User talk:Whimsical Wizard123

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 Sincerely,  REAL MMB 📮 16:16, 13 February 2018 (UTC)  [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Realmmb&action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:Welcome_to_Wikipedia/user-talk_preload (Leave me a message)] Español

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 REAL MMB 📮 16:16, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Non-free image use
Hi Whimsical Wizard123. The licensing of each media file you see used on Wikipedia is determined by it copyright status and not every file you see on Wikipedia is licensed the same. Some files are licensed as public domain or licensed under a free licensed suitable for Wikipedia and these are often collectively referred to as "free images". Other files are licensed as non-free content because of their copyright status and these files are commonly referred to as "non-free". Non-free content use on Wikipedia is highly restricted and each use of such files must satisfy Wikipedia's non-free image use policy. One of these restrictions is WP:NFCC, which says that non-free content can only be used in the article namespace. For this reason and as explained in WP:UP, non-free content such as File:ATP Tennis.png or File:ATP Challenger Tour logo.png cannot be used User:Whimsical Wizard123/sandbox. Perhaps you didn't see the edit sums I left when I previously removed such files, so I'm posting this here to provide more explanation. If you have any questions about any of the above, feel free to ask them here, at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions or at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content, but please do not add/re-add any more non-free files to your sandbox. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:37, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

User:Whimsical Wizard123/sandbox
Hi Whimscial Wizard123. It appears you are working on a draft for a Wikipedia article about a tennis player named "Yosuke Watanuki". Writing a proper Wikipedia article is a pretty hard thing to do, especially for new editors, so I'm going to add some links to pages you might find helpful. Not all of these pages may specifically apply to you, but they all contain information that it's important to know about if you're going to try and write an article.

This firts group provides general information discussing technical aspects of writing an article as well as some gemeral principles to keep in mind, especially when writing about a living person.
 * Wikipedia:Your first article
 * Help:Referencing for beginners
 * Wikipedia:The answer to life, the universe, and everything
 * Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons
 * Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (You might think you know what Wikipedia is, but it can be much more important to understand what it is not)
 * Wikipedia:Five pillars
 * Wikipedia:Teahouse (General questions about editing can be asked here. Most of the hosts are very experienced editors who should be able to answer any question you might have.)

These next few deal with Wikipedia:Notability. Bascially, only subjects deemed to be Wikipedia notable are considered suitable for a stand-alone article. Wikipedia defines notability in a particular way, so you need to clearly show the Watanuki is Wikipedia notable for anything you create to avoid being deleted
 * Wikipedia:Notability (people)
 * Wikipedia:Notability (sports)
 * Wikipedia:Too soon
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Tennis (I've added this because the members of Wikipedia:WikiProject Tennis should be able to tell you fairly quickly whether Watanuki is Wikipedia notable.)

This last group provides information about things that new editors are unware of, thing which often lead to problems which can easily be avoided if careful.
 * Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide
 * Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure
 * Wikipedia:Autobiography
 * Wikipedia:Ownership of content
 * Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing
 * Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources
 * Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing
 * Wikipedia:Here to build an encyclopedia
 * Wikipedia:Single-purpose account

Finally, while it's OK to work on drafts in your userspace or user sandbox, it's often better to do so in the draft namespace instead because it will make it easier for others to review the draft and help correct any problems they might find. Technically, anyone can edit any page on Wikipedia, including pages in another editor's user namespace, but most people will refrain from doing so unless there's a problem which need attention or they are asked. The draft namespace is, however, more of a community-wide namespace so others might be more inclined to help out. Moreover, the draft namespace is where Wikipedia:Articles for creation submissions are required to be, and I strongly suggest you submit your draft for AfC review when you think it's ready. You're not obligated to do so, but AfC reviewers are experienced editors and they will be able to point any issues which should be resolved before the draft becomes an article; in other words, drafts approved via AfC tend to have a better chance of surviving a nomination for deletion because AfC are not supposed to approve drafts which do not meet the most basic notability requirements. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:07, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Some suggestions
Just a suggestion about User:Whimsical Wizard123/sandbox. Generally the title of an article is not really seperate section of an article; it's more like a fixed part at the top of the page which the software will properly format and bold as needed. So, you might find it easier to submit your draft for review if you WP:MOVE the page from "User:Whimsical Wizard123/sandbox" to a new userspace subpage titled User:Whimsical Wizard123/sandbox/Yosuke Watanuki or even better to Draft:Yosuke Watanuki. If you're not sure how to do this then, you can always ask someone at The Teahouse or even at WT:AFC for help. However, since you are the primary contributor to the draft, all you really need to do is click on one of the above red links, copy and paste all of the content from the sanbox onto the new page, add an edit sum such as "Copied and pasted content from User:Whimsical Wizard123/sandbox", hit preview to see how things look, and then hit "Publish changes". Once you've done all that, you can then WP:BLANKING you current sandbox and use it for something else if you like. You can also click on the "More" tab at the top of your sandbox, click on Move and then follow the instructions. If you move the page to the draft namespace though, you should replace Template:Userspace draft with Template:Draft or Template:AFC submission/draft. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:53, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Yosuke Watanuki (May 16)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Quek157 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.


 * If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Yosuke Watanuki and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Yosuke Watanuki, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "db-self" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
 * If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Draft:Yosuke_Watanuki Articles for creation help desk] or on the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Quek157&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Draft:Yosuke_Watanuki reviewer's talk page].
 * You can also use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Quek157 (talk) 10:22, 16 May 2018 (UTC)