Jillkdelong

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Jillkdelong! Thank you for your contributions. I am Hdjensofjfnen and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Wikipedia:Questions or type {{help me}} at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:51, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

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Hi! It looks like you're editing in source mode - you can change this to Visual Editor as a default by following the directions here.

However rather than creating the article live, I would strongly recommend that you create the article for Abby Frucht in your sandbox. This will give you more time to research and prepare the article, whereas creating it live right away would require you to create the article and establish notability right away. As far as what would be needed for the article, we have a brochure on creating biographies here that should be helpful. It may also be helpful to look at biographies of other people in the same area to get a general idea of what the layout and sourcing should be like. One thing that will be very important is to first make sure that Frucht has received enough coverage in independent and reliable sources to show where she would be considered notable per Wikipedia's guidelines (this is laid out in the brochure). One good way to establish this would be reviews of her work, for example.

I hope that this helps! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:41, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Your contributed article, The Fruit of the Month

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, The Fruit of the Month. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – Fruit of the Month. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Fruit of the Month. If you have new information to add, you might want to discuss it at the article's talk page.

If you think the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. Cahk (talk) 11:27, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Fruit of the Month moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Fruit of the Month, does not have enough sources and citations 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. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 13:47, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Draft article

Hi! I saw that your article was moved to the draftspace. I have notes for you and I also wanted to point you towards a pamphlet Wiki Education created on creating articles on books.

• There's a tag on the page (placed there by DGG) that expresses concern that some of the material may have been copied from an external source. If this is the case, please re-write the material in your own words as this poses issues of copyright and plagiarism.

• Avoid original research. This article should only summarize what has been explicitly stated in reliable sources. For example, if the author or someone writing on the book states that X means Y, we can include this in the article. If this is not explicitly stated, then it cannot be included. I need to emphasize this, as it's very important. Wikipedia utilizes a very different style than essays or reports do and book articles is one of the areas where this is most visible. We cannot create theories or include our own interpretations of the source material, even if it seems obvious. We can only summarize.

This can be somewhat included under original research, but I want to also emphasize that we cannot include personal opinions or viewpoints in the article. Essentially, the article should not come across as being written by a single person.

• The article needs independent and reliable sources to back up the claims, especially in sections like the themes and reception sections. Not only does this help back up claims but it also shows where the book passes notability guidelines. I see that there's an award, but be careful as not all awards are considered to be notable per Wikipedia's guidelines and very few are the type that would make a book notable on the award win alone.

• Avoid sections on things that aren't specifically about the book. For example, Wikipedia rarely includes information on the author and their other works in an article on a specific book or story, as this is seen as fairly off topic because it doesn't tie into the article topic in any way other than it's the work's author and their general information. This is content that would be fine in an article about the author, but on a page about a single, very specific topic (a book collection) it becomes a bit too general and indiscriminate. Information like this should only be included in a book article if it ties specifically into the book in question. For example, if Frecht based the stories on people she worked with or came into contact with, then the article should cover her past as it relates to the book. Similarly, if a second story collection or novel was seen as part two to the collection or further fleshed out a single story, then that would be good to mention in a subsection as well, otherwise the only time other work gets mentioned in a book article is along the lines of "Frecht followed up Fruit of the Month with a second short story collection, Book Title."

• The short story synopses kind of dominate the article, so I'd recommend summarizing them a bit more, especially as they look like they contain a bit of original research.

I've cleaned up the lead so that it fits into Wikipedia's style guidelines for books a bit more and removed the sections I mentioned above. I also added a link to a review of the book, although the article will definitely need more. I highly recommend using your library's databases, especially ProQuest, to search for reviews since a majority will almost certainly be from the 80s and as such will not likely be easily found on the general Internet.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you need any help - book articles are kind of my forte, so I can definitely guide you more if needed. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:11, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

• Something like this is good, for example. You can also use reviews in journals and coverage in other places such as books. Just be careful of random websites and anything that is primary. Something you may want to look into, if you can't find a lot of sourcing for the book, is shifting focus and instead creating a page for the author. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:16, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Fruit of the Month (January 4)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Milowent 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:Fruit of the Month 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:Fruit of the Month, 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.
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Milowent • ^hasspoken 14:04, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Jillkdelong! Having an article 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! Milowent • hasspoken 14:04, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Fruit of the Month

Hello, Jillkdelong. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Fruit of the Month".

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 {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} 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.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. CptViraj (📧) 09:38, 6 July 2019 (UTC)