User talk:Robotron84

Your submission at Articles for creation: Campus News (September 22)
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William2001(talk) 15:50, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Advice on editing
I have read your user page, and also seen the draft article you have created. I think it may help you if I warn you about a potential pitfall which often catches new editors, and which it looks as though you may be heading for. That is putting a lot of time and work into creating articles, or draft articles, which have little or no chance of success. My advice to new editors is that it is best to start by making small improvements to existing articles, rather than creating new articles. That way any mistakes you make will be small ones, and you won't have the discouraging experience of repeatedly seeing hours of work deleted. Gradually, you will get to learn how Wikipedia works, and after a while you will know enough about what is acceptable to be able to write whole new articles without fear that they will be deleted. Over the years I have found that editors who start by making small changes to existing articles and work up from there have a far better chance of having a successful time here than those who jump right into creating new articles from the start.

There are several reasons why the draft you have created is unlikely to make it as an article, probably the most important one being Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Wikipedia does not aim to have articles about just anything, but only about topics which satisfy certain notability guidelines. Unfortunately, in my opinion Wikipedia has far too many guidelines and policies, and most of them are far too long and complicated, making it confusing and sometimes even intimidating for new editors, but the one most relevant in this case is the general notability guideline, and I advise you to read at least that. My experience over the years is that student newspapers are rarely if ever found to satisfy the notability guidelines. Even if the paper you have written about is an exception, what you have written provides no evidence that it is. The references you have given appear to be references to the paper itself, but notability depends on coverage in independent third party sources.

Another problem with your draft is that its tone is somewhat promotional, whereas Wikipedia articles should be neutral. It should be impossible to tell whether the writers of an article think what they are writing about is good or bad, or indeed whether they have any opinion at all, whereas reading your draft I get the clear impression that you have a good opinion of the job that "Campus News" is doing.

As I have said, my very firm advice is not to try to create new articles until you have considerably more experience of contributing in smaller ways, but even if you decide not to take that advice then do take note of the other comments I have made, as they stand to make a considerable difference to the likelihood of success in creating new articles. JBW (talk) Formerly known as JamesBWatson 17:13, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Campus News concern
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Campus News, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

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Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:40, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Campus News


Hello, Robotron84. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Campus News".

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! Bkissin (talk) 12:49, 3 April 2020 (UTC)