User talk:Bobhowards

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Princeton Center for Complex Materials (January 5)

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

This submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. Entries should be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources. Please rewrite your submission in a more encyclopedic format. Please make sure to avoid peacock terms that promote the subject.

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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Tol (talk | contribs) @ 00:10, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Bobhowards! 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! Tol (talk | contribs) @ 00:10, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. DMySon (talk) 10:39, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Bobhowards! Your additions to Draft:National Jobs Council of Singapore have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Carmel Agius (February 9)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Ts12rAc 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 (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 when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Carmel Agius and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Carmel Agius, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{Db-g7}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
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Ts12rAc^{talk to me} 17:18, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: National Jobs Council of Singapore has been accepted

National Jobs Council of Singapore, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Stub-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. It is commonplace for new articles to start out as stubs and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

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Thanks again, and happy editing!

– robertsky (talk) 10:28, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, robertsky. Bobhowards (talk) 16:53, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies (March 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 Rusalkii 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 (see the guidelines on the notability of organizations and companies). 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.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{Db-g7}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
If you do not make any further changes to your draft, in 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.

Rusalkii (talk) 19:05, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Vagn Joensen has been accepted

Vagn Joensen, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Stub-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. It is commonplace for new articles to start out as stubs and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider leaving us some feedback.

Thanks again, and happy editing!

DoubleGrazing (talk) 11:37, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Bincheng Mao has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Bincheng Mao. Thanks! Mako001 (C) (T) 🇺🇦 06:20, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Princeton Center for Complex Materials

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 12:41, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Princeton Center for Complex Materials has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Princeton Center for Complex Materials. Thanks! DGG ( talk ) 18:54, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Bincheng Mao (July 18)

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

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.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Hi.

I’m sorry, but the sourcing here isn’t helping the subject meet our General Notability Guidelines nor WP:NAUTHOR. All of the sourcing here is either written by Bincheng Mao or is source/website/organization affiliated with Bincheng Mao.

We need *significant* in-depth coverage (that is independent of the subject - meaning no purely promotional pieces, government websites, social media, press releases, paid coverage) in notable major media outlets or by notable publishers about Bincheng Mao. Examples: magazine and newspaper reviews and features about Bincheng Mao specifically; books or peer-reviewed white papers written ABOUT Bincheng Mao; television and radio features ABOUT Bincheng Mao.

You can find more at WP:NAUTHOR.

If those are available, please improve this submission. If not, then it might not be the right time (WP:TOOSOON) for Bincheng Mao to have a Wikipedia article.

I hope you will consider improving existing Wikipedia content about other subjects of interest!

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Missvain (talk) 21:48, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Bincheng Mao

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A tag has been placed on Bincheng Mao requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bincheng Mao. When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discussion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

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Concern regarding Draft:Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies

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Your draft article, Draft:Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:07, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Bincheng Mao for deletion

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Dr vulpes ^{(💬 • 📝)} 02:53, 9 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple accounts?

Hello, Bobhowards,

Are you using User:Stanothy as an alternate account? If you are, you need to declare this on your User page or else it could be interpreted as sockpuppetry which can result in a block. If I'm wrong, my apologies. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:42, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Carmel Agius

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:37, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Your draft article, Draft:Princeton Center for Complex Materials

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:22, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Bincheng Mao

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Your draft article, Draft:Bincheng Mao

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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. When 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!} 23:52, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]