Requests for Feedback
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- This page provides comments and constructive criticism about articles that you have drafted, created, or substantially changed.
- This is not a general help page. To seek assistance or ask a question, see Wikipedia:Questions.
- If you are seeking an outside opinion about a dispute, please follow the steps in Wikipedia:Dispute resolution.
- Please note that this page is patrolled by volunteer editors just like you and it may take several days to review your request.
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Before you request feedback
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There are certain things which come up again and again so it may help if you deal with them before requesting feedback:
If you would like a beginner's guide to these sorts of issues, take a look at the article wizard.
If you are unsure about how to edit Wikipedia articles, take a look at this tutorial.
For a more general discussion of writing your first article, see "Your first article".
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How to post a request
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- Place a Wikilink, with the title of the page inside [[ and ]] - for example, [[User:Example/Lipsum]] or [[Cats]] - in the box below.
- Click Click To Add Request
- In the new article, Write a brief summary of your work or what in particular you need help with, but do not post the whole article here.
- If you have rewritten an existing article, you may wish to provide a diff link from that article's history that shows your changes.
- Check regularly for responses to your request; they will most often be made here.
↓ Post your request using the box below. Replace "Untitled" with a wikilink to your article - e.g. [[User:Example/Lipsum]] or [[Cats]] ↓
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After Receiving Feedback
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- Check back here often, as you will receive a response here.
- Respond to the feedback, either with a simple thank you, to ask for help with anything mentioned, or, after you've made some of the improvements, what they think of them.
- Consider helping out here in the future - anyone can read up on what articles should be like and provide constructive criticism.
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Are you providing feedback?
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- Please consider notifying the user whose article you are providing feedback for by placing a message on their talk page, so they will be able to read it in a timely manner and reply if necessary. You can use..
- ((Feedbackreply-sm)) A template asking the user to check back here and consider responding
- ((Feedbackreply-alt)) A more personal version of the first offering your help with developing, moving to mainspace, etc.
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Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/Header/Navigation
Index of all requests for feedback