Susannah Tombs

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Help request

I am thinking of creating a new article and am unsure about whether it fits the notability and conflict of interest guidelines. I am on the steering group of a network practising and explaining a Quaker meditation practice: the Experiment with Light. There about 60 groups in the UK and world-wide using the practice regularly.(Probably about 4-500 people?) It was started in 1996. There are two books published on the practice, the most recent in 2008, by multiple authors. There is a PhD thesis on the practice. There are few internet references. Most references are by practitioners of the meditation.

I am confident I can write about it in an objective neutral fashion, but the notability is more problematic. Any advice? Susannah Tombs (talk) 17:15, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

I suggest you create a draft of the article in your user space - see Help:Userspace draft for how to do that. Then you can take your time over it and ask for comments (e.g. at WP:Requests for feedback) without the risk of it being prematurely deleted.

As far as COI goes, read Wikipedia:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest. As long as you declare your interest and accept advice from uninvolved users, there shouldn't be problem.

For notability, that is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people independent of the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about?

Also be aware of Wikipedia's WP:No original research and WP:Verifiability policies: "any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source".

I have added a Welcome message above which has useful links. WP:Your first article is a good introduction, and worth reading carefully. You may find User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard helpful

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 18:21, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Draft:Experiment with Light concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Experiment with Light, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

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Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:33, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Experiment with Light concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Experiment with Light, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 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) 01:34, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Experiment with Light

Hello, Susannah Tombs. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Experiment with Light".

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.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Home Lander (talk) 02:06, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Experiment with Light has been accepted

Experiment with Light, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Start-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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MatthewVanitas (talk) 01:12, 1 March 2018 (UTC)