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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Thank you for signing up! JarrahTree 05:39, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Welcome, Bill. You are even older than I am! I am only 82. --Bduke (talk) 05:37, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

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try checking: WP:SIGN

try https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Your_first_article

try the suggested links above

just as easy it is to help starting, better you get a handle on the wider issues at the same time

find a similar/subject/topic/article - and go in and reverse engineer - you learn well that way

essentially to start the new article you need to cut and paste into a new article with relevant title

but well worth reading through the stuff before you do that... JarrahTree 11:11, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

further

Sorry I am having great difficulty understanding how to communicate on Wiki. But no trouble editing pages and creating a new page. I have added to Australian Atomic Energy Commission and CSIRO BillAustralia (talk) 23:25, 31 May 2021 (UTC) is that correct for signature??

repy - yes - it goes at the end of communications. JarrahTree 11:35, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

I now have 2 copies of the page I have created User:BillAustralia/sandbox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BillAustralia/sandbox FlowTran - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlowTran BillAustralia (talk) 22:40, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

hmm - you can delete the sandbox content, as the other is in mainspace

when creating new articles - you attract less negative attention by finding some categories (again - find something similar and reverse engineer) - having comprehendable 'lead sentences' - and finding how talk page tagging works...

also a good handle on WP:N JarrahTree 11:35, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. MrOllie (talk) 00:37, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Well I certainly have no paid employment and am receiving no payment for any of my activities on Wikipedia. I sold my software company FlowTran Pty Ltd in 2016 and payments for it to me completed some years ago. Since then I have had no interaction or connection with the company or indeed anyone in any industry since then being now 83 years of age. So there is and was nothing to disclose. BillAustralia (talk) 22:40, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

wow makes me feel like a naive youngster in this department... please learn to WP:SIGN JarrahTree 12:11, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Welcome (belated)

There are other editors in Perth - thank for your identification of location... JarrahTree 10:55, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

FlowTran moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, FlowTran, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. scope_creep^Talk 16:54, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:FlowTran

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 00:14, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:FlowTran

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

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 deleted. If 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.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:28, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:FlowTran

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

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 deleted. If 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.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:41, 9 October 2022 (UTC)