User talk:Odammann

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Happy editing! DoubleGrazing (talk) 16:07, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

May 2022
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:Olaf Dammann. 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 Wikipedians with articles). 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. DoubleGrazing (talk) 16:07, 12 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello DoubleGrazing. Thanks very much for your comments. I read the autobiography discouragement, but would argue that my entry is rather neutral. I wrote it because I am asked very often for a brief biography, e.g., when being invited to give public or academic presentations, and it would be most convenient to just direct them to Wikipedia. I hope it might be possible for Wikipedia NOT to delete the page for these reasons. Thanks very much for your consideration. Best wishes. odammann Odammann (talk) 16:27, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, it won't be deleted for being an autobio, that's not a 'sackable offence', so to speak. Which is not to say it couldn't be deleted for other reasons, or that it will be accepted for that matter, but we shall see how the review goes. I just wanted you to be aware that this is very much discouraged, and for that reason likely to receive extra scrutiny as we must be sure that the information is verifiably correct etc. Best, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 16:34, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much. This is helpful. Fingers and toes. All best, Odammann (talk) 16:38, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Olaf Dammann (August 7)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Greenman 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.


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Greenman (talk) 00:44, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Olaf Dammann
Hello, Odammann. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Olaf Dammann, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again&#32;or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 02:01, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Olaf Dammann


Hello, Odammann. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Olaf Dammann".

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. Liz Read! Talk! 02:01, 8 February 2023 (UTC)