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Help me!
Please help me with how to create a biography page for a living person step by step approach

DoreenAppiah (talk) 17:33, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * The very first step is to learn enough about Wikipedia to determine if the person meets Wikipedia's notability criteria. Without that, there is no point doing anything else. If you understand step 1, the rest is fairly easy and the guides at your first article and referencing for beginners should get you through it. If you have still have doubts about notability, chances are you could bring three of your best notability references to the Articles for Creation Help Desk and get an experienced editor to give them a look to see if they indeed establish notability. In a lot of cases, you'll get to your first published biography page much faster by first spending considerable time improving existing articles and learning how Wikipedia works by interacting with other editors. On Wikipedia, creating an acceptable new article is one of the most difficult tasks you could choose to do as your first thing. Too often, it generates frustration and even drives new editors away. Don't be discouraged.  — jmcgnh (talk) (contribs) 18:15, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Wikibrarians Ghana


A tag has been placed on Wikibrarians Ghana requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company, corporation or organization that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Nomination of African Library and Information Associations and Institutions -AfLIA for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article African Library and Information Associations and Institutions -AfLIA 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/African Library and Information Associations and Institutions -AfLIA until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, 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 notice from the top of the article.  DGG ( talk ) 04:05, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

'''Thank you for approving the article and removing the (AfD) '''DoreenAppiah (talk) 07:54, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello DoreenAppiah, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to African Library and Information Associations and Institutions -AfLIA have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.


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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 15:41, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Help with Info Box
i tried inserting a picture into a clergy infobox template, but the picture has distorted the whole infobox. Information is no longer within the box just the picture. how should i solve this propblem.

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (May 28)
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Theroadislong (talk) 10:15, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

June 2020
Hello, I'm Wtmitchell. I noticed that you made an edit to a biography of a living person, Female librarians in Ghana, but you didn’t support your changes with a citation to a reliable source. Wikipedia has a strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 11:56, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Joel Sam (August 24)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Lapablo 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.


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Lapablo (talk) 14:27, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Female librarians in Ghana for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Female librarians in Ghana 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/Female librarians in Ghana until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, 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 notice from the top of the article. Mccapra (talk) 03:56, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, User:DoreenAppiah/sandbox


Hello, DoreenAppiah. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "sandbox".

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 deleted. If you plan on working on it further 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. Liz Read! Talk! 15:46, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Joel Sam
Hello, DoreenAppiah. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Joel Sam, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Draft space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for article space.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion under CSD G13. 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 here.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. Bot0612 (talk) 01:24, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Joel Sam


Hello, DoreenAppiah. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Joel Sam".

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.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! CommanderWaterford (talk) 16:28, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

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CS1 error on List of libraries in Ghana
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