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Hello, AvonMooch, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

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Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (April 2)[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 KylieTastic 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 User:AvonMooch/sandbox and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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KylieTastic (talk) 13:52, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello:

Thanks for your comments. Would it be possible to isolate or highlight the texts in question so that it can be addressed? AvonMooch (talk) 15:44, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The positioning of your question suggests that it's for KylieTastic but its timing and content suggests that it's instead for me (see below). Here's one: Brown was born in Coronado, California. His father (William Brown) was born in a log cabin in Buchanan, Georgia and his mother (Catherine Kopsick) was from Greenwich Village in New York. The forth of six siblings, Brown grew up in Norfolk, Virginia. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Old Dominion University (1980) and a Masters of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University (1983). After a bit that might be partially or entirely sourced (but includes "operated an active studio practice", which I guess means "ran a studio"), there's also In Washington, he performed free-lance exhibition design and installation work for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, American Art Museum, the National Building Museum, the Renwick Gallery, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and served on the board of the Washington Projects for the Arts (1984-90). He landed his first full-time curatorial position as Director of Exhibitions at the Maryland Institute, College of Art (1989-96) and was Curator at the Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati (1996-99), Senior Curator and the HOME House Project Director at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (1999-2006), the inaugural Deputy Director of Art at the Taubman Museum of Art (2006-2010) before becoming an independent curator and consultant. How do you know all this? What evidence for it can you supply to the reader so that it's all verifiable? -- Hoary (talk) 22:07, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Good Morning and thanks for helping this effort. I have based the texts on other wiki 'curator' bios such as this one: Mark Sloan (curator)#cite note-1

but will certainly address your comments. AvonMooch (talk) 11:37, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately the article on Sloan (like most Wikipedia articles) is not a good model. In this edit to it (for which I accidentally failed to provide an edit summary, tsk tsk), I pointed out some problems (and made a number of trivial changes). -- Hoary (talk) 22:40, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, AvonMooch! 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! KylieTastic (talk) 13:52, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:David J.Brown has a new comment[edit]

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:David J.Brown. Thanks! Eagleash (talk) 18:51, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:David J. Brown has a new comment[edit]

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:David J. Brown. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 18:06, 30 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: David J. Brown (May 1)[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 Hoary 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:

Swathes of text lack any referencing. (References aside, there are notes; what are these "notes" for? What do they annotate?)

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:David J. Brown 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:David J. Brown, 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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Hoary (talk) 12:05, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright[edit]

Hello AvonMooch! Your additions to Draft:David J. Brown 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.

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 23:55, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:David J. Brown (curator) has a new comment[edit]

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:David J. Brown (artist). Thanks! Hoary (talk) 04:29, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Hoary for your constant vigilance. I am actively researching and adding references as they come in and will continue in this effort. AvonMooch (talk) 10:44, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Hoary! Somewhere early, the draft name became "Draft:David J. Brown (artist)". Perhaps I did it but I can't locate a process to change 'artist' to 'curator'. If the article is accepted, it should, for disambiguation purposes, be 'curator'. Can you point me to changing that? thanks, AvonMooch AvonMooch (talk) 14:02, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I found how to change the draft name so that it now states 'curator' AvonMooch (talk) 18:01, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Hoary: Is it possible to edit the draft title to read: Draft: David J. Brown (curator)...instead of the current (artist)? If the article does get accepted, I'd like to be sure that for disambiguation purposes, that it reads 'curator'. thanks, AvonMooch (talk) 16:32, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: David J. Brown (artist) (May 14)[edit]

Your recent article submission has been rejected. If you have further questions, you can ask at the Articles for creation help desk or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help. The reason left by DGG was: This submission is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia. The comment the reviewer left was: Over-personal over-detailed autobiography.

Please see WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Wail until someone else, someone not personally involved with you or your projects, thinks you important enough to write an article.

DGG ( talk ) 15:17, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the comments. I find all of the editors very helpful. The proposed article is a biography of another person that I have been following since his work in Baltimore. I plan on continuing to rework and refine the article. AvonMooch (talk) 16:45, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

May I have your permission to rework the article? AvonMooch (talk) 21:34, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

May 2022[edit]

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions; however, it appears you may have written a Wikipedia article, or a draft for a Wikipedia article, about yourself. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – please see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to or change an existing article about yourself, you are welcome to propose the changes by visiting the article's talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was the page I created deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss this with the deleting administrator. Thank you. DGG ( talk ) 15:20, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the comments. They are always helpful. The proposed article is a biography of another person and I will rework the submission more in keeping with the wiki specifications. AvonMooch (talk) 20:44, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Its interesting to see what get accepted in wiki and I'm still trying to figure that out. For instance, see this curator bio. Christine Y. Kim AvonMooch (talk) 22:01, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Help desk stalker here. See WP:OTHERSTUFF TechnoTalk (talk) 22:39, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the link...I read all of it. I'm not trying to argue any point with the reference to other entry examples but my intent is to try to find good articles that I (or others) can follow. Perhaps there is something already in Wikipedia. If not, it may be very useful for everyone who is submitting. I see that only 1 in 179 articles are classified as 'good'. That's a lot of not good articles. I bet this has been discussed for years and it may prove too difficult to address given that everyone is a volunteer. AvonMooch (talk) 23:19, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your thread has been archived[edit]

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Concern regarding User:AvonMooch/sandbox[edit]

Hello, AvonMooch. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that User:AvonMooch/sandbox, 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.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 09:00, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:David J. Brown (artist)[edit]

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 10:05, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]