User talk:Abkfirst01

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Happy editing! davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 00:05, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How does a page take to get approved or published ? Abkfirst01 (talk) 06:34, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I recommend not trying to create a page until you've edited for a few weeks. During that time, read Help:About, Help:My first article, and Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. Taking this time to become familiar with Wikipedia will help you pick an topic that is "notable" - non-notable topics are not accepted, and those that do make it in are routinely deleted - and it will help you write a draft that is "encyclopedic" in tone rather than one that reads like an essay, resume, advertisement, or other format that is not acceptable.

After you've been reading and making small edits for a couple of weeks, you might want to go to the Teahouse (see above), read questions others have asked, and if you still have questions, ask them.

Writing an article is NOT easy. It is also NOT necessary to write an article from scratch to become a valuable contributor to Wikipedia.

Oh, to answer your original question: There is no one right answer. More than half of the drafts I've reviewed in the last few months have been on non-notable topics and were never accepted. Others took weeks of back-and-forth between myself, the author, and other editors to "get right." One was written about a notable topic and was "almost good enough" - not "great" not even "good enough" but "almost good enough" - that I accepted it immediately and made the few changes needed to make it "good enough." This is NOT the normal case. The three things you can do to make acceptance faster rather than slower are 1) become familiar with Wikipedia by spending a couple of weeks poking around and making relatively small changes and practicing in your sandbox, 2) pick a topic that clearly meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines (see "Help:My first article" above), and use good, reliable, acceptable references effectively (again, see "Help:My first article"). A hint on references: A small number of high-quality references are far better than 10 or 20 low-quality ones. If you DO need to have a lot of references, put a note on the "talk" page of your draft pointing to the "best" 2 or 3. "Best" means the ones that, if I read JUST the references, I would say to myself "This topic is definitely notable, it should have a Wikipedia article." davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 13:26, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How do I get enabled to publish my page for accepetance Abkfirst01 (talk) 04:03, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your user page[edit]

I moved your user page, User:Abkfirst01, to User:Abkfirst01/sandbox. Your user page is meant to tell other editors about your activities on Wikipedia. You can leave it blank if you choose. It is not for draft articles. Draft articles should be created as "user sub-pages" or as pages whose name starts with Draft:. For more information on user pages and user sub-pages, read Wikipedia:User pages. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 00:06, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox officeholder[edit]

If you aren't familiar with Template:Infobox officeholder and Wikipedia:Templates in general, you might find those links useful. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 14:52, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's giving me though time to get my page published. Abkfirst01 (talk) 10:40, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what you are saying. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 15:59, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Alhaji Ali Kotoko (March 30)[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 Shushugah was:

The quality of the sourcing is really poor. Wikipedia links themselves are not valid sources. It doesn't pass WP:GNG, but can confirm the politician exists. Where did you get the image from? I noticed it's the same image as here but you did not attribute that in COMMONS:Main

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:Alhaji Ali Kotoko 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:Alhaji Ali Kotoko, 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.

Shushugah (talk) 17:56, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Alhaji Ali Kotoko[edit]

Hello, Abkfirst01. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Alhaji Ali Kotoko, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 16:10, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Alhaji Ali Kotoko[edit]

Hello, Abkfirst01. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Alhaji Ali Kotoko".

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. If 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!} 15:41, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Comrade Mahmud Muhammad[edit]

Hello Abkfirst01,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Comrade Mahmud Muhammad for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly indicate why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.

Josey Wales^Parley 21:06, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, Abkfirst01. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Comrade Mahmud Muhammad, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam#External link spamming);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Josey Wales^Parley 21:09, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Ali Kotoko[edit]

Hello, Abkfirst01. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Ali Kotoko, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 17:15, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Ali Kotoko[edit]

Hello, Abkfirst01. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Ali Kotoko".

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!} 20:49, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]