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Welcome Rebeccafraz!

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Hello, Rebeccafraz. Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions!

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Sincerely, Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 11:06, 3 July 2016 (UTC)   (Leave me a message)Reply

Creating your 'User page'

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Dear Rebecca,  

Please find, in the section above, one of the Welcome templates which will give you some initial tips on how to find your way around the system as an editor, such as signing your posts by using four tildes (~~~~).
Another convention is that we indent successive posts into talk pages by adding an extra colon (:) each time; you can find this explained in more detail at WP:THREAD.
There's quite a bit to get used to at first, but I would suggest that you take the time to follow the links in the Welcome! section above and you'll get familiar with these simple things soon enough!  
I would also suggest that you visit your User page (top left, next door to this Talk page), which is still appearing in red. As you will see when you get there, it currently says "Creating User:Rebeccafraz" because you haven't actually created it yet; but all you need to do is simply enter some text (anything) and click the Save page button; your user page will then be created and appear in blue from then on. Once you've done that, you'll be able to personalize it to your heart's content later on, and you could look at any other editor's user page to see the many different ways of doing that.
Finally, I am often around and you are most welcome to contact me any time; my commitment to you is that, if you so wish, I will try to help you with the initial learning curve and make you self-sufficient, as a productive editor, as soon as possible.
Of course, you don't have to do any of these things but, assuming you aspire to become a regular contributor, then it's helpful to seek advice from experienced editors.
In any case, I wish you well and hope you'll enjoy contributing to our encyclopedia!  
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 13:20, 3 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

COI

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  Hello Rebeccafraz and welcome to Wikipedia. Your contributions are greatly appreciated, but if you are editing a page on a topic you are affiliated with, you may have potential conflict of interest. It is not acceptable to edit Wikipedia with COI, and you must disclose it formally when discussing a topic. If you wish to edit or change information about your article, you may use the {{request edit}} template. If you are receiving financial contributions for your work, please disclose it formally as well. You are also required to change your username, as it violates Wikipedia's username guidelines. You may request a name change or create a new account (and declare that you own two accounts. Tseung Kwan O Let's talk 14:45, 10 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: When We Fall (Rebecca Frazier album) (July 10)

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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 Tseung Kwan O 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.
Tseung Kwan O Let's talk 14:48, 10 July 2016 (UTC)Reply


 
Hello! Rebeccafraz, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that 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! Tseung Kwan O Let's talk 14:48, 10 July 2016 (UTC)Reply