User1696

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Hello, User1696, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

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Painted turtle

You seem intent on adding that the painted turtle has a strong shell. Another editor had an objection to that, and I don't know if it is true. To make such an edit you now need to justify its inclusion. The shell is strong in comparison to what? To other turtle shells? It would also seem necessary for you to produce a citation to back up your claim (that it is a particularly strong turtle shell?). What is your basis for claiming that it is strong? Is it merely your opinion? Jameel the Saluki (talk) 15:25, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

• @Jameel the Saluki: I looked into the matter. The sources say that they are soft-shelled.--Biografer (talk) 17:10, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

What is the sandbox and template for?

My question. I don't know what the sandbox is for or what to write on it.

I think I explained it on my talkpage, but maybe I forgot to include something. You can write anything you want in it. Any article, that is. The sandbox is used as a draft box for your upcoming article. That way, because its not in the main space, there virtualy no chances that your article will be deleted. Does that answer your question?--Biografer (talk) 17:38, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Some additional comments: You can also use the sandbox for test edits or experiments. It's particularly helpful if you want to fiddle with a complicated template and need a page to display the template on (templates come with a "Preview on another page" feature). There are some things that are still inappropriate in a sandbox: Copyright violations, blatant spam, attack pages, and stuff that's totally unrelated to Wikipedia (we're not a free webhost); that's mostly covered by the criteria for speedy deletion. Huon (talk) 18:08, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Discription of Flux (October 21)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by I dream of horses 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.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Discription of Flux and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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 I dream of horses  If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message  (talk to me) (My edits) @ 04:23, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Hello! User1696, 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!  I dream of horses  If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message  (talk to me) (My edits) @ 04:23, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Help

I want to know where I apply to be a Wikipedia admin. Because I would like to apply. If you can please leave a link to the application page in your response.

It's at WP:RFA, but you might want to consider reading Wikipedia:Guide to requests for adminship first, since it's extremely unlikely that you will even be considered at this point in time. If you want more help, change the {{help me-helped}} back into a {{help me}}, stop by the Teahouse, Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 16:05, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Discription of Flux concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Discription of Flux, 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, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Discription of Flux

Hello, User1696. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Discription of Flux".

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.

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. HasteurBot (talk) 06:01, 21 April 2018 (UTC)