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Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox/Bright Msaka (August 19)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted because it included copyrighted content, which is not permitted on Wikipedia.

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David.moreno72 12:45, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is my official profile. As a politicians and expressing interest to run for the Malawi Presidency. I shared the article with my media Team for sharing the article with the media. To make sure that people know exactly who Iam .

Malawi Voice and many other media platforms were shared the contents of the profile because it is for public consumption. My material is mine and not a copyright so there is no point to not approve it.

As of now i have done my twitter handle, my instagram account and i need the wikipedia to expand my reach to the people Bright Msaka (talk) 12:54, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

The contents of this draft appear substantially on an external source which claims copyright. That is all we need to know for it to be considered a copyright violation. If you are the actual copyright owner, the onus is on you to prove it (not just say so), and to then release the rights into the public domain using an appropriate Creative Commons or similar licence. Otherwise, we have no option but to delete the draft.

On a separate point, please see the comment I posted below about autobiographies, and why they are not encouraged. Please understand also that Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a social media or blogging platform; Wikipedia articles are not there for you to promote yourself or "to expand your reach to the people". They are there to summarise what independent and reliable secondary sources have of their own volition decided to publish about a subject, in this case you.

I hope this clarifies the matter. Best Regards, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 13:03, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Bright Msaka! Having an article draft 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! David.moreno72 12:45, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

August 2022

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. DoubleGrazing (talk) 12:48, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

being new to wikipedia, i think the editors can help to shape the article in such a way that it must suit the standards of wikipedia. I really need to have my wikipedia Bright Msaka (talk) 12:56, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you are a Member of Parliament in Malawi, you are probably notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia. Write your article at Draft:Bright Msaka. Include references (links) to your country's parliament's website where your name is written. Include at least 1-2 links to news websites about you that talks about your election to parliament or talks about your work as an MP. Do NOT copy paste text from other websites. Write it in your own language. —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • {C•X})} 11:08, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]