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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Ammarpad was:
The proposed article does not have sufficient content to require an article of its own, but it could be merged into the existing article at Goethe-Institut. Since anyone can edit Wikipedia, you are welcome to add that information yourself. Thank you.
The comment the reviewer left was:
Doesn't look like there's enough content for this award to have a standalone page. It should be merged to Goethe-Institut or where it fits better.
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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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by StraussInTheHouse 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:Goethe-Institut Award and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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These edits generated an hopeless mess of inappropriate links including: Jonathon Cape - try Jonathan Cape, Hogarth, Nelson, Tavistock, Souvenir and Dent. Given the context of these links, it is reasonable to hide words like "Press" or "Publications" by using a "piped link", for example: Tavistock. But you must fix all these links to point in the right direction. I shall be watching! — RHaworth (talk·contribs) 13:49, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Your draft article, Draft:Goethe-Institut Award[edit]
Hello, SfranklinburnsSoA. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Goethe-Institut Award".
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.
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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! JMHamo (talk) 17:20, 2 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]