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Please help - I have written my first article and would like some feedback and assistance with the next steps please
Dear Wikipedia editors/help people,

I have drafted my first article for Wikipedia, about the writer Anne Brydges Lefroy (1747/8-1804), a friend of Jane Austen. When I first started to research Anne Lefroy in 2015, the first thing I realised is that there was no Wikipedia page about her. Long story short, I wrote the first biography of her, which was published in 2019 with Pen and Sword Books (Jane Austen's Inspiration: Beloved Friend Anne Lefroy). I now have a published source for much of the biographical information in the article.

What I'm not sure about is how to obtain feedback, or how to draw my article to the attention of editors so that it can be improved prior to 'going live' - or even what those steps involve. To be absolutely honest, during the drafting process I have never been sure whether when I've hit 'Publish changes' that this meant anything other than 'Save changes' (as it seemed to be the only way to save changes), but if it did mean actual publication, then who - if anyone - was likely to see it.

An editor who knows about Jane Austen, or eighteenth-century literature, or the history of women's writing, would be qualified to improve the content, as would (of course) more experienced Wikipedia editors in general.

Can you please let me know what my next step/s should be?

Thank you

JNStove (talk) 03:26, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, you caught my attention.
 * As you've noticed, sometimes an important person doesn't have a Wikipedia article. Sometimes, they don't necessarily qualify for one, due to a lack of notability, but that doesn't make them less important. Sometimes, they do qualify, but the people who know about them aren't inclined to write on the English Wikipedia.
 * You can rest assured that your article is nor ever was not being indexed by search engines, so it isn't 'live' in that sense. Other people are able to see it, but it's hard to find. I did move it to draftspace, but that's a technicality that would make it easier for a more experienced editor to make it live, if that should happen. You were right to "publish changes" where you did.
 * One problem with the draft you wrote is that you wrote the book that sources the majority of the article; it's best to cite the sources you used yourself to fulfill the independent sourcing requirements, if you're going to write the article (your book is not independent of you). The other sources are a little better, if they're easy to find. Basically, people need to be able to verify the information in the article independently of you.
 * Worst case scenario is that Lefroy doesn't qualify for a Wikipedia article, but you learn some things about writing one, anyways. Pretty close to that is she ends up with a shorter article than you anticipated. I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding to your message (talk to me) (My edits) @  04:30, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

January 2020
Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Anne Brydges Lefroy, from its old location at User:JNStove/sandbox. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding to your message (talk to me) (My edits) @  04:02, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Anne Brydges Lefroy has been accepted
 Anne Brydges Lefroy, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created. The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article. You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. If your account is more than four days old and you have made at least 10 edits you can create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer. Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia! MurielMary (talk) 10:09, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
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