User talk:Donaldrkiddjr

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July 2016[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Wakesurfing has been reverted.
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Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (July 19)[edit]

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

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage about the subject in reliable sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines for sports persons and athletes and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

The comment the reviewer left was:

This draft has no properly formed references. It is also very badly formatted.

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 User:Donaldrkiddjr/sandbox and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk or on the reviewer's talk page.
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Robert McClenon (talk) 20:46, 19 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Donaldrkiddjr, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that 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! Robert McClenon (talk) 20:46, 19 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse talkback: you've got messages![edit]

Hello, Donaldrkiddjr. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there!
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by Gestrid (talk) 16:31, 22 July 2016 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).[reply]

Talkback[edit]

Hello, Donaldrkiddjr. You have new messages at Gestrid's talk page.
Message added 17:20, 22 July 2016 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.[reply]

Gestrid (talk) 17:20, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ashley Kidd now an article[edit]

Hello Donald. Me again. Per my comments at Gestrid's talk page this morning [1], I have accepted the revised draft and moved it into article space. You will find it at Ashley Kidd. I've also taken care of the "connected contributor" declaration via a template at Talk:Ashley Kidd. The article is short, but accurate. If you have any additions in light of further sources, I strongly recommend that rather than making them yourself, you make a request at Talk:Ashley Kidd for other editors to evaluate and implement if appropriate. If you have any questions or need any help, just give me a shout on my talk page, although I will be away from August 2–31 with fairly limited internet access. Voceditenore (talk) 08:53, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've added both the article page and talk page (Talk pages are used to discuss improvement to their respective articles.) to my watchlist, so I'll know if you edit or request an edit to the article. Note that it's not forbidden for you to edit the article, but it's recommended that you don't because of your personal connection to Ashley. However, in my eyes, it would be ok for you to edit the article as long as the edits you made were unbiased.

I've also added the {{photo requested}} template to the talk page. Just click "Upload" to be taken to our sister site's (aka Wikimedia Commons') upload wizard to upload the photo. After you've uploaded the photo, if you're unsure how to put the photo in the article, just ask for help on the talk page and I or someone else will be able to put it in the article.

-- Gestrid (talk) 14:32, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]