PaulJOakley

May 2013

Hello, PaulJOakley. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Lichfield gazette, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. AllyD (talk) 20:12, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

PaulJOakley, you are invited to the Teahouse

Hi PaulJOakley! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. Be our guest at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a friendly space where new editors can ask questions about contributing to Wikipedia and get help from peers and experienced editors. I hope to see you there! Doctree (I'm a Teahouse host) Visit the Teahouse This message was delivered automatically by your robot friend, HostBot (talk) 01:16, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

Hello, PaulJOakley. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there!
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by TheOneSean | Talk to me 02:19, 22 May 2013 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Lichfield Gazette concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Lichfield Gazette, a page you created, has not been edited in 6 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 02:05, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Your draft article, Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Lichfield Gazette

Hello PaulJOakley. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "Lichfield Gazette".

The page will shortly be deleted. If you plan on editing the page to address the issues raised when it was declined and resubmit it, simply and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code. Please note that Articles for Creation is not for indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you want to retrieve it, copy this code: {{subst:Refund/G13|Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Lichfield Gazette}}, paste it in the edit box at this link, click "Save page", and an administrator will in most cases undelete the submission.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. —rybec 03:39, 8 February 2014 (UTC)