User talk:Ammitchell

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I notice that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Your submission at Articles for creation
 Harry Weller, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created. The article has been assessed as Stub-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article. You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you are more than welcome to continue submitting work to Articles for Creation. Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia! 76 Strat String da Broke da (talk) 08:29, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
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Your submission at Articles for creation
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Your submission at Articles for creation
 Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. You are welcome to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit once you feel they have been resolved.
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Your submission at Articles for creation
 Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. You are welcome to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit once you feel they have been resolved.
 * If you would like to continue working on the submission, you can find it at Articles for creation/Pete Sonsini.
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 * Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia!  78.26   (I'm no IP, talk to me!) 03:35, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Neutral Point of view
Just a quick question. Have you had a look at WP:BETTER? I know it may be long, but it does contain a wealth of information on improving articles, including how to write an article in an encyclopaedic tone. --Skamecrazy123 (talk) 17:31, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Skamecrazy123 I have referenced WP:BETTER, but I can take a look at it again in more detail.Ammitchell (talk) 19:29, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * If you wouldn't mind doing that, then I can go through the article and see if I can identify the problems that have caused it to be rejected. --Skamecrazy123 (talk) 19:34, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Slight change of plan
I've just had an idea which may make the whole process quicker. I have copied the page into my sandbox, where I will go through it and edit it. Once I have done that, and you have had a look at it, I can explain where the problems occurred, what you need to do to avoid it in future, and you can resubmit it. --Skamecrazy123 (talk) 19:53, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Skamecrazy123 I would love to take a look at any changes you suggest to improve the article. Thanks! My most current edits are in my sandbox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ammitchell/sandbox

follow up
Hello Skamecrazy123, just wanted to see if you had any suggestions for my aforementioned article? Thank you!
 * Yes I do. Sorry for taking so long. I've had a crazy week off wiki. I've got a number of things for you to do, so I'll go through them with you bit by bit. If you want to work on the copy you have in your sandbox, then we won't have conflicting editions.


 * The first thing we will go through is the language of the article (basically, how the article is written).


 * Simplify language. Go through the article and remove any content that's surplus to requirements. For example, in the Business Career section, the sentence "Sonsini joined venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA) in 2005" could be reduced to"Sonsini joined New Enterprise Associates in 2005".


 * Remove what are known as peacock terms (peacock terms are terms used to promote the subject of the article without plainly summarizing the source of the term). For example, the word prominent can be removed from "Pete Sonsini is a prominent Venture Capitalist based in the Silicon Valley area of California"


 * Remove extraneous words. Words such as "also" and "however", and phrases such as "due to the fact that" and "in the year" are prime examples.


 * Make corrections to grammar and spelling.


 * If you can get started with this lot then that would be brilliant. As always, if you have any questions, drop me a line on my talk page (I'm certain I will be a lot less busy than I was last week). On an unrelated note, if you could add any new questions to the bottom of my talk page rather than the top, it would be very much appreciated. --Skamecrazy123 (talk) 01:23, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Updated article in sandbox
Skamecrazy123 Thank you very much for the above suggestions. I have used your tips to clean up the article. The update is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ammitchell/sandbox

Let me know what else I can do to ensure the article is accepted. THANK YOU!

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Speedy deletion nomination of Harry Weller


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Nomination of Harry Weller for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Harry Weller is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Harry Weller until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article.  DGG ( talk ) 05:52, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Pete Sonsini concern
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Pete Sonsini, a page you created has not been edited in at least 180 days. 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. 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) 13:58, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Your article submission Pete Sonsini


Hello Ammitchell. It has been over six months since you last edited your article submission, entitled Pete Sonsini.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. HasteurBot (talk) 18:30, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Problems with upload of File:NEA Logo 1.5inch.jpg
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