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Hello, Earlmacdon, and '''welcome to Wikipedia ↗'''! Thank you for your contributions ↗.

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:Thanks for the note. I appreciate the guidance. I’ve disclosed my conflict of interest on my user page and have submitted a draft of the article through the Articles for Creation process for independent review.
:Best regards, Earlmacdon (talk) 20:19, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation ↗: Earl MacDonald ↗ (June 25)


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Helpful Raccoon (talk) 03:15, 25 June 2026 (UTC)</div><!--Template:AfC decline-->

:Thank you for the feedback. I have revised the draft to ensure that all statements are clearly attributed to specific sources and to avoid generalized phrasing. Earlmacdon (talk) 12:55, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation ↗: Earl MacDonald ↗ (June 25)


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<nowiki> </nowiki>'''Feedback'''{{pb}}The reviewer, Athanelar, left the following feedback:
{{divbox|gray|3=This draft appears to contain text generated by a large language model ↗ (such as ChatGPT). You cannot use LLMs ↗ to generate article content.
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Athanelar (talk) 15:24, 25 June 2026 (UTC)</div><!--Template:AfC decline-->

Wrong edit request template



Hi there, just a quick note that you used the wrong edit request template on Talk:Earl MacDonald ↗ - it's "edit COI", not "request edit" (the latter is for when the page is locked to semi-protection, and only autoconfirmed users can edit). <b style="font-family:helvetica;color:#7C0A02">jolielover♥</b><b style="font-family:helvetica;border:transparent;padding:0 9px;background:linear-gradient(#8B0000,black);color:#ff8c8c;border-radius:6px">talk</b> 11:43, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

:Thank you for catching that. I see the template has been corrected. I appreciate the help.
:Earlmacdon (talk) 11:49, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
::No problem! <b style="font-family:helvetica;color:#7C0A02">jolielover♥</b><b style="font-family:helvetica;border:transparent;padding:0 9px;background:linear-gradient(#8B0000,black);color:#ff8c8c;border-radius:6px">talk</b> 11:50, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation ↗: Earl MacDonald ↗ (June 29)


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<b style="color:Green; font-family:Times New Roman">Hitro</b><b style="color:#FF00FF; font-family:courier; font-size:small"> talk</b> ↗ 11:17, 29 June 2026 (UTC)</div><!--Template:AfC decline-->