User talk:Samuel Louis Dael

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Ian.thomson (talk) 23:35, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (August 19)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was:

This does not appear to be a draft article, but may be a statement of opinion about Wikipedia that can be on a user page for discussion. If you want to know how to discuss these ideas, you may ask at the Teahouse.

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.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:Samuel Louis Dael/sandbox and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Robert McClenon (talk) 05:56, 19 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Samuel Louis Dael, 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! Robert McClenon (talk) 05:56, 19 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, User:Samuel Louis Dael/sandbox

Hello, Samuel Louis Dael. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "sandbox".

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 edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 10:42, 11 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]