User talk:Gaoneal02

Welcome![edit]

Hello, Gaoneal02, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Gregory O'Neal, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{help me}} on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! The garmine ^(talk) 15:51, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A few words of advice[edit]

Here are a few words of advice about your editing. I have just looked at the page Draft:Gregory O'Neal. I could review it right now, but since you have not accepted the advice I gave you before, I have decided to leave it for someone else to review, so that you can see that the result is not just some opinion of mine. There is virtually no chance at all of the draft being accepted as an article, for at least two reasons. Firstly, it gives no evidence at all that you are significant or notable enough to be included in the encyclopaedia. Secondly, it is written as a personal reflection, rather than as an objective third party account. In fact, the only (very remote) chance of its becoming an article would be if it is reviewed by some inexperienced editor who has so little experience of how Wikipedia works that he or she should not be reviewing submissions and doesn't know what he or she is doing, and in that extremely unlikely event the article will be speedily deleted anyway.

Another point is that Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines indicate that you should not be writing about yourself. If you satisfy Wikipedia's notability guidelines then it is highly likely that sooner or later an independent, impartial, person will create an article about you, and if not then no article, no matter how it may be written, will be suitable.

I have already advised you that if you wish to write a personal web page, then you would be better advised to use one of the many web sites which provide that sort of service, rather than Wikipedia, which doesn't; I will now add to that further advice on creating articles. My advice to new editors is that it is best to start by making small improvements to existing articles, rather than creating new articles. That way any mistakes you make will be small ones, and you won't have the discouraging experience of repeatedly seeing hours of work deleted. Gradually, you will get to learn how Wikipedia works, and after a while you will know enough about what is acceptable to be able to write whole new articles without fear that they will be deleted. Over the years I have found that editors who start by making small changes to existing articles and work up from there have a far better chance of having a successful time here than those who jump right into creating new articles from the start. You are, of course, very welcome indeed to start contributing to the encyclopaedia about subjects other than yourself, but if you are here only to try to post a page about yourself then Wikipedia is not the place for you, and if you persist it is likely that before long you will be blocked from editing by an administrator.

I have put some time and effort into writing this message, in the hope that it may help you to avoid wasting your time on things which are doomed from the start. I hope it will help you. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 19:14, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Gregory O'Neal (April 26)[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 SwisterTwister 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 on the notability of people 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.

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:Gregory O'Neal 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.
You can also use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

SwisterTwister talk 20:31, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Bellflower, California. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:

Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing.
In addition, you really need to grasp the fact that if you continue to try to use Wikipedia to publicise yourself then you are sooner or later going to be blocked from editing by an administrator. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 07:48, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Gregory O'Neal concern[edit]

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Gregory O'Neal, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:35, 27 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Gregory O'Neal[edit]

Hello, Gaoneal02. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Gregory O'Neal".

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 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}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. 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. TKK! bark with me! 19:08, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Gregory O'Neal[edit]

Hello, Gaoneal02. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Gregory O'Neal".

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 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}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. 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. » Shadowowl | talk 17:03, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]