Please forgive me if I'm responding incorrectly here but I'm a brand new "poster" to Wikipedia; so I'm not sure whether I should be "Talking" to you through this channel or if I should be using the "Discussion" page at the article site.

Either one is OK.

I'm not sure how/why this concerns you? What is wrong with me revising/adapting an article that I wrote three years ago on the subject at hand? In fact, I took great pains to carefully revise that article to comply with Wikipedia guidelines for style, format and neutrality. I remind you that the article has been posted on my free content site for 3 to 4 years. FYI, that free content site gets about 2 million unique visitors per year from over 160 countries.

It concerns me because I'm a Wikipedia editor, and I'm trying to apply the guidelines of Wikipedia to the articles that I come across.

I'm glad that your website gets so many visitors; that's a good thing in and of itself. But it doesn't really impact on the issue that we're discussing, which is whether the content of the article is appropriate, seeing as how it is an adaptation of an existing webpage also written by you. It doesn't matter whether the site's content is free, or how popular it is. I would also like to draw your attention to the policy of no original research:

Research that creates primary sources is not allowed. All articles in Wikipedia should be based on information collected from published primary and secondary sources. This is not "original research"; it is "source-based research", and it is fundamental to writing an encyclopedia. Articles which draw predominantly on primary sources are generally discouraged, in favor of articles based predominantly on secondary sources.

Can you give me an example of wording in the main article that hints of "advertising". Any suggestions to reword such would be appreciated?

I should have been more clear — it's not the wording of the text that concerned me, it was the fact that it was more or less already on your webpage.

If you know of another resource(s) that addresses the overall subject of "writing recommendation letters..." please let me know. I would be happy to post it below the article.

A look at Google results for the term "recommendation letters" brought up quite a few pages, such as [1], [2], [3], all on the first page. Books about job searching will probably have that information as well. Searching for the same terms on Amazon gave me many books to choose from. Of course, I haven't read them so I can't vouch for their quality, but they do exist.

Basically, I'm just letting you know about the relevant policies and guidelines in Wikipedia, which other editors will have in mind when they view the articles. I've tried to capture the essential points of what you wrote, while at the same time differentiating it from the text on your other webpage: Recommendation letter/Temp. Please have a look.

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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 Robert McClenon was:

The content of this submission includes material that does not meet Wikipedia's minimum standard for inline citations. Please cite your sources using footnotes. For instructions on how to do this, please see Referencing for beginners. Thank you.

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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Robert McClenon ( talk) 19:33, 17 February 2016 (UTC) reply

Hello! Sfawcett, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that 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! Robert McClenon ( talk) 19:33, 17 February 2016 (UTC) reply

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was:

The content of this submission includes material that does not meet Wikipedia's minimum standard for inline citations. Please cite your sources using footnotes. For instructions on how to do this, please see Referencing for beginners. Thank you.

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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Robert McClenon ( talk) 21:14, 18 February 2016 (UTC) reply

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Onel5969 was:

The content of this submission includes material that does not meet Wikipedia's minimum standard for inline citations. Please cite your sources using footnotes. For instructions on how to do this, please see Referencing for beginners. Thank you.

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Onel5969 ^{TT me} 18:47, 20 February 2016 (UTC) reply

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by LaMona was:

You still have a lot of content here that isn't sourced. You must either find sources for it, or remove the content. Un-sourced content cannot remain in the article. That includes the list of clubs she played at abroad. Also, I removed the http links within the text. Those cannot be used. In any case, none of them pointed to pages that mention her, so they aren't of use for referencing the article.

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LaMona ( talk) 19:11, 28 February 2016 (UTC) reply

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by SwisterTwister was:

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage about the subject in reliable sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of music-related topics and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

 The comment they left was:

Could be notable but simply still needs any further available in-depth third-party sources overall.

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SwisterTwister talk 07:13, 5 March 2016 (UTC) reply

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