User talk:TeamChicago
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[edit]Hello, Teamelledge, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
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before the question. Again, welcome! SarahStierch (talk) 09:14, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
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Teamelledge (talk) 21:39, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
Your submission at Articles for creation: Paul Elledge (October 11)
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- If you would like to continue working on the submission, you can find it at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Paul Elledge.
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Reply to your Articles for Creation Help Desk question on Paul Elledge
[edit] Hello, Teamelledge! I'm Ritchie333. I have replied to your question on the Articles for Creation Help Desk about Paul Elledge.
You can read it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk#Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Paul Elledge. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:59, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
December 2013
[edit] Hello, Teamelledge. 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 Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Paul Elledge, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.
All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.
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Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.
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. SarahStierch (talk) 09:14, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "TeamChicago", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it implies a shared account (Team), Usernames are not allowed to imply shared use. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. Mlpearc (open channel) 03:21, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
Your submission at Articles for creation: Paul Elledge (December 27)
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- Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! EagerToddler39 (talk) 00:33, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
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Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below) and continue editing.
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, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Alexf(talk) 14:30, 27 December 2013 (UTC)Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Paul Elledge, 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) 01:30, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
Your draft article, Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Paul Elledge
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Hello TeamChicago. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "Paul Elledge".
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 {{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/Paul Elledge}}
, 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. HasteurBot (talk) 22:00, 11 August 2014 (UTC)