User talk:Matthewswarts

Your submission at Articles for creation: Matthew Swarts, artist (b.1970, United States) (June 1)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Iwaqarhashmi were:

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 Waqar 💬 19:15, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, Matthewswarts, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you created or edited appears to be an article about yourself. Writing about yourself is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Matthew Swarts, artist (b.1970, United States) (June 4)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by SafariScribe were:

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:Matthew Swarts, artist (b.1970, United States) 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/New_question&withJS=MediaWiki:AFCHD-wizard.js&page=Draft:Matthew_Swarts,_artist_(b.1970,_United_States) Articles for creation help desk], on the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:SafariScribe&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:AfC_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Draft:Matthew_Swarts,_artist_(b.1970,_United_States) reviewer's talk page] or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 00:46, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Draft:Matthew Swarts, artist (b.1970, United States)
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions; however, it appears you may have written a Wikipedia article, or a draft for a Wikipedia article, about yourself, at Draft:Matthew Swarts, artist (b.1970, United States). Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – please 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 Notable people who have edited Wikipedia). If you wish to add to or change an existing article about yourself, you are welcome to propose the changes by visiting the article's 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 the page I created deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss this with the deleting administrator. Thank you. :Jay8g [ V•T•E ] 01:33, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

June 2024
 You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page:. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:54, 23 June 2024 (UTC)


 * I am a terminal degree holder in areas related to the production and history of fine art photography and would be happy to edit articles about contemporary issues in photography, the history of photography, broader topics in the visual arts, optical art, virtual reality, digital processing of photographic information, studies in creativity in general, and other areas more esoteric but unrelated to my academic training. I taught University Level Fine and Visual Arts at Amherst College, Bowdoin College, the Massachusetts College of Art, The University of Connecticut, Ramapo College of New Jersey, and the Community College of Rhode Island and will apply my working knowledge of visual art and photography specifically toward general contributions of encyclopedia building. More to the point: I think I have a great deal to offer this space, as I am experiencing this side of it now for the first time, and matters of cordiality and collegiality could certainly be improved. I look forward to contributing. Thank you for your considerations in this review and have a nice day. Matthewswarts (talk) 12:56, 25 June 2024 (UTC)