User talk:Howiethedowie

April 2020
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Adolfs Zardinsh (April 20)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Sulfurboy 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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Sulfurboy (talk) 08:38, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Adolfs Zardinsh (June 7)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by KylieTastic 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:Adolfs Zardinsh and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Adolfs Zardinsh, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "Db-g7" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
 * If you do not make any further changes to your draft, in 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
 * 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=Draft:Adolfs_Zardinsh Articles for creation help desk], on the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:KylieTastic&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Draft:Adolfs_Zardinsh reviewer's talk page] or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

KylieTastic (talk) 21:34, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Adolfs Zardinsh
Hello, Howiethedowie. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Adolfs Zardinsh, 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) 17:11, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Howiethedowie (talk) 23:52, 27 February 2021 (UTC)== Adolfs Zardins ==

Adolfs Zardiņs (born on February 8, 1890, died on February 7, 1967) was a Latvian painter. Around 1910, he moved with his family to Vitebsk and returned to Latvia in 1920. Studied at the Home of Independent Artists. He has painted portraits, figural compositions and series of compositions in various techniques. During his lifetime, the artist's works were not appreciated, they were recognized only after his death.

Your draft article, Draft:Adolfs Zardinsh


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

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! —Belwine (talk) 16:43, 13 March 2021 (UTC)