User talk:BillTheDiver

Your submission at Articles for creation: National Building Agency (July 28)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by My name is not dave was:

The comment the reviewer left was:

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:National Building Agency and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the or on the.
 * You can also use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

My name is not dave (talk/contribs) 13:18, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

My submitted article on National Building Agency
Hi, I had difficulties so re-tried but still some issues bounces this article back. It does contain two references, both to Hansard, the official record of the UK Parliament. I was hoping these were strong enough. BillTheDiver (talk) 14:08, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

My submitted article on National Building Agency (2nd attempt to talk)
I seem to have rid my article of incorrect references. I'm not sure what is meant about no article is formatting like this.

As for citations, the NBA having gone some decades before the internet and not so far as I know having featured in any modern history of building there I fear none are available, and what there are may be incorrect. However NBA published books and one is available on Amazon UK 'Common Building Defects'.

I did hope to provide citations to Geoffrey Rippon and to Michael (Lord) Heseltine's entry in Wikipedia but have not been able master how to do this. If an editor could do this I would be grateful.

I would have hoped that two references made to Hansard being the official record of the UK parliament would be suitable. I worked at their London office on Arundel Street for six years so I know it existed but recognise you can't just take my word!

(Interestingly a National Building Agency existed in the Republic of Ireland but that is different.)

Kind regards, Jeffery Smith js@jsa-london.com. BillTheDiver (talk) 14:27, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi BillTheDiver. Yes, the section discussing the objectives of the NBA is fine regarding references. However, I do not see any references relating to the section about the NBA's work. In addition, I would to address some matters of style and formatting in the draft. I'll assume you want the line saying 'NBA's WORK' to be a section. To do this, place two equals signs on each side of what you want to be the section, so ==Operations== . I've renamed it to operations, because we wouldn't usually refer to the subject of the article in the section header, and simply referring it as work without the NBA part is a bit vague. Also, as as I stated as part of the decline reason and there are no 'wikilinks' in the article. You can see these on your signature in this section. To link something, place two square brackets on each side of what you want to link -- Michael Heseltine might be a good start (it's in the article). I could all do this myself but I would like to see you learn. Face-smile.svg Thanks, My name is not dave (talk/contribs) 14:42, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
 * You posted this halfway through me writing me reply, no worries about that. So concerning references, I think it's entirely possible to dig something up. If not, then there will be something about the National Building Agency, I ought to think, and then the article can be based upon that. At the end of the day, the truthful purpose of Wikipedia to just to repeat what reliable sources say. I'll have my own look later, bit difficult now on a 5 and a half inch screen.My name is not dave (talk/contribs) 14:47, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: National Building Agency (August 25)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Narutolovehinata5 was:

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:National Building Agency and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the or on the.
 * You can also use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:36, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Draft:National Building Agency concern
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:National Building Agency, 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) 01:32, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:National Building Agency


Hello, BillTheDiver. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "National Building Agency".

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 and remove the, , or  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. HasteurBot (talk) 02:00, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

Disappointed
I am disappointed that my article on the UK National Building Agency (1963-1981) was not published by Wikipedia last year. With the Grenfell Inquiry underway this year it is of national if not international significance. Bill the Diver, August 2018.

Your submission at Articles for creation: National Building Agency (November 4)
 Your recent article submission has been rejected. If you have further questions, you can ask at the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Draft:National_Building_Agency Articles for creation help desk] or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help. The reason left by Frayae was: This topic is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia.

&mdash; Frayæ (Talk/Spjall) 20:48, 4 November 2018 (UTC)