User talk:Mortonjames

Your submission at Articles for creation: Morton-James Public Library Nebraska City, Nebraska (December 10)[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 evidence the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage about the subject in reliable sources that are independent of the subject—see the general guideline on notability 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 no additional reliable sources can be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

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SwisterTwister talk 19:42, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Morton-James Public Library Nebraska City, Nebraska (December 12)[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 LaMona was:

This submission's references do not adequately evidence 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 organizations and companies 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.

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LaMona (talk) 17:52, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Morton-James Public Library Nebraska City, Nebraska (December 17)[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 Robert McClenon was:

Add wikilinks for topics which have their own articles, such as National Register of Historic Places and Nebraska City, Nebraska. Improve formatting of references.

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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Robert McClenon (talk) 00:55, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Mortonjames, 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! Robert McClenon (talk) 00:55, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Morton-James Public Library has been accepted[edit]

Morton-James Public Library, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 04:37, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on the acceptance of the Morton-James article.

By your username, it appears that you're closely associated with the library, so this may be the only article you've ever wanted to create. However, if you're interested in doing more with Nebraska City and Otoe County history, you should know that any site listed in the National Register of Historic Places is generally considered to meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines. There're 26 NRHP sites in the county, many of which don't have articles at all, or that have articles like St. Benedict's Catholic Church (Nebraska City) that're so slapdash as to be an embarrassment to Wikipedia. I assume that if you're based at the library, then you've got access to lots of good local sources; so should you find yourself with an excess of spare time...

If you're interested in further work on NRHP sites in Otoe County or elsewhere, you might want to check out WikiProject National Register of Historic Places. The talk page there is a good place to find answers to any Wikiquestions you might have: several of the members were unstinting with useful advice and suggestions when I was first embarking on my WP editing career.

If you've got any questions that I might be able to answer, please feel free to drop a note at my talk page. WP needs somebody doing quality work in southeastern Nebraska— Ammodramus (talk) 13:28, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the barnstar, and for your kind words. I'm glad that I could help you get the Morton-James article off the ground. You were making great progress on it; I just sped things up a bit. I hope that you'll consider writing more articles on Otoe County NRHP sites.

Getting started as an editor can be a bit intimidating at times. I've been at it for something like six years now, and although I've still got lots to learn, I know my way around a lot of the more commonly cited Wikipedia policies and practices. If you're working on an article and someone leaves you a note full of Wikijargon, or urging you to do something for which you haven't the first idea how to begin, please feel free to call on me for help.

Among other things, I noticed that in the Morton-James article, you listed citations by hand instead of using the usual markup language and templates. References can definitely be a bit confusing, and if you're trying to insert some and experiencing frustration, I'd be glad to try to help you out. Just leave a note at my talk page (you can start a new conversation by clicking the "New section" in the top center of the page), and I'll get back to you.

Hope for more Nebraska City articles from you in 2016— Ammodramus (talk) 21:50, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]