User talk:Thorndonite

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January 2019

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Grant Buist has been reverted.
Your edit here to Grant Buist was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (https://twitter.com/Fitz_Bunny) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If the external link you inserted or changed was to a blog, forum, free web hosting service, fansite, or similar site (see 'Links to avoid', #11), then please check the information on the external site thoroughly. Note that such sites should probably not be linked to if they contain information that is in violation of the creator's copyright (see Linking to copyrighted works), or they are not written by a recognised, reliable source. Linking to sites that you are involved with is also strongly discouraged (see conflict of interest).
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Hi it's Me

Hi Thorndonite, just leaving a message to let you know how easy it is to contact me if you hit issues. Just press the "talk" button in my signature and let me know how I can help. Feel free to ask any questions about Wikipedia, Wikidata or Wikimedia commons. Ambrosia10 (talk) 02:31, 26 January 2019 (UTC)\

Photo problem

My suggestion is just to upload the good photo right now, under a different name. The only purpose of the name is to tell one photo apart from another; there's no reason to conserve any particular name. There are lots of blurry photos in Commons that will never be used, and you can just leave it there if you want (though I see you've submitted a deletion request). Museums upload hundreds of thousands of unusable collection photos and nobody seems to care, so your one photo is not going to do any harm! —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 20:32, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Upcoming Wellington events

Just a note to let you know about some things coming up in Wellington you might be interested in.

• Saturday 22 June: Wellington Meetup, the first in a series of regular informal meetups for Wellington Wikipedia editors, organised by organised by Einebillion (Victoria Leachman) and Ambrosia10 (Siobhan Leachman). 10:00–12:00, net-work space, National Library.
• Sunday 7 July: Archives New Zealand Edit-a-thon, 10:30–3:00, Archives New Zealand, 10 Mulgrave St. BYO laptop, nibbles provided. There'll be a mix of brand-new and experienced editors working on the amazing Archives resources.
• Saturday 6 July: another Wellington Meetup, same time and place – these will ideally run fortnightly. Mark your calendar.

Cheers, Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 00:44, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Pumarosa (August 14)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Theroadislong was:  The comment the reviewer left 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 when they have been resolved.

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Theroadislong (talk) 10:59, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Thorndonite! Having an article 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! Theroadislong (talk) 10:59, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

@Theroadislong: Thank you for such a prompt review, and for helping me realise I should've looked up the guidelines before attempting my submission. I suspect having released two albums on Fiction Records means Pumarosa meet the 5th criterion in the WP:NBAND list, but I think I should be able to find enough references to satisfy the first one in the list as well, so I will work on that (when I can - not straight away sorry).Thorndonite (talk) 07:23, 15 August 2021 (UTC)