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: I have now also seen that you have posted a copy of a draft at [[Draft:Almen Mohandas]], with trivial alterations, and submitted it for review. Please don't do that, for at least two reasons: (1) It is completely pointless. (2) It wastes time of reviewers, who may put time and work into checking and reviewing a draft, not knowing that another copy of the same draft has already been reviewed. Also, if you copy anything from any Wikipedia page, whether an article, a draft, or any other kind of page, you need to say where you have copied it from, to comply with Wikipedia's copyright licensing terms. [[User:JBW|JBW]] ([[User talk:JBW|talk]]) 09:55, 27 May 2024 (UTC) |
: I have now also seen that you have posted a copy of a draft at [[Draft:Almen Mohandas]], with trivial alterations, and submitted it for review. Please don't do that, for at least two reasons: (1) It is completely pointless. (2) It wastes time of reviewers, who may put time and work into checking and reviewing a draft, not knowing that another copy of the same draft has already been reviewed. Also, if you copy anything from any Wikipedia page, whether an article, a draft, or any other kind of page, you need to say where you have copied it from, to comply with Wikipedia's copyright licensing terms. [[User:JBW|JBW]] ([[User talk:JBW|talk]]) 09:55, 27 May 2024 (UTC) |
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: Now I've seen [[Draft:Sea]] too, whete you submitted as a draft for review essentially a copy of an existing article. That makes if anything even less sense than submitting a second copy of a draft. If the article has already been |
: Now I've seen [[Draft:Sea]] too, whete you submitted as a draft for review essentially a copy of an existing article. That makes if anything even less sense than submitting a second copy of a draft. If the article has already been created then there is no point whatever in submitting it to be created again. Any changes to an article should be made by editing that article, not by making a new copy of it with changes and submitting it as an article for creation. I suggest that the best thing to do with all these duplicates of pages is to delete them. What do you say to that suggestion? [[User:JBW|JBW]] ([[User talk:JBW|talk]]) 10:04, 27 May 2024 (UTC) |
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created then there is no point whatever in submitting it to be created again. Any changes to an article should be made by editing that article, not by making a new copy of it with changes and submitting it as an article for creation. I suggest that the best thing to do with all these duplicates of pages is to delete them. What do you say to that suggestion? [[User:JBW|JBW]] ([[User talk:JBW|talk]]) 10:04, 27 May 2024 (UTC) |
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Some advice on getting started editing
My advice to new editors is that it is best to start by making small improvements to existing articles, rather than creating new articles. That way any mistakes you make will be small ones, and you won't have the discouraging experience of repeatedly seeing hours of work deleted. Gradually, you will get to learn how Wikipedia works, and after a while you will know enough about what is acceptable to be able to write whole new articles without fear that they will be deleted. Over the years I have found that editors who start by making small changes to existing articles and work up from there have a far better chance of having a successful time here than those who jump right into creating new articles from the start. JBW (talk) 09:14, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
Making copies of pages
Why have you put a copy of the article Sea anemone in a draft? JBW (talk) 09:14, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- @JBW Also see my previous message. Draft:88 tuition isn't the only one. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 09:16, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- I have now also seen that you have posted a copy of a draft at Draft:Almen Mohandas, with trivial alterations, and submitted it for review. Please don't do that, for at least two reasons: (1) It is completely pointless. (2) It wastes time of reviewers, who may put time and work into checking and reviewing a draft, not knowing that another copy of the same draft has already been reviewed. Also, if you copy anything from any Wikipedia page, whether an article, a draft, or any other kind of page, you need to say where you have copied it from, to comply with Wikipedia's copyright licensing terms. JBW (talk) 09:55, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- Now I've seen Draft:Sea too, whete you submitted as a draft for review essentially a copy of an existing article. That makes if anything even less sense than submitting a second copy of a draft. If the article has already been created then there is no point whatever in submitting it to be created again. Any changes to an article should be made by editing that article, not by making a new copy of it with changes and submitting it as an article for creation. I suggest that the best thing to do with all these duplicates of pages is to delete them. What do you say to that suggestion? JBW (talk) 10:04, 27 May 2024 (UTC)