User talk:Carchias

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Happy editing! DanCherek (talk) 05:25, 22 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much for your welcome message DanCherek! I am just getting the hang of things as a contributor and have loved wikipedia for many many years. So glad to be here! Carchias (talk) 11:21, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Copying from public domain sources requires attribution
Thank you for your contributions. It seems that you may have added public domain content to one or more Wikipedia articles, such as Draft:Consumer Compliance. You are welcome to import appropriate public domain content to articles, but in order to meet the Wikipedia guideline on plagiarism, such content must be fully attributed. This requires not only acknowledging the source, but acknowledging that the source is copied. There are several methods to do this described at Plagiarism, including the usage of an attribution template. Please make sure that any public domain content you have already imported is fully attributed. Thank you. DanCherek (talk) 05:25, 22 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I rewrote a description if "consumer compliance" based on public domain content but I did not copy the public domain content. My description of "consumer compliance" is based on several public domain sources. I will add footnotes for all of them. Thank you. Carchias (talk) 11:44, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Consumer Compliance (April 3)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Mako001 was:

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Mako001 (C) (T)  🇺🇦 10:21, 3 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Carchias, I am sorry that a review of your draft was done earlier today by a novice editor, which isn't normal and will be investigated. I don't think your draft should have been declined, especially for the reason given. Will see if someone experienced can take a look at it and give you any pertinent advice. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 11:03, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Curb Safe Charmer, Thank you for your message. I did not receive a notification from JabrinUttu that my Consumer Compliance article had been reviewed since I resubmitted it last month. Is Mako001 also a novice reviewer? She declined my article very quickly after I submitted it in April. The article is an important one right now because most people do not know what consumer compliance is or what comprises consumer compliance requirements in the US. Carchias (talk) 11:43, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Consumer Compliance (September 9)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by CNMall41 was:

The comment the reviewer left was:

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CNMall41 (talk) 20:24, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Deleting draft
Hello. While monitoring recent changes, I noticed you blanked your draft. If you would like to delete it, just add db-g7 to the top of the article and an administrator will delete it for you. Thanks, echidnaLives  -  talk  -  edits  11:45, 19 December 2022 (UTC).


 * Thanks for your message. I am not deleting the draft, I am revising it. I added the revised text and deleted the old version. Do you recommend a different approach? Carchias (talk) 11:47, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Welcome back
I'm pleased to see that you are editing again. I'm sorry that it took so long, partly through my fault, but I'm glad that eventually I managed to help you. JBW (talk) 19:38, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Consumer Compliance (January 5)
 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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Dan arndt (talk) 06:57, 5 January 2023 (UTC)


 * The article I wrote uses multiple sources, most of which belong to the public because they are laws and regulations. I am very surprised you deleted the article. Did I not use the correct format for referencing copyrighted and public domain works? Would it be possible for you to share that with me or direct me to a resource on Wikipedia that provides instruction for writing about topics that require reference to laws, regs and other information that belongs to the public? Carchias (talk) 12:37, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Please note: "There are no copyright restrictions on the Federal Register; as a work of the U.S. government, it is in the public domain." Source: Federal Register Carchias (talk) 13:32, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I am sure you are right about that, and so, who nominated the page for deletion, and , who carried out the deletion, were mistaken in taking that as a copyright infringement. However, the other source listed, at https://www.consumercomplianceoutlook.org/, ppears to be a different matter, because that page has a copyright notice which says "Copyright 2023 Federal Reserve System. This material is the intellectual property of the Federal Reserve System and cannot be copied without permission". (I am surprised that Federal Reserve System material is copyright protected, but that's what it says. Anyway, you no doubt know far more about the Federal Reserve System than I do.) You could edit the draft to remove any possible copyright problem, but there would still be a chance that the draft would be declined again, so you may be better advised not to put more time into it. I say that with great reluctance, because you have evidently put a significant amount of work into it, and seeing it thrown away must be very frustrating, but putting yet more work into it and still seeing it declined would probably be even more frustrating. I see that, although you have had this account for over 13 years, you have only relatively recently been editing, and have not yet done a lot of editing, so in that sense you are a fairly new editor. My advice to new editors is that it is best to start by making small improvements to existing articles, rather than creating new articles. That way any mistakes you make will be small ones, and you won't have the discouraging experience of repeatedly seeing hours of work deleted. Gradually, you will get to learn how Wikipedia works, and after a while you will know enough about what is acceptable to be able to write whole new articles without fear that they will be deleted. Over the years I have found that editors who start by making small changes to existing articles and work up from there have a far better chance of having a successful time here than those who jump right into creating new articles from the start. JBW (talk) 16:33, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, you're right. I will leave it deleted. Hopefully someone with more experience will write a Wikipedia entry for Consumer Compliance. Thank you for your message. I appreciate it. Carchias (talk) 16:49, 5 January 2023 (UTC)