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Again, welcome! Fiddle Faddle 21:49, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Onel5969 was:

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 are designed to promote or show-off the subject.

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Onel5969 (talk) 03:39, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Dcw2003, 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! Onel5969 (talk) 03:39, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please read this. An image that old can be safely uploaded to the Commons as public domain. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 18:22, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Onel5969 was:

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 are designed to promote or show-off the subject.

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Onel5969 (talk) 00:30, 23 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Abraham Jacob Hollandersky, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 06:54, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Please read WP:DRAFTNOCAT. There is a good reason for that and once your article is accepted (see no reason it shouldn't be) it can be properly categorized. The policy is clear - Draft articles are not supposed to be categorized. Let me know if you have any questions.Peter Rehse (talk) 16:18, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dave Palitz, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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Fiddle Faddle 16:33, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Austin Rice, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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Fiddle Faddle 21:26, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You know what you are doing. Start as a Draft: article by all means, but, when you are ready, assuming it to be of this standard, simply go ahead and migrate it to main name space. There is no need for the Articles for Creation banners and approval scheme for your work.

I start all articles I write in my own user space and them over them when I am ready. Fiddle Faddle 21:28, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, Dcw2003! I'm Timtrent. I have replied to your question about a submission at the WikiProject Articles for Creation Help Desk. Fiddle Faddle 19:52, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, "father advice"

When creating articles, know when to let go. I don't mean you should stop adding useful information, but know when to be the article's father, not its mother. It has to run free and scrape its knees, not be wrapped in soft towels. So be a father, not a mother, and step away from every article you create as soon as you deem it to be capable of surviving a deletion discussion. You will be amazed how some will catch people's imagination and they will improve them beyond your wildest dreams, and others will seem to languish for years unedited by a single other editor.

As with all advice, feel perfectly free to disregard it, but examine it closely before deciding. Fiddle Faddle 21:49, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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All successful editors here have made enormous errors at the start. You've not even scratched the surface of the error lake!! Just keep on enjpying editing Fiddle Faddle 07:48, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Please read the description carefully. The picture is the most critical photo in the article, as it identifies the boxer Jack Silver. It is from 1925, according to the book from which it was taken. Of course the book was published after 1923, but it states specifically the image was created in 1925 at the latest.

The image is the only identifying photo of the boxer i have been able to locate. It is historically significant as it illustrates the article for EDUCATIONAL purposes, and it is holds a critical place in the article. It illustrates the existence of Silver as a boxer. It is also nearly public domain anyway as the book indicates it was taken around 1925, only 2 years from being fully public domain anyway. It is also cropped from the original picture, and is used SOLELY to identify Jack Silver to the reader. Please consider keeping it. Thank-you The origial picture was owned by Jack Silver according to the caption. He is deceased. Please consider keeping the image. I have also searched the library of congress for LOC public domain copies and found none. Thank-you.

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Just in case you don't already know - the best way is to use the move function when shifting an article from Draft to Article space. That keeps the history intact. The move function can be found under More in the Top Right corner of the page. I would also suggest putting in Project Tags on the Talk page to make sure the article is properly integrated.Peter Rehse (talk) 19:21, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You must excuse wikipedia - there are guidelines that are open to interpretation, some are acted upon, and some are not. Up-loading pictures is subject to this and I have never quite understood the ins and outs of the process. This is the bane of multi-contributor wikis with no single czar. Wish I coulde be more helpful.

With regard to notability and your articles in general I will say that personally I like your contributions. Well written, referenced and interesting subjects. However, for wikipedia the main arbitrator of notability is the WP:GNG with the various guidelines such as WP:NBOX designed not as a hard and fast rule but to help define what is likely to be notable. So you could have boxers which don't meet WP:NBOX but have more than enough reliable third party coverage to meet WP:GNG and they should be kept (this may be debated in AfD) and conversely boxers who meet WP:NBOX but without much in the way of coverage being kept on the assumption that more is out there. With all your articles so far, even the once who don't strictly meet WP:NBOX I think a good effort has been made to supply the needed references. I hope this helps.Peter Rehse (talk) 20:35, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Abie Bain, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Cmr08 (talk) 01:45, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not use styles that are unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand in articles, as you did in Sid Terris. There is a Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. Thank you. Cmr08 (talk) 02:01, 14 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dcw2003, I'm not sure why you refuse to acknowledge edits I make to your articles or just ignore any attempts to explain to you that Wikipedia has a manual of style that articles follow. It's only a simple policy, WP:HEAD states that headers follow sentence case not title case, so only the first word and any proper nouns begin with capital letters. Look around at other articles if you don't understand what I mean, or maybe read the policy so you know what it says. I have already left two low-level warnings because often times newer editors don't know about policy before making the edits, but I have also mentioned to you over-and-over again in edit summarys what the policy is and you keep changing back to incorrect style. Just because you create an article doesn't mean you own the article and can have it appear anyway you want. Any other editor can edit the articles you create. I really don't want to add other warnings because I don't want to cause problems for you because you have created some very good, well re-searched articles, and I want to see you create more of them. That's why I am leaving you this message, to try and reach out to you in the hopes you will work together with other editors like me who are only trying to follow policy when editing. Other editors have also fixed headers in your articles, so that should tell you there must be something to this. If you haven't read the policy, please do so, and if you don't understand something, all you have to do is ask me. I'm only trying to work with you, not against you which is how you make it seem when you ignore editors wanting to help. Cmr08 (talk) 21:22, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

dcw2003 I am rather certain you did not specifically state that headers follow sentence case. This is unusual as I have worked as a professional writer for many years, and have never seen this convention. I was not trying to ignore you. I would appreciate it if you would be more patient in your reprimands, and more specific. Thank-you for your interest. I was completely unaware of this convention, and you did not specifically mention it in any of your comments. Thank-you for your words of praise. I can only say you may need to more specific in your critiques.

Thank-you

Actually there were no reprimands or criticisms, it was just attempts by another editor to inform you of Wikipedia's manual of style. The reason it seemed like you were ignoring me was because I had fixed the headers in numerous articles and cited policy in the edit summary but you kept adding them in all caps. Also, I am rather certain that I did specifically state that headers follow sentence case, and can show proof. You must have just missed it. In this edit[1] to Abie Bain, I left a link to the policy and told you in edit summary what the policy was. In Sid Terris article as well with this edit [2], other edits I made I pointed out the WP:HEAD policy, and in others I left an edit summary explaining my changes by stating that only the first word and proper nouns begin with capitals. It took two low-level warnings, numerous reverts and edit summarys and finally a long note explaining my edits to get you attention. Maybe I should have left the note at first and skipped the warnings, but the warning are not a big deal and not really all that much of a warning, there really just messages to let an editor there might be a problem and there usually enough to get the editors attention. Now, higher level warnings can cause problems and even lead in some cases to blocks which is why I left the note rather than keep warning. The last thing I wanted was to cause problems for you because as I stated earlier, your articles are very good and want to see you continue here. I came across Jack Silver by chance, which is why I checked for other articles to read them but when I see anything that needs to be touched up, I do it. It's not meant as criticism, and most of the time it's just mistakes the editor doesn't even know they made. Other editors will also do this. Trust me when I say this, compared to the manual of style I have to fix on a lot of other articles, you have nothing to worry about. If there is ever anything you need help with, or other problems you come across, I have no problem helping you out. Just leave a message on my talk page, and I look forward to working with you here and to read your future articles. Cmr08 (talk) 23:35, 18 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And by the way, sorry for the length of my reply. I have a habit of rambling on. lol Cmr08 (talk) 23:38, 18 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dce2003, the edit summary is the box directly above where you save page at the bottom. Whatever an editor writes in there will appear on the articles history page next to their edit. Cmr08 (talk) 00:48, 20 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi again, I want to make something clear about what I left on your talk page above. There were two low-level warnings, not three as you said on my talk page. The third was not a warning, it was a message trying to explain manual of style to you, where I even stated I was leaving the message because I did not want to leave a third warning. By leaving the warnings, I was doing what I am supposed to be doing. I left the level-one warning, when you continued, I left the level-two warning. The wording is from templates where each level gets a little stronger in tone. The list of warning templates can be found at WP:WARNING. If you find the wording vague, hard to understand, or negative in nature, I'm sorry but sending the template messages is the normal way to let newer editors know about policy. You can always go to the appropriate noticeboard and make your case there, or open up a report on me and see what happens. I doubt much since I don't believe I have done anything wrong. You can also go to the help page, and there are ways there to ask questions of other editors and get advice on editing. However, the best thing may be for you to just remove the warnings from your talk page as if they were never left there, and for me to refrain from copyediting any of the articles you wrote. Will you agree with me on this? That way the problem is solved. Cmr08 (talk) 00:29, 22 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for uploading File:TerrisSid.JPG. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the page from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of the website's terms of use of its content. If the original copyright holder is a party unaffiliated with the website, that author should also be credited. Please add this information by editing the image description page.

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A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Glick.Joe.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you object to the listing for any reason. Thank you. Eeekster (talk) 00:52, 22 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:SollySeeman2.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you object to the listing for any reason. Thank you. Eeekster (talk) 01:12, 22 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You say "it is more than likely the original COPYRIGHT EXPIRED AND WAS NOT RENEWED" which says to me you don't really know if it was renewed or not. That is not good enough. You need to actually research the copyright status instead of making assumptions. Eeekster (talk) 01:16, 22 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for uploading File:HarryLewis.jpg. You don't seem to have indicated the license status of the image. Wikipedia uses a set of image copyright tags to indicate this information.

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@Dcw2003: I've fixed the issue by adding a {{PD-US-1923}} license tag per your text-based license statement. In the future, to avoid the ire of the bot and comply with the image use policy, you'll need to pick a machine-readable image license tag (directory of tags here) when you upload files, in addition to explaining the license status in words. Cheers, Nick⁠—⁠^Contact/_Contribs 18:22, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading File:SullivanMikeboxer.jpg. You don't seem to have indicated the license status of the image. Wikipedia uses a set of image copyright tags to indicate this information.

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Thanks for uploading File:RayBronson.jpg. You don't seem to have indicated the license status of the image. Wikipedia uses a set of image copyright tags to indicate this information.

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Thank you for uploading File:TodoMoran.jpeg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the page from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of the website's terms of use of its content. If the original copyright holder is a party unaffiliated with the website, that author should also be credited. Please add this information by editing the image description page.

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Hello, Dcw2003. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Mosey King".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 21:37, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for uploading File:Bloom Phil boxer.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the page from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of the website's terms of use of its content. If the original copyright holder is a party unaffiliated with the website, that author should also be credited. Please add this information by editing the image description page.

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Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Joe Glick, a page you created, has not been edited in 6 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

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Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Captain George Fried, a page you created, has not been edited in 6 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

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A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Glick.Joe.TheBowery.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you object to the listing for any reason. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 15:54, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Dcw2003. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Joe Glick".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Sam Sailor ^Talk! 13:32, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Benny Valger, a page you created, has not been edited in 6 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

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Hello, Dcw2003. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Benny Valger".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 23:01, 5 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading File:Jamesrisden.jpeg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:

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Thanks for uploading File:Stanwass.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

If you are the copyright holder for this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

• make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
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If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:File copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Whpq (talk) 18:18, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed a file deletion tag from File:Stanwass.jpg. When removing deletion tags, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Evidence of the permission needs to be provided. The best way to do this is provide the permission to OTRS. Whpq (talk) 18:36, 19 January 2016 (UTC) Please have a look at WP:DCP for more details. Regards. -- Whpq (talk)