User talk:Melwel

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Welcome!
Welcome to WIkipedia! I'm looking forward to meeting you at the Women in Science workshop on August 6th. Great to see you've set up a user page and worked through the Wikipedia Adventure. Take a look at the list of women that we're adding to the project page, and see if there's anyone there you'd particularly like to work on; any research you can do in advance will be very helpful on the day. Cheers, Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 07:40, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

A page you started (Josephine Gordon Rich) has been reviewed!
Thanks for creating Josephine Gordon Rich, Melwel!

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—  InsertCleverPhraseHere  05:18, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Warren Tate (August 9)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by SwisterTwister was:

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SwisterTwister  talk  17:49, 9 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi there Melwel. I just took a look at the Warren Tate draft, and it could do with some work, but I think we could establish notability. Being a Rutherford Medal recipient is something, so it would be possible to make clear his international standing. A general cleanup of the article and making the referencing better would be helpful too. Leave a message if you'd like some help with this. Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 02:41, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
 * The Rutherford Medal, as well as his Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit both classify for automatic notability under the specific criteria #2 for awards under WP:NACADEMIC. I made this clear to SwisterTwister and he sorted it out. —  InsertCleverPhraseHere  05:22, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Warren Tate has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Warren Tate. Thanks! —  InsertCleverPhraseHere  04:12, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Warren Tate has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Warren Tate. Thanks! SwisterTwister  talk  04:13, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Warren Tate has been accepted
 Warren Tate, 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. . Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia! SwisterTwister  talk  04:13, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
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Rosamund Vallings
Hello, I'm Deb. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles are written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.Deb (talk) 09:30, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I'd say have a look at WP:PUFFERY and trim some of the overly promotional language like "leading authorities" and "prestigious award". The sourcing also needs work, the first couple references to Rosamund's own website are inappropriate as it isn't an independent source (see WP:42). I don't agree with Deb that it classifies for G11 speedy deletion, but it is pretty easy to fix these issues, even if she hasn't made it all that clear what needs to be fixed. If you are light on reliable sources, You can still write an article on her as she classifies for automatic notability from the awards, but in general I'd probably say less is more in this case, and I would cut most of the second and third paragraphs unless you can source them well. —  InsertCleverPhraseHere (or here)  18:28, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
 * That's not quite accurate. All articles on living people have to be sourced. However, notability depends on the existence of sources, not on their inclusion in the article. I managed to find this example of a newspaper report which you could use to support the statement that she has received the OM: http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/216614/Recognition-for-Chronic-Fatigue-researcher Deb (talk) 08:14, 17 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Note: I added some additional sources I found by searching her name on Google News and promoted the article to the mainspace. —  Insertcleverphrasehere (or here)  11:31, 14 March 2018 (UTC)