User talk:MattMatt73

Your submission at Articles for creation: The Wellspring Community Peckham (June 19)

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Whispering^(t) 23:05, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Hello, MattMatt73! 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! Whispering(t) 23:05, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

COI

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Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read Your first article. You must also reply to the COI request above Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:27, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi, I've seen your email, but I'm away from home today so it will be tomorrow before I get a chance to see what I can do Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:08, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

The article won't be restored though, since for legal reasons we can't host copyright violations Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:16, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

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Further to your email, you need to make sure you understand the guidance above. Wikipedia is not free advertising or a blog space, it's an encyclopaedia. I've written a couple of articles about churches (St Nicholas, Blakeney and St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch), and I can assure you that a single church or small group of churches is unlikely to meet our notability criteria. Where they do, as with those grade 1-listed medieval churches, it's usually because of their history or architecture rather than their particular take on religion.

Even if your article hadn't been a copyright violation, there is absolutely nothing to show how it meets the notability criteria, and it's just the organisation talking about itself, rather than being described by independent third-party sources as we require. You mention your interests on your user page, but you must be careful when you write on these or any other topics that you don't add opinions, your own or your church's, just facts sourced to independent good-quality refs. Let me know if you have any queries Jimfbleak - talk to me? 05:59, 26 June 2019 (UTC)