Siyad A Karim

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Your submission at Articles for creation: DC Volunteers (July 13)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Greenman 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 after they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:DC Volunteers and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Greenman (talk) 12:03, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Siyad A Karim! Having an article draft 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! Greenman (talk) 12:03, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:DC Volunteers

Hello, Siyad A Karim. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:DC Volunteers, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 13:01, 13 December 2022 (UTC)