User talk:Pandamanda77

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Pandamanda77, good luck, and have fun. – Aboutmovies (talk) 04:52, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Heather Dawn Thompson

Hi. Your article is a mess. That's ok, editing Wikipedia is not easy. It is very borderline on even being kept in the encyclopedia. What determines what we have for articles in the encyclopedia is something we call notability. It is determined not by what a person has accomplished, but by what has been written about them. Your references do an ok job of showing her accomplishments, but as I said, that is not what decides if the article stays or not. What is required are multiple reliable, secondary, independent sources to have written about her in detail. What she has written or articles about what she has done do not show notability. Sources must be primarily about her, not sources that briefly discuss her in terms of something she was involved in.

Additionally, as anyone can see by comparing what you have and any other bio, there are glaring formatting errors. My suggestion would be to move it to Draft:Heather Dawn Thompson, where you will have a chance to work on it and get it right. Once there you can also get it reviewed before moving it back to the encyclopedia via WP:AFC. I will be happy to move it for you. I am also going to leave you a link to a Q&A forum just for new editors, where you can ask questions and read other questions and answers. It was a huge help to me when I was new. I am not really able to do much research, but I can help you with the technical things about Wikipedia. Just drop me a note on my talk page. Good luck. John from Idegon (talk) 00:04, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

Hello! Pandamanda77, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! John from Idegon (talk) 00:04, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

File permission problem with File:Raycen Raines.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Raycen Raines.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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