User talk:Matthewobrien

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Image copyright problem with Image:View From Bench.jpg
Hi Matthewobrien!

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Marin Headlands
Hello Matthewobrien and welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for contributing to the article Marin Headlands. The pic looks good. I just wanted to check with you about the bench description, I've changed the caption because it sounds like you want to say that the bench was dedicated to Ben and that's where the phrase "He saved the schoolhouse" comes from. I have no idea if this is correct, and couldn't tell from how the caption was written. So I changed it to:

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Does that work for you? It makes it more clear where the phrase in quotes comes from.

Wevets (talk) 17:38, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry case
You have been accused of sockpuppetry. Please refer to Suspected sock puppets/Matthewobrien for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with notes for the suspect before editing the evidence page. Quaeler (talk) 14:36, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Adding images to articles
Hello, welcome, and thank you for the useful verbiage which you've added to articles.

Please notice that the precedent for images added to articles is that they are, with the periodic rare exception of wide-aspect images, added as scaled thumbnails; it should be obvious that your edits take on the guise of heightened smarmy-ness since they are needless advertising, in size, your own photographs. If you continue to make these types of edits without first being able to cite editor-agreed exception to this precedent on some discussion page somewhere, i'll issue an actual warning which will lead to your being blocked on further repeats. If you wish to reply to this, i'll be watching this page. Thanks. Quaeler (talk) 15:03, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:New York Daily News cover June 8, 2016.jpg
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RfC notice
There is a Request for Comment posted at Talk:New York Daily News. You are being notified as one of every registered editor who has edited that article in that past year. --Tenebrae (talk) 23:10, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

James H. Higdon Sr. moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, James H. Higdon Sr., does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  02:04, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: James H. Higdon Sr. (August 5)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by DGG 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.


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 DGG ( talk ) 08:44, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: James H. Higdon Sr. (October 14)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Theroadislong 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:James H. Higdon Sr. 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:James H. Higdon Sr., 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, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, 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:James_H._Higdon_Sr. Articles for creation help desk], on the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Theroadislong&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Draft:James_H._Higdon_Sr. reviewer's talk page] or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Theroadislong (talk) 17:08, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

January 2021
Please do not add commentary, your own point of view, or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Cleta Mitchell. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. Elizium23 (talk) 18:57, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:James H. Higdon Sr.


Hello, Matthewobrien. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "James H. Higdon Sr.".

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.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, 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.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 22:02, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: J.H. Higdon has been accepted
 J.H. Higdon, 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 Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. 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=J.H._Higdon 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! 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 20:23, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of J.H. Higdon for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article J.H. Higdon 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/J.H. Higdon 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 until the discussion has finished. Fram (talk) 14:05, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

J.H. Higdon moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, J.H. Higdon, is not suitable as written to remain published as discussed at the recent AfD. When you have made the necessary improvements, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Star  Mississippi  14:40, 10 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Please work on the article at Draft:J.H. Higdon. Do not recreate it in mainspace as it isn't ready to be there. Thank you! Star   Mississippi  22:00, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: J.H. Higdon (November 10)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Star Mississippi 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 after they have been resolved.


 * If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:J.H. Higdon and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
 * If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, 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:J.H._Higdon Articles for creation help desk], on the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Star_Mississippi&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:AfC_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Draft:J.H._Higdon reviewer's talk page] or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Star  Mississippi  22:18, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:J.H. Higdon


Hello, Matthewobrien. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "J.H. Higdon".

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. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. 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. ✗ plicit  23:26, 10 May 2023 (UTC)