User talk:Twirl73

Hi. Am new to writing actual articles although have done some rudimentary editing.

I have a page open called Creating User:Twirl73/sandbox and have put some trial content in there.

If I press 'Publish Page' does this basically save the sandbox article (i.e. not published, not visible to anyone apart from myself when logged in)?

Many thanks.

--Twirl73 (talk) 00:54, 7 March 2019 (UTC)


 * "Publish page" indeed saves it - and then it's visible to everybody who knows where to look for it. Wikipedia doesn't have "private" pages that only the author can see. In fact, the former"Save page" button was deliberately renamed "Publish page" to emphasize that saved content is public. Huon (talk) 01:16, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

March 2019
Hi there - Wikipedia relies on reliable sources to verify information, especially about living people. Somebody has found a source for your changes to the Stephen Hunt (footballer, born 1956) article, but please try and include a source in future. Please let me know if you have any questions or queries. Thanks, GiantSnowman 16:34, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, sources for even those small changes should be used please. GiantSnowman 08:33, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Plastic Mermaids (April 22)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by CoolSkittle 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 when they have been resolved.


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CoolSkittle (talk) 00:27, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Plastic Mermaids concern
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Plastic Mermaids, 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.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:31, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Plastic Mermaids


Hello, Twirl73. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Plastic Mermaids".

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 nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the, , or  code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! 大诺史 (talk) 16:51, 23 October 2019 (UTC)