User talk:Contemporary black art

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Contemporary black art, good luck, and have fun.  — jmcgnh (talk) (contribs) 19:51, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

Help me!
I have created my first article but it has "draft:" in front of it..is this normal? It is automatically submitted for review or have I done something incorrect?

Contemporary black art (talk) 18:01, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Editors creating their first article are strongly encouraged to use the articles for creation process, which involves creating a page with Draft: at the beginning. By submitting your draft for review, you can avoid some of the pitfalls associated with creating a new article. But the review process is severely backlogged, so you have to be rather patient.
 * Can I assume you have gone through some of the tutorials or read the guidance at your first article?
 * At this point, there is no sign that you have created a draft. In order for it to show up on Wikipedia's servers, you must click on the "Publish" button (admittedly a confusing name, but think of it as a "Save" button).  — jmcgnh (talk) (contribs) 19:50, 21 October 2019 (UTC)