User talk:Mary k in va

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Hello, Mary k in va, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

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Mary k in va, good luck, and have fun. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:59, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Personal knowledge[edit]

In at least some of your edits, you appear to be basing the content on either your own personal knowledge or on some external source that you have not named. Please understand that everything added to Wikipedia needs to be verifiable with a published source, preferably a source that is considered reliable and is accessible to the public. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:02, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (September 23)[edit]

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:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

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Theroadislong (talk) 07:22, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Mary k in va! 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) 07:22, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

More possible sources:

she appears to be mentioned in books by Julie Lyonn Lieberman
this bio might contain additional cues

but the Google search sort of peters out after a couple of pages and other MacDonalds, Bettys and violinists start flowing in. Given the time of her career when she was most active, you may need to get to print newspaper archives for reviews.

WP is purposely not a memorial site, but MacDonald's body of work looks like it might pass the WP:NMUSIC standard; it just needs some more documentation. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:23, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User:Mary k in va/sandbox[edit]

Hello, Mary k in va. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, User:Mary k in va/sandbox.

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 deleted. If 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. — JJMC89 (T·C) 07:17, 29 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]