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Hi. Please take a look at Draft:Bridgit (company). It is a proprely stated WP:COI contribution about a Canadian software company. The article was declined at the AfC as promotional. The reviewer also highlighted that some sources can be hidden advertising. I did some cleanup following these comments, but I don't see how the coverage at such sources as The Globe and Mail or CBC News by staff writers can be treated as advertorials. Since you are a Canadian Wikipedia editor, I kindly ask you to check this article and provide your expert advice on how to improve the it. --Bbarmadillo (talk) 17:52, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

@Bbarmadillo: Hello! I'm not necessarily an "expert" on the subject, but I'm happy to help with anything, especially when it's AfC-related. You're talking about the references you used, The Globe and Mail and CBC; as far as I can tell, your article is at least somewhat well-referenced, and it seems notable, and the reviewer who first reviewed the article seemed to think so as well as they didn't mention anything about the sourcing. It's not the sources that determine the neutrality of the contributors' writing. When an article is declined for looking like an ad or not being in a neutral point of view, it frequently means that the language and wording that you used is not fit for an encyclopedic article — this is sometimes called puffery on Wikipedia, which means that the writing style in the article is "praising" talking about the subject without a neutral point of view.

For example, in your article, using phrases such as "it is one of the fastest-growing start-up companies in Canada" make the article look like an ad for the company, as it's, in a way, promoting it. Other words like "solution," and how you wrote the "Project" section, make it look like you're trying to promote the subject.

Again, try to rewrite the article with a neutral point of view, there are many WP help pages that can help you with choosing the right words, try to make sure that everything is sourced well, and make sure that you're following all the reviewers' comments. I'm happy to review the article again if you think it's ready.

Happy to help, Clearfrienda ^💬 01:35, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

December 2021 GOCE Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2021.                  Current and upcoming events Election time: Our end-of-year election of coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before "Auld Lang Syne". Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. December Blitz: We have scheduled a week-long copy-editing blitz for 12 to 18 December. Sign up now! Drive and Blitz reports September Drive: Almost 400,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 27 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. October Blitz: From 17 to 23 October, we copy edited articles tagged in May and June 2021 and requests. 8 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. November Drive: Over 350,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 21 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. Other news It is with great sadness that we report the death on 19 November of Twofingered Typist, who was active with the Guild almost daily for the past several years. His contributions long exceeded the thresholds for the Guild's highest awards, and he had a hand in innumerable good and featured article promotions as a willing collaborator. Twofingered Typist also served as a Guild coordinator from July 2019 to June 2021. He is sorely missed by the Wikipedia community. Progress report: As of 30 November, GOCE copyeditors have completed 619 requests in 2021 and there were 51 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog stood at 946 articles tagged for copy-editing (see monthly progress graph above). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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draft:Faramarz Sedighi

Hello Clearfrienda, a lot of sources have been added to the draft:Faramarz Sedighi as you wanted. So please if possible reviewed this draft once again. Faramarz Sedighi is an old and very famous actor in Iran. Thank youحمیدنوذری (talk) 07:41, 8 December 2021 (UTC)