GailRice

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Your submission at Articles for creation: AoB PLANTS (March 25)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Flat Out 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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Flat Out let's discuss it 11:54, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Hello! I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about 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! Flat Out let's discuss it 11:54, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: AoB PLANTS (April 6)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by ToonLucas22 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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TL22 (talk) 20:49, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Reply to your Articles for Creation Help Desk question

Hello, GailRice! I'm Timtrent. I have replied to your question about a submission at the WikiProject Articles for Creation Help Desk. Fiddle Faddle 09:50, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:AoB PLANTS has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:AoB PLANTS. Thanks! Fiddle Faddle 09:56, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials

You will find this invaluable. Fiddle Faddle 16:12, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: AoB PLANTS (April 8)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Timtrent 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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Fiddle Faddle 23:07, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:AoB PLANTS has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:AoB PLANTS. Thanks! Fiddle Faddle 09:57, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

I suspect I am not the only person getting frustrated over this draft. You have been offered multiple pieces of advice by several editors. You appear to be ignoring them. No-one else is likely to take this draft on, the entire task is yours until it gets accepted into main name space.

Our role as reviewers is to seek to ensure that an article will not immediately be subject to one of our deletion processes when it is accepted. That is why we push it back to the author. We want to accept articles. This one is not ready. Fiddle Faddle 10:00, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: AoB PLANTS has been accepted

AoB PLANTS, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as C-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

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Fiddle Faddle 10:52, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

responding to denial of my recent edit

Received 26 April 2015 (re: Wikipedia article AoB PLANTS)

   (diff | hist) . . AoB PLANTS‎; 10:34 . . (-67)‎ . . ‎Randykitty (talk | contribs)‎ (Reverted 1 edit by GailRice (talk): Unnecessary cats: is in Creative Commons-licenced journals and botany journals (subcats of the added cats). (TW))

I would like to know why my addition of the categories 'open access journals' and 'scientific journals' was denied. Both categories are far more important in defining AoB PLANTS than 'publications established in 2009'. GailRice (talk) 04:19, 29 April 2015 (UTC)