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Sincerely, begocc questions?  (Leave me a message) 08:51, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

 begocc  questions?  08:51, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Great Work Ashish. Moradabad page is looking good and contains lot of information, i also thought many times to improve it but did not had enough knowledge and experience like you, you have done a wonderful job, really appreciate it. Networkhop (talk) 06:23, 3 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thank you :) I feel glad that my skills could come to use for my city in some meaningful way. Ashishb04 (talk) 12:15, 3 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

AfC notification: Draft:History of Moradabad has a new comment

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:History of Moradabad. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 07:14, 8 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: History of Moradabad (April 8)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Jeromeenriquez 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.
Jeromeenriquez (talk) 10:14, 8 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hello Jeromeenriquez,
Thank you for the speedy review of my AfC on History of Moradabad. I respect your decision, but I'd like to humbly point out a couple of reasons why I thought a separate article makes more sense on the topicː
1- The first reason was the difference of geographical area covered in both articles. The Moradabad article covers information relevant to the main Moradabad city, so the history section there (which has also been written by me after submitting this article for review) focuses more on the historical aspects of the city region alone. This History of Moradabad article, on the other hand, deals with the history of Mordabad district, which consists not only of the Mordabad city but other smaller towns and some villages around it that collectively form the larger district. It also includes history of some other areas which are separate districts now but were part of the Moradabad district until recently, such as Amroha district and Sambhal district.
2- The second why I thought that it makes more sense to have this as a separate article was because of the depth of coverage. The history section that I've written for the Moradabad page has about 1,500 words only because it also needs to cover a lot of other relevant information about the city without overwhelming the reader. So I thought that if someone wants to read in-depth about the history of Moradabad, then let's create a separate article for them and add a "Main article" wikilink at the top of history section to that article. That's why I created this article, which is more than 5,000̟ words.
I personally felt that at 5,300 words it had sufficient content to pass the need of a separate article. Maybe I was wrong or I missed something as I'm a farily new Wikipedian. It will be helpful if you can recommend me some guidelines that provide some sort of checklist for the criteria of "sufficient content". I'll go through it and edit my article accordingly before re-submitting it for a review. Thank you. Ashishb04 (talk) 12:42, 8 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
 
Hello, Ashishb04! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Jeromeenriquez (talk) 10:14, 8 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Your draft article, Draft:History of Moradabad

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Hello, Ashishb04. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "History of Moradabad".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, 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.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. plicit 11:05, 19 October 2024 (UTC)Reply