User talk:MarcusGarland

A barnstar for you!
Prasanth202 Thanks so much for recognizing me with this award. It is most appreciated as this is my first attempt at creating a WP article and it's been quite the learning curve. Your recognition is a great encouragement. MarcusGarland (talk) 16:23, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , You're welcome Prasanth202 (talk) 16:24, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

A belated welcome!


Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, MarcusGarland! I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. Though you seem to have been successful in finding your way around, you may still benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:


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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome! Nathan2055talk - contribs 21:47, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
 * If you need any additional help with your draft, please feel free to leave me a message on my user talk page! Nathan2055talk - contribs 21:49, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Nathan2055 Thanks Nathan for the warm welcome and for the warm cookies.  How did you know that I'm a cookie fanatic?  And, thanks for your offer of help.  This has definitely been a real learning curve so appreciate all offers of suggestions and guidance.  Thanks again.  It is most appreciated.  MarcusGarland (talk) 22:02, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Copy-and-paste move
Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give User:MarcusGarland/sandbox a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into Draft:Cathrine Countiss. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Requests for history merge. Thank you. Nathan2055talk - contribs 21:48, 28 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Nathan2055 Thanks for the further information. Actually, that's not exactly what I was trying to do.  I was just using the /sandbox page to "practice" using the visual editor after taking the WP editing tutorial since I was brand-new at this.  I was testing to see how various commands, etc. worked before I jumped in to the "real thing" and screw something up.  I wasn't trying to move it.  When I created my draft article for Cathrine Countiss, I used the AfC wizard and started from scratch inputting all of the information in again and going from there.  I didn't copy/paste anything nor was I trying to give it a different title.  The /sandbox page was created by WP, not me, so I would like to keep it going forward if possible.


 * Perhaps I have a misunderstanding of what the /sandbox page is for. But, it's history in my view really doesn't pertain to the draft article.  It's just a "play area" for me to try out things as its name implies.  I just view it as a place to practice what I've learned before trying it out on the "real" thing.  The contents on there could be all erased at any time and could contain anything.  Does that make better sense?  Would it be better if I didn't use that page going forward and erased everything there so as not to confuse?


 * Thanks again for your input. MarcusGarland (talk) 22:22, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Just thought I would follow-up on this message to see if you had further thoughts. I also left a message on your talk page (I hope that was OK).  Would it be fine if I now remove the redirect on my /sandbox page as that history is not relevant to the draft article and has been removed by another editor?  Just trying to understand how this all works.  As reference, this page is what I was following as to the use of my sandbox page (see last sentence of "Edit an Article").  But, now I don't have one as it redirects when I click that.  Your further thoughts would be appreciated.  Thanks.  MarcusGarland (talk) 15:46, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Cathrine Countiss has been accepted
 Cathrine Countiss, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as B-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. This is a fantastic rating for a new article, and places it among the top of accepted submissions — major kudos to you! You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask 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_talk/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Cathrine_Countiss help desk] . Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider.

Thanks again, and happy editing! CAPTAIN MEDUSA  talk  14:35, 23 September 2020 (UTC) Thanks so much for taking your time to review my draft and approving it as a new article. I'm also really thrilled at your grade rating and appreciate your congratulations and recognition. It definitely encourages me to work to continue to better the article and further contribute to the WP world. All the best.MarcusGarland (talk) 15:31, 23 September 2020 (UTC)