User talk:Prutter79

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Yunshui 雲&zwj;水 09:07, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Reckless Abandon suggestions
Greetings, saw your Teahouse request, and had a recommendation for Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Reckless Abandon.

Looking at Google, there are tons of hits for this horse in major British newspapers like The Telegraph, etc. Since many reviewers will not be familiar with the racing-specific journals, it'd really strengthen your case if you could add just a couple footnotes to a few of the major papers to prove "mainstream" journalistic interest outside of solely the racing enthusiasts. It certainly couldn't hurt in any case, and if for some reason someone declines your article adding such mainstream coverage would make it a pretty easy re-submission. Just a thought. MatthewVanitas (talk) 21:03, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

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Thank you for the feedback. This is my first time getting involved in Wikipedia so I really appreciate it. I will make those changes now. Thanks. Prutter79 (talk) 21:09, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation
 Reckless Abandon (horse), 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. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you are more than welcome to continue submitting work to Articles for Creation. Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia! MatthewVanitas (talk) 22:26, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
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 * Great work! Now that you have the hang of it I hope you'll stick around! There's also a WP:WikiProject Horse racing if you'd like to team up with other enthusiasts (check their Talk page, the tab at the top of their mainpage, to discuss). The only improvements you should still make on the article: add WP:Categories (see similar racing horse articles to get an idea of what applies), and for your citations, rather than just say "Telegraph article about race" and such, give the proper article title, like "Reckless abandon still a winner. Daily Telegraph, 25 June 2011", etc. That way it makes it clear that not only do you have strong sources, but those sources are explicitly discussing RA vice just mentioning him in passing. Well done, and hope you've enjoyed this "apprenticeship" process! MatthewVanitas (talk) 22:29, 25 October 2012 (UTC)