Template:AfC decline

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed by a volunteer! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. 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 the submission and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to the submission, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{Db-g7}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
• If you do not make any further changes to your draft, in 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
• If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

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This template is used by registered users reviewing articles submitted through the Wikipedia:Articles for creation process. Once an article submission has been reviewed, this template should be placed on the talk page of the user that submitted the article, to inform them that their article has been denied, and to encourage them to fix the article, and keep contributing to Wikipedia. This template must be substed.

Usage

{{subst:Afc decline|Article Name|full=|cv=no|sig=yes}}

Example generated by the AFC Helper Script:

{{subst:Afc decline|full=Draft:Test|cv=no|reason=book|details=|reason2=|details2=|comment=test|sig=yes}}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:AfC decline in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for AfC decline

Notification that an article submitted through 'Articles for creation' has been declined. This template must be substed.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Article Name	1	Adds the title of the article declined, in the form of a Wikilink. This was deprecated on July 1, 2014.	Line	deprecated
Full path to article	full	Full path of the article that was declined, including the 'Draft:', 'Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/', or 'User:X/' prefixes. This is the preferred method.	Page name	suggested
Copyright violation (yes/no)	cv	if 'yes' is entered a copyright-violation specific message will be used. If 'no' is entered or the parameter is blank, the standard text will be used. 'cv=yes' is equivalent to 'reason=cv'. Default no	Line	optional
Signature (yes/no)	sig	If 'yes' is entered, your signature will be added inside the template. If a signature is not required, enter 'no' or leave blank. Default no	Line	optional
Reason code	reason	The reason code for the decline message (e.g. 'v' or 'dup') which will be transcluded from Template:AFC submission/comments. See that template for recognized values.	Line	optional
Additional parameter	details	An additional parameter for the reason, such as a URL for a copyright violation, an article title for a duplicate, or a custom comment.	Content	optional

Warning for users of this template

Please ensure, when you use this template, that it has linked to the correct location of the draft, and if not please correct it. A problem when applying the template in respect of user sandbox or subpages is identified at Template talk:Afc decline#Wrong draft location. The link tends to be correct in the message header but not in the body of the message.

Sometimes users will change their username after submitting a draft (especially in the case of new users with usernames that violate the username policy). If you use a tool such as AFCH to place this template, make sure that it doesn't get placed on a redirect page.

See also

• Wikipedia:Articles for creation
• Template:AfC talk, template for user's talk page when submission is accepted
• Template:AFC submission/comments

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