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January 8

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Photron

Hello, I created an article and submitted it. In my sandbox, I see the sentence below. I started to move the article into another are page of my sandbox but I get an error. I am not sure what to do. Best, HighSpeedWizzard

"This sandbox is in the Wikipedia talk namespace. Either move this page into your userspace, or remove the User sandbox template."

Hello HighSpeedWizzard It's just a coding issue, you're totally fine. I've been poking the programmers for a while asking them to fix that coding since it confuses folks, but it's not any problem with your draft, so just ignore that message until it goes away. MatthewVanitas (talk) 00:02, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of User:Gdogg514/sandbox

My question is simple: I tried to submit an article about a company and it was rejected because of advertisement reasons. How come companies such as Kickstarter or other big companies are allowed to have a page about their business with a link to their website ect...I do not see how my article differed from theirs other than the fact that their company is really famous. Even tough there is informative information about crown-funding for the kickstarter example, this page obviously serves for marketing purposes. I do not see any difference with what I am trying to do! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gdogg514 (talk • contribs) 03:00, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

"Advertising" is usually down to the tone of the article- encyclopaedia articles must flatly tell you the facts about a company, and be written from the perspective of a neutral observer. An article written from the perspective of the company, or that tries to tell you how great it is will be rejected.

Articles need to have sources to show that the company is notable- and yes unfortunately that sometimes means famous. But sources are also needed to show the facts in the article are true. Your article has no sources. Rankersbo (talk) 10:17, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Solanum pubescens

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Solanum_pubescens.jpg

Solanum pubescens is a species of plant in the Solanaceae family. It is found in its natural habitat distributed in southern states of India. It is an unarmed shrub,grows to an height of 2m, fruits of which is edible and medicinal.

Solanum pubescens--Drorchidaceae (talk) 06:18, 8 January 2014 (UTC) Conservation status no data Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: S. pubescens Binomial name Solanum pubescens Willd. Synonyms Nil

<ref>1. Matthew , K.M. 1983 The flora of tamil nadu Carnatic Part 2 Gamopetalae and Monochlamydea. The Rapinat Herbarium, St. Joseph's college, Tiruchirapalli 620002, India 2. Compendium of Indian medicinal plants Vol 4. 1995, P. 682. CDRI Lucknow & PID New Delhi., 3. Phytochemistry 1984 23 2710. 4. Phytochemistry 1985.5. Phytochemistry 1986. 25 2003</ref> --Drorchidaceae (talk) 06:13, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

OK, your question is about your declined article submission Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Solanum pubescens. But, what is your question? Arthur goes shopping (talk) 11:50, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Bandung: Journal of the Global South

Hi. I am the editor of the entry Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Bandung: Journal of the Global South and I would like to know if providing the publication agreement issued by the publisher Springer would suffice the criteria of the notability in order to get my entry approved? If so, is it possible to do it privately as the publication agreement is considered to be a confidential document?

Thank you very much for your help. FenixLai112 (talk) 09:45, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

I don't think so. The publishing agreement just shows the journal exists, not that it is notable. Notability needs to be shown by people talking about the journal. Rankersbo (talk) 10:19, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. As the University of Tokyo and different scholars from different universities have acknowledged the journal, we thought that the journal is sufficiently notable to have an article about it. But since notability is a subjective notion, may I ask by how the journal would be regarded as notable? It is because according to the Wikipedia:Notability_(published_works)#Forthcoming_publications, the publication agreement seems to be able to fulfill all the criteria listed there. FenixLai112 (talk) 11:06, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Unfortunately that page appears to be somewhat misleading. (Also, it is marked at the top as being only a proposed guideline, not an accepted one.) The availability of evidence to "indicate that production of the work has started" does not exempt the work from also meeting at least one of the "General criteria" further up that page. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 12:37, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

On one hand, one of the reviewers advised me to look at the Wikipedia:Notability_(published_works) when the entry got rejected. On the another hand, another reviewer told me that that page is misleading and is only a proposed one. I would like to know if there are any uniform guidelines on notability to which I can reliably refer on Wikipedia? FenixLai112 (talk) 13:34, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Yes, Wikipedia:Notability. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 13:50, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Christine Southworth

Hello, I tried to submit my most recent update on this article, but when I pressed save it saved an old version, not the most recent version. How can I fix this?

Thanks, Evan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eziporyn (talk • contribs) 18:44, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

If you click on View History at the top of the submission page it will take you to this page which is the history of the page. Once on that page, if you click on one of the time/date links on the left, you will be taken to an old version of the page, as it was at that time. You can then save that old version (with any further changes you want to make) and it will then become the latest version of the page. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 10:16, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Mel_Elias

Hello! I would appreciate some assistance and guidance on what I need to change in order to successfully submit this entry. I've followed some past advice, but without success and the entry was rejected (for a lack of notability) twice.

I have tried to demonstrate notability by including the following: - That the person is the CEO of the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, which is a big company (over 900 locations) and is very well known in the US and Asia. [[1]] - included links to articles from publications (Forbes, Nations Restaurant News) - included awards and nominations, with supporting links - included bio information, with supporting stories in notable media - included achievements under his leadership at the company, with supporting links

I also removed other information and links that were not sufficient, based on past advice.

Wikipedia has multiple entries for people that are IMHO, far less notable (based on title, achievements, company affiliation, etc.)!

I want to create other coffee industry profiles and content, but this has been discouraging and I'm ready to give up. Can anyone please provide me advice on how to better demonstrate notability, create an entry or deal with this process??

Thank you very much for your help! Jeff JeffAllenNYC (talk) 19:39, 8 January 2014 (UTC)JeffAllenNYC

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Azadeh N. Shahshahani

Hi, resubmitting this because didn't hear back; would appreciate your help. The last reviewer said that I have not cited to enough coverage of Shahshahani, so in addition to the journal article, I added cites to a few interviews as well as announcements of awards elaborating on her work. The most recent review says that these sources are not reliable. I am not sure what else I am supposed to cite to. Would appreciate your guidance. (I just re-reviewed the guide you all have for references and the sources that I have used seem to fall under the acceptable category; please advise). Mghovan (talk) 23:17, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

January 9

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Nanjing IOT Sensor Technology

Dear Editor,

How could I avoid using IOT sensitive case, like IoT? This is inevitable because the company I'm introducing is an IOT Sensor company. And I do not want to violate any copyright from anyone. Thanks~!

Yours Truly,

Santiago Wei — Preceding unsigned comment added by Santi5Wei (talk • contribs) 02:33, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

@Santi5wei: Calling the company by its name is not a copyright violation. That said, Wikipedia articles require significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, such as articles in newspapers and reputable trade magazines. Your draft has nothing of that kind, and Baidu is not a reliable source because its content is not subject to editorial oversight. Huon (talk) 22:29, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Gert-Johan Coetzee

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Gert-Johan Coetzee My article was declined for submission, I would please like to know the reason why it was declined to that I can improve it.

(Laryne (talk) 05:55, 9 January 2014 (UTC)) Laryne

Your submission was declined for the reasons given inside and outside the pink box at the top of the submission page. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 10:11, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Kuensel Thimphu

I would like to know why my article was not accepted. I used the format from another wikipedia article. You have information on BATOO TSHeRING who took over as Chief from the person I am writing about. Infact Batoo Tshering's article refers to the person I am writing about. Please let me know what I need to have my article approved.

many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zuki3juno (talk • contribs) 05:58, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Your article submission User:Zuki3juno/sandbox looks nothing like the article Batoo Tshering. If you format and source it similarly to that article, it will probably be accepted. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 10:10, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Your submission name here

i would like to ask you about the moral value from the film of 500 days of summer. thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.67.41.27 (talk) 06:17, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

The Wikipedia:Reference Desk/Humanities might be able to help you, though they will need to know what progress you have already made thinking about this topic yourself, and what it is exactly that you don't yet understand about it. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 08:56, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Vinod Shekhar

Need help getting the page liveVinodShekharOfficial (talk)

full pasted text of article removed, draft moved to AFC space

VinodShekharOfficial, please do not past your entire draft here, just provide us a link to it. Your draft was not in the reviewing space, and not marked as a draft, so I have fixed both of those for you. When you are ready to have it reviewed, hit the "Submit" button near the top of the page inside the colored box. However, note that your current draft needs more footnotes to published newspapers/magazines etc. that explicitly dicuss Shekhar, his career, his impact. MatthewVanitas (talk)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Your submission name here

This is Dr. Ted Dones we submitted an article and have not heard anything back? It was for messengers a fire ministries could someone please contact us and tell us the status of our ministry it's been several months. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.28.94.39 (talk) 12:59, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Please could you give a link to the article submission that you're talking about? Arthur goes shopping (talk) 13:07, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Lallan Prasad

I submitted an artcle for creation which was reviewed but not accepted because of copyrights problems. In this connection, I would like to state that the article created has the reference of my own books and articles/research papers of which I have the copyright. References can be verified. I understand such references are allowed. I don't understand why it should be treated as violation of copyright?122.177.201.75 (talk) 14:53, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

In order to place portions of your copyrighted books and papers into Wikipedia, you would need to license them appropriately. You can do this following the instructions at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 15:10, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Dr. Udita Tyagi

submitted the article, could not understand the reason for its deletion from my list of edits. Can I know the reason of deletion from the edit list an the way I could get the code back.

Munishwar Gulati 15:51, 9 January 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mngulati (talk • contribs)

Mngulati, the draft was deleted due to being blatant promotion: 14 de décembre 2013 à 02:00 Drmies (Discuter | changes) a supprimé la page Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Dr. Udita Tyagi (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion) To get your code back, you request it here: Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion. MatthewVanitas (talk) 16:26, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Uploading image of a musician

I am writing a page for a musician, I want to add his picture. Could you please tell me how?

Please see WP:Images for information, but bear in mind, you can't just copy a photo off of Google and submit it, because that would violate copyright. It has to be a photo that you yourself took, or another photo explicitly labeled as Public Domain, Creative Commons, etc. MatthewVanitas (talk) 16:26, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Guy XVI

Resolved

I am in the process of creating a new article, starting with my sandbox, and when I clicked on the link to submit it to WP:AFC, I realized that the article does not have a proper name on it. Is it too late? How do I put the right name on it, instead of simply sandbox? Sorry, this is my first time. 1bandsaw (talk) 18:44, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

1bandsaw, fixed it for you. Your draft is now at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Guy XVI. MatthewVanitas (talk) 18:49, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! 1bandsaw (talk) 18:50, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

MatthewVanitas, in looking further at it, would it be possible to change the name of the page to "Guy XVI de Laval"? This would make it fit right in to all the redlinks that are out there waiting for it. Thanks 1bandsaw (talk) 19:02, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Athletic Incontinence

Resolved

Hi there,

I submitted an article for creation before the New Year, and it was returned because of a lack of sources (understandably so).

I have revised the article, but wasn't sure if I had resubmitted it for review to the Articles for Creation. Is there a way to tell if the article is in the queue for review? The article title is "Athletic Incontinence."

Thanks for the help!

(Mikejcunn (talk) 19:36, 9 January 2014 (UTC))

No you hadn't resubmitted it, you had removed the decline template which makes it invisible to the AfC system. I've put the template back and submitted the article for you. An article that is submitted has a yellow box somewhere on the page. Rankersbo (talk) 20:12, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

January 10

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Radio Amateurs of Northern Vermont

Regarding: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Radio Amateurs of Northern Vermont

This was declined: Comment: No extensive coverage in independent nor reliable sources, therefore non-notable. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 16:58, 8 January 2014 (UTC).

I can cite several sources where activities of this organization were covered and discussed in detail by the Press (statewide newspapers, TV stations). Is this sufficient? I'm not sure how to work the references into the article from a literary standpoint. Any help in this would be greatly appreciated. W1sj (talk) 08:55, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Yes, detailed discussion in multiple newspapers is ideal for proving notability. To see how to add citations (you seem to have one already?), check out Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners. To see how existing Wikipedia articles recognised as Good Articles use citations to verify their content and prove the significance of their topic, you could refer to Good Articles listed under Wikipedia:Good articles/Social sciences and society. For example, Spirit Fruit Society is a Good Article about another non-profit organisation in the USA, while Amateur Station Operator's Certificate is a Good Article that you might find of interest because of the topic area. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 09:07, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of User:Netraraj Joshi/sandbox

Greetings,

I want to create my own page in Wikipedia.

Can you please confirm whether I am able to do so and how?

Regards,

Netraraj Joshi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Netraraj Joshi (talk • contribs) 10:24, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

It rather depends on what you would like to create a page about. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, so article pages should only be about topics that meet the requirements of Wikipedia:Notability. Further, you are strongly discouraged from creating Wikipedia articles about yourself or about organisations or topics with which you are involved; see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest for more details. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 10:31, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/KKEC - Khadijeh Kobra

Hi! I'm a consultant for KKEC, an irani educational complex for girls.

The school would very much like to be referrenced in wikipedia so we have put together a set of facts regarding the school and it's history.

Unfortunately the article was not approved for lack of references, but the problem is that there aren't much public written references in Iran.. How can we review/resubmited the article so that KKEC can be present in Wikipedia?

Best regards

Without those sources (and they don't have to be in Persian or from Iran; they just need to be third-party, detailed, and with no connection to the school) you can't have an article. Sorry. —Jeremy v^_^v ^Bori! 19:12, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of User:HFMURRAY/sandbox

[Wikipediatalk:Articles for creation/User:HFMURRAY/sandbox]

I created an article in the sandbox but am concerned that I have not titled the article correctly. Currently as I view the page it is titled: User:HFMURRAY/sandbox but when it becomes an article it should read 'Tetrosyl' - Is this how it will appear?

Also, how would I create the company profile box that typically appears on the right hand side of the article - I am unsure of the name of it so am having trouble searching for help with it.

HFMURRAY (talk) 14:51, 10 January 2014 (UTC)HFMURRAY

Yes, if the article submission is accepted then the accepting reviewer will move (rename) it to an appropriate title.

The infobox you're looking for is Template:Infobox company. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 15:02, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Many thanks for your help! HFMURRAY (talk) 15:15, 10 January 2014 (UTC)HFMURRAY

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Max Muscle Sports Nutrition

Hi!

I am having trouble getting my article approved. I am open to and so thankful for any help and or suggestions. The last comment was that my article needed to use secondary reference, which I thought I did? Thank you so much in advance, I appreciate your time.

Lboureston (talk) 17:13, 10 January 2014 (UTC)Lboureston

Specifically your article lacks independent reliable sources from the company. The Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting ceremony really isn't a good demonstration of notability. What makes the company special? Why would someone want to know about the company? Hasteur (talk) 17:55, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/The Philadelphia School

I am not sure why the article was rejected. Any input?

Jab5161 (talk) 19:28, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

The reason it was Declined is because it has a lot of non-encyclopedic input. To be blunt phrases like set high academic standards, celebrate joyful learning, and respect and educate the whole child are meaningless in an encyclopedia. It's just generic filler that does not tell the reader anything about this school that doesn't apply to a thousand schools all over the world. The article really comes across as promoting vice describing the school. That aside, I believe schools under the high school level have to meet the standards set at WP:Notability: that is, you have to show that this particular school has a notable impact above and beyond what other schools would have. Do media (and not just in the local area) point out this school as being special? Is its structure discussed in architect publications? Have any big education studies/experiments happened there that are still talked about by academics 20 years later?

Clearly, a school is special to the people who are there, but to have an article you must demonstrate, with footnotes to the sources, that outside authorities have found the school worth singling out. I strongly suggest you read Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Article guidelines which very clearly lays out the requirements. MatthewVanitas (talk) 20:48, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Ruby Jean Jensen (2)

Article name: Ruby Jean Jensen my user name is Fostergaylej

Article declined reason: references do not adequately reference the subjects notability.

Subject was a published author, over 30 novels published by NY publishers. Isn't that notable? I was very surprised that this was declined. One of the references is a Library of Congress listing. Gayle Foster Fostergaylej (talk) 20:12, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Notability of authors is more about the impact of their published works rather than the sheer volume. A library of congress listing does help verify the contents of an article, but it doesn't show notability, there needs to be coverage of the author and her work in sources showing that people are taking note of it. You would expect an author who has sold 30 books to major publishing houses to have gained sufficient attention to be notable, but the fact someone is published is not a measure of notability. Rankersbo (talk) 20:40, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/james pugliese

why was he denied? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.206.206 (talk) 21:27, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

This article submission was declined for the reasons given inside and below the pink box at the top of the submission itself. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 12:08, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Charles Segars

Wikipediatalk:Articles for creation/Charles Segars Please let me know if I successfully submitted the above article for review. Here is a link as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Charles_Segars Thank you! Kevin Kevindstein (talk) 21:55, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Yes this article submission is awaiting review. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 12:07, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

January 11

Review of User:Jerome Russel/sandbox

Experience (If any): • Modeling / Acting: Techniques of Catwalk Modeling, Choreography's, Personal grooming & appearance, posing for still & moving cameras, Bridal Modeling.

Highlights: • Successfully completed Office PLUS Diploma at Singapore Informatics Computer Institute. • Successfully completed Graphic Design Degree at IDM (Nation’s ICT Academy) Successfully completed Web Design Diploma at IDM (Nation’s ICT Academy) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerome Russel (talk • contribs) 17:43, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

You don't need to put your article content here on the Help page, please actually write the article on the User:Jerome Russel/sandbox. Your draft was declined because you either did not write on the page, or you did not save it correctly, so when a reviewer came to help you there was nothing on the page at all. That said, make sure you are not writing your own autobiography about yourself; this is a very bad idea as explained at our article WP:Autobiography. Also, before proceeding, I strongly advise you read WP:Notability (people) which explains the kind of sourcing you absolutely must include to be published. MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:57, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Willis White

Hello, resubmitted entry with supporting citations. Please see the entry and advise. Many thanks. WillisWhite3 (talk) 22:32, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello, it's best to wait until after publication to add photos. Also, one cannot "link" to photos from Wikipedia; to be shown here photos must be uploaded to Wikipedia itself (if they are being used under Fair Use or similar restricted licensing) or to Wikimedia Commons (if they are Public Domain, Creative Commons, etc). There is no way to just link to some other website or your desktop to get the photos to appear. Our page WP:Images explains the basics of this. MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:59, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

January 12

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/J Anthony Allen

Hello, I would like to read your justification for not accepting the article I submitted, for none has been offered. Thanks. Mjethen (talk) 00:46, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia's citation methodologies are a bit arcane, but the reason it was rejected is because you have no inline citations, i.e. your references don't specifically support statements in the article. See Help:Referencing for beginners. —Jeremy v^_^v ^Bori! 09:17, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

A justification was indeed offered: note the specific concerns listed and guidelines linked to in the middle of the pink Decline box at top. MatthewVanitas (talk) 18:01, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Barbara Abdeni Massaad

Based on IP's typed signature, I presume this is re Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Barbara Abdeni Massaad, so have edited the heading of the question.

Please let me know why my page was refused. We worked very hard to build it.

Let me know what is wrong so we can fix it.

Thanks, Barbara Massaad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.62.170.49 (talk) 18:02, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

We can't help you if you don't link to the article in question. —Jeremy v^_^v ^Bori! 19:14, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

(ec) Hello 92.62.170.49 (Barbara). Since you are logging int from an IP, and apparently used a different IP or account to create your draft, we cannot see what draft you are even referring to. Can you please either provide us a link to your draft, or (if you created the draft while logged-in to Wikipedia under an account) please log-in and sign your message with your account name so we know where to look for your draft? Thanks! MatthewVanitas (talk) 19:16, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Barbara, I assume you're referring to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Barbara Abdeni Massaad? Are you also Psytanium, who has been drafting that article? If so, please do ensure you log-in to Wikipedia when posting comments/questions, so that we can reliably communicate with you and also can see what pages you're referring to. MatthewVanitas (talk) 22:45, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Toward a Science of Consciousness

Help! This page was rejected (6 Jan 2014).

I was attempting to edit it, in order to re-submit, when everything but the section I was editing disappeared! Can it be recovered? Thanks (Peter Ells (talk) 20:29, 12 January 2014 (UTC))

This seems to have fixed itself, thanks. I'll be careful to make a backup. (Peter Ells (talk) 20:54, 12 January 2014 (UTC))

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Thyroid Cancer Ireland

Hello I have created a wikipedia thyroid cancer ireland I just want to let you know I have lots more info to add like wikipedia thyroid cancer canada. Hope that is ok. Thank you and regards Mary McGarry — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mary McGarry (talk • contribs) 20:49, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Greetings Mary McGarry, your draft was not yet submitted for review, so I've placed a "review template" at the top which provides you a button to hit when you are ready to have a reviewer look at it. However, you need to add sourcing, and not just TCI's own website to the article. Please see my comments at top of your draft. MatthewVanitas (talk) 22:41, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Also, please see WP:Conflict of interest, as you appear to be writing about your own organisation. MatthewVanitas (talk) 23:01, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Six-Two (rapper)

Hi there everyone, I'd like to see my article accepted. Therefore I need better sources, but it's hard for me to find them, is this the right section to find someone who would like to help me with getting this article to be accepted?

What I needd is: -sources -maybe cut some pieces of which there can not be found any resources so the article is going to be accepted — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.153.232.172 (talk) 21:41, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

January 13

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Archibald Johnston, First Mayor of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

How do I link my references to the text in the body of my article? Archibald Johnston, First Mayor of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Karen Samuels Karen Samuels (talk) 02:30, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello Karen Samuels, you have a few minor coding/formatting issues. I've left some advice on your draft page on how to fix it. MatthewVanitas (talk) 05:48, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of User:Kirankumar.nimmala/sandbox

Hi All,

Could someone please advise how can I add a reference to the article. The article is about a Website and the services offered by website at generic level. The website name: ZUMIRIDE.COM

This is my first article in Wiki and I would need somehelp.

Kirankumar.nimmala (talk) 07:10, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

 Done Hi, help was given at the time of the decline in the grey box at the centre of the pink decline box. The key section you need is Help:Referencing for beginners. Rankersbo (talk) 08:14, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Great British Racing

Hi,

I have submitted an entry on Great British Racing, which is the promotions/marketing arm of the British Horseracing Authority.

This has been rejected but I'm not really sure what I can do to get this approved. Would it help if I got some quotes and removed the 'Aims' section?

Many thanks GreggGreatBritishRacing (talk) 16:21, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

What you need is independent coverage - not quotes from themselves, but others writing about them. For example, who but themselves has called Great British Racing a "national resource"?

And yes, an "aims" section usually is a bad idea. We care not what they aim for, we care what they are and what they have done. Huon (talk) 22:21, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Cynthia Carlson

Hi, I submitted an article on the artist Cynthia Carson and received the following regarding acceptance:

Submission declined on 29 December 2013 by Hasteur (talk).

Several inline external links. Either replace them with end external links or wikilinks to the subject here in wikipedia. Also several of the "Selected" sections are unreferenced.

I don't know what an "inline external link" is.

I do know that many of the items are not substantiated. For those, there are no online references on the Internet. Should they be deleted even though they are true?

Thanks,

Murray

Mursimon (talk) 17:23, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Anshu Jamsenpa

Greetings!!

Is it possible for me to know the reasons for not accepting the article on 'anshu jamsenpa" Can there be some pointers to the cause of rejection please — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aksiddu (talk • contribs) 17:29, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello Aksiddu, did you read the instructions in the pink box at top? Those give the specific reason for your article being declined. Note also, your draft is also hard to read because you have not formatted it anything like a Wikipedia article. Please observe the code for some existing published articles to see how text is coded in, and use that as your example. For example, Wikipedia does not simply type ALL CAPITAL LETTERS to make a section heading, but instead codes them like this ==Summary== Also at the top of the page, use Template:Infobox person rather than manually typing in facts. But fundamentally, as the pink box says, you need to review our guideline WP:Notability and provide proof for the claims in the article, from serious media or academia sources (not blogs, not Facebook, etc). MatthewVanitas (talk) 20:50, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Venezuela essay

I'm not trying to be rude, but why did my article not get published? It took me a very long time to make!Unknown249 (talk) 21:04, 13 January 2014 (UTC)Unknown249

Hi the reasons are given in the article. Rankersbo (talk) 21:55, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Margie Wakefield

Hello.

Thank you for your time. I submitted Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Margie Wakefield and it it shouldn't have been rejected.

"My understanding is that per Wikipedia:Notability (politicians), simply being a candidate for national-level office does not merit an article, though if she wins we will most definitely want an article about her. MatthewVanitas (talk) 21:08, 13 January 2014"

As per Wikipedia: Campaigns and Elections, "As a compromise between those who would keep all candidate articles and those who would delete all articles on yet-unelected candidates, it would be preferable if articles on elections were written before articles on individual candidates. Only if and when there is enough independent, verifiable information to write a non-stub article on a candidate should one be written."

There is already an article on the election thus an individual candidate article can thus be written, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margie_Wakefield#District_2

Wakefieldforkansas (talk) 21:42, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Except there is not enough independent, verifiable information to write a non-stub article. You cite a grand total of four sources, one of which doesn't even mention Wakefield, another of which writes less than a sentence about her, and a third of which is her own endorsers' website, not quite an independent source on that endorsement. The fourth writes a little more about her, but even so more than half your draft's content is unsourced.

On an unrelated note, your username clearly is promotional, and since it's the name of the campaign it also violates the WP:GROUPNAME part of our username policy. You should take a look at our guideline on conflicts of interest, and if you want to continue editing, you should request a username change immediately or you will be blocked from editing. Huon (talk) 22:06, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Divanis

hello.my username is Averarou snd i wrote an article about divanis.why did you decline it?

Because the reviewer thought the amount of sources insufficient, and because he couldn't determine what the article's topic is supposed to be. Why is there a paragraph on luxury hotels in an article that says it's about a cheese dairy? You should find another couple of reliable sources, and it may help to shift the focus from the dairy to the Divanis business empire in general. Some copyediting for grammar also couldn't hurt. Huon (talk) 22:14, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Arnold J. Sameroff (psychologist)

I resubmitted the Wiki entry for Arnold J. Sameroff on November 15,2013. I responded to earlier suggestions in order to comply with the site guidelines for entries . When can I expect a reply concerning the acceptability of my revision . Thank you 2xprofs 2xprofs (talk) 22:55, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

2xprofs, you have fixed the indenting and section issues, but you have not fixed the footnoting issue. Again do not type footnote numbers manually, but use the coding shown at WP:Referencing for beginners. That coding is way cleaner and more reliable since it auto-numbers footnotes so they will always be accurate and in order. 02:53, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Mayan farming Slash-and-burn

Slash and Burn Farming

The three regions the ancient Maya lived in were very different from each other. The southern/central lowlands were covered with tropical rainforest. Rainforests do not have rich soil. This made it harder for the Maya to grow food there.

Maya farmers used a method called slash and burn before they began planting crops. Slash and burn farming was a lot of hard work for Maya farmers. First, the farmer cut down all the trees in the area he wanted to plant crops in. Cutting down the trees was the “slash part” of the slash and burn farming method.

Next, he burned the tree stumps, and the trees he had cut down. The ashes from the fires mixed with the soil. The ashes made the soil rich, or fertile. Fertile means good for growing things.

After this, the farmers planted seeds in the soil and waited for their crops to grow. The crops they grew included maize (corn), squash, beans, chili peppers, and cacao (cocoa), which is used to make chocolate.

Farmers in the highlands used the slash and burn farming method, also. There were forests in the highlands, but they were not tropical rainforests. This is because the highlands were drier than the southern/central lowlands. They were drier because there are not many rivers or swamps in them. The southern/central lowlands have rivers running through them, and many swamps. The lowlands receive a large amount of rain – sometimes up to 160 inches of rain in one year! — Preceding unsigned comment added by CelticHeros (talk • contribs) 23:34, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello CelticHeroes. I think this topic is already covered in the article Agriculture in Mesoamerica. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 08:59, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

January 14

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/S.U.R.E. Campaign (Singapore)

Hi,

I submitted the above article to provide more information on the SURE campaign initiative by the National Library Board of Singapore.

I have supplemented the articles by citing the official websites and also cited the newspaper articles and radio interviews of the media coverage of the campaign. As this is a new campaign, there is no scholarship (neither books nor JSTOR articles) published on it.

Hence, I would like to enquire on some specific examples of the reliable sources that I should be including in the article.

Thanks very much!

Ilosure (talk) 05:38, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Your sources are actually good, newspapers such as the Straits Times are exactly what the article needs, so actually that decline reason was incorrect. There is one thing you can do to dramatically improve the article: You have created a table of "Media coverage" where you provide links to print and radio articles about the subject. External links such as this are not as a rule allowed in articles. It would be far better if you rather used those articles as sources, summarizing in your own words what they had to say about the subject. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 12:42, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/pallimukkam devi temple

Pllimukkam Sree Bhagavathi temple is one of the most renowned temples in Kerala. The temple is located at nooranad in Mavelikkara taluk of Alappuzha district in the south Indian state of Kerala.— Preceding unsigned comment added by MAHI MOHAN (talk • contribs)

You should add references to your article submission in order to verify this information. For example, you could cite books, newspapers, magazines or major news websites. For more information on how to add references, please see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 10:18, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/MySurvey

Hello, I have resubmited my article on Dec 16, 2013. It's been 4 weeks already, and still didn't hear any feedback. So I was wondering did I successfully resubmit the article? Thank you so much for the help!— Preceding unsigned comment added by Lsrpopwiki (talk • contribs)

It was declined a few minutes ago by User:Anupmehra.

I would note that WiredPRNews and Yahoo Voices are not reliable sources; it's possible that business2community.com is not either. You can find out more about identifying reliable sources at Wikipedia:VRS. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 10:16, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Centrefolds

Please advise on how to submit new article "Centrefolds" for review and hopefully submit to Wikipedia

Thank you for your help Martin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martinriles (talk • contribs) 10:12, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

You will need to add references to the article submission. See Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners for more information. You should also review Wikipedia:NMUSIC for the notability requirements for musical acts. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 10:20, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Cancer etiology and molecular pathogen

This is a article which describes new discovery of pathogens for cancer and autoimmune diseases. It may be little difficult to read it for readers who are not in this field. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bjfarm (talk • contribs) 13:43, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not the place to publish your ground-breaking research about how cancer is (supposedly) infectious. See Wikipedia:NOR and Wikipedia:MEDRS. Seek other outlets - such as medical journals - to publish your work. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 14:00, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Deception Mini 12 Keelboat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Deception_Mini_12_Keelboat

I am unable to understand why this article for submission keeps getting rejected. I have in my opinion more than documented the boat and that there is noteworthiness. I have included several blog entries as well as a number of sources documenting the boat. there are similar boats to the deception that are listed in Wikipedia and why my submission is not being accepted is a bit discouraging.

Seankiaer (talk) 20:44, 14 January 2014 (UTC) Sean Kiaer Seankiaer (talk) 20:44, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/European Market Research Centre

Articles for creation/European Market Research Centre I'm a new contributor - this is the first article I have written from scratch. How would I change the above page title to 'European Marketing Research Centre (EMRC)'? I intend to cleanup the bare urls as I've now learned how to do that by editing some other articles. JohnPWFoster JohnPWFoster at AdHoc Media (talk) 20:54, 14 January 2014 (UTC)