to other "main space" articles, never to sandboxes or user drafts, such as User:Tpmsfcstudent2019/sandbox2. Wikipedia already has an article on gamification which has over a hundred sources. If you feel there is something missing from that article, focus on improving it with reliable sources instead of creating a brand-new article. Please also note that Wikipedia isn't the place to publish essays or original research, and all contributions should be neutrally presented in a formal tone. Thank you. Grayfell (talk) 04:36, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

I believe you're mistaken Grayfell. The article draft in my sandbox is a collection of different resources I cited. You're right about the fact that I'm using them to add to my gamification article but my content is neutral.Tpmsfcstudent2019 (talk) 17:25, 15 November 2016 (UTC)Thomas McGuigan

Regardless of how neutral the content is, drafts and sandboxes should never be linked from encyclopedia articles (the mainspace), per Help:Userspace draft. Userspace drafts are not considered part of the encyclopedia yet, and should not be linked from the encyclopedia until that happens.

Wikilinks in an article must be clear and intuitive. Having multiple links labeled "gamification" which go to different pages is too confusing to most readers (see WP:EGG).

Please stop adding your signature to mainspace pages, also. Signatures are for talk pages. Wikipedia:Signature explains this. Signatures are not a substitute for references. Content you add should include references in the article itself, not just on the talk page. You might find Help:Referencing for beginners helpful. Thanks. Grayfell (talk) 22:51, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Reliable sources

Hello. Please do not use other Wikipedia articles as sources. Information must come from outside Wikipedia, otherwise it leads to circular referencing, which is a major problem. See WP:CIRC for Wikipedia's policy on this.

You must also insure that every source directly supports the attached statement. As an example, the article Senet does not mention "gamification" at all, which means that connecting the two is original research. Original research is not allowed on Wikipedia. See WP:OR for Wikipedia's policies on this. Thank you. Grayfell (talk) 21:40, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Wikidemon, AManWithNoPlan, Evan Augst, Diego Moya, Me, Myself, and I, Grayfell, Professor Brian Gregory, and everyone else who has helped me edit the Gamification article. I really appreciated it. Sincerely, Thomas McGuiganTpmsfcstudent2019 (talk) 15:49, 2 December 2016 (UTC)[Thomas McGuigan]