User talk:Nikkigaskins

Your submission at Articles for creation: The Berkeley Observer (August 6)
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LaMona (talk) 03:42, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: The Berkeley Observer (August 6)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Happysquirrel was:

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Happy Squirrel (talk) 17:24, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Conflict of Interest, sources
Dear Nikki Gaskins,

Please read the Wikipedia policy on conflict of interest. It is generally considered improper to write or edit WP articles on yourself, your own company, or your own activities. Your article on the Berkeley Observer uses a relatively neutral point of view, but you are including in it information that you have in your head but that cannot be attributed to a third-party source. (See reliable sources -- a very important WP policy.) Because you are relying on your own knowledge and not outside sources, the article is considered to be original research, which is not allowed in the encyclopedia. If you can find sources then the article can be created, but you need to make your conflict of interest explicit on your home page, as per the COI policy. LaMona (talk) 17:56, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi LaMona--

I'm not sure where to go from here or how to properly source this article since the information comes directly from the horses mouth...me. Do I need to have another Wikimedia editor write this for me? The Berkeley Observer is, in fact, a legitimate news outlet. However, no other outlets have written about it--even if they did, I would still be the source of the info.

There are other similar outlets with Wikipedia pages containing less information on their Wiki page than what The Berkeley Observer has:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moultrie_Observer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Albany_Herald

Can you tell me what you suggest I do? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks, Nikki Gaskins

BTW, this is my first attempt at a Wikipedia page. Obviously, it's not going so well :-(

Nikki Gaskins (talk) 18:37, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Draft:The Berkeley Observer concern
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Your draft article, Draft:The Berkeley Observer


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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 21:24, 21 February 2016 (UTC)