User talk:Dwetzel30

Your submission at Articles for creation: David Wetzel (February 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 Jamietw was:

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Jamietw (talk) 22:24, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Autobiography: never a good idea
Please do not write or add to an article about yourself. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  18:34, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: David Wetzel (historian) (February 22)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Sam Sailor 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:David Wetzel (historian) and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you need any assistance, you can ask for help 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=User_talk:Dwetzel30 Articles for creation help desk] or on the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Sam_Sailor&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=User_talk:Dwetzel30 reviewer's talk page].
 * You can also get real-time chat help from experienced editors.

-- Sam Sing! 10:12, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

February 2015
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in David Wetzel (historian), disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Mlpearc ( open channel ) 19:27, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Some concerns
Dwetzel30, I've made some tweaks to David Wetzel (historian), and I want to emphasize that it is perfectly acceptable not to use the citation templates, but to cite references in a format you feel comfortable with, as you have been doing. However, I also do not see the article demonstrating notability, as we define it. Here are the guidelines for whether an academic makes a suitable topic for a Wikipedia article. Please add information and references making it clearer which (one or more) of those Wetzel meets. In general, the article needs more third-party references: rather than books and articles by Wetzel, scholarly reviews of his (your, I presume) work, references to distinctions received, etc. It appears that no one mentioned that while reviewing the draft article you submitted at Articles for Creation; and also that no one thought to welcome you and give you links to our policies and guidelines. I've belatedly put such a welcome at the top of this page; it also includes other ways to ask for help, although I see from your edits that you did find one. I'm afraid our ways can be confusing at the start.

Also, I notice that another account,, also started a draft on the same topic, and did so with an edit summary suggesting they intended to work on a pre-existing draft. They also actually started the article David Wetzel (historian), again with an edit summary suggesting they intended to work on a pre-existing article. Is that account possibly also yours, or a friend? If it's also you, you should probably decide which account to use and stop using the other one; with few exceptions, we require editors to use only one account. If you need to use two accounts for one of those legitimate reasons, such as having a separate account for use on non-secure computers, then you are required to declare on both user or user talk pages that the other account is also yours. If on the other hand it's a friend, it's also advisable to declare that you are separate people: see this section of the page I linked to earlier. Yngvadottir (talk) 22:12, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of David Wetzel (historian) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article David Wetzel (historian) 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/David Wetzel (historian) (2nd nomination) 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 notice from the top of the article. Yngvadottir (talk) 17:41, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Dwetzel30. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article David Wetzel (historian), you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies. Note that Wikipedia's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Mlpearc ( open channel ) 18:05, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:David Wetzel (historian)


Hello, Dwetzel30. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "David Wetzel".

The page will shortly be deleted. If you plan on editing the page to address the issues raised when it was declined and resubmit it, simply and remove the  or  code. Please note that Articles for Creation is not for indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you want to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at WP:REFUND/G13. An administrator will in most cases undelete the submission.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 19:12, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:David Wetzel.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:David Wetzel.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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