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Article was declined at Articles for Creation

Good Afternoon,

I have resent my the article. My apologies for not including correct citations. I hope I have included the proper information. If I have not please let me know. I would really appreciate it. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Corysmith1 (talk • contribs) 18:41, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

submitted wrong draft

Hi, accidentally submitted an old draft (computer issues), but now the right draft was submitted. Please review again.

Elliot

Elliot735P (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:24, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Elliot, it's certainly better, but again please don't number things that needn't be numbered (his list of papers), and use Template:Infobox Physician for the stats at the top. Just copy the coding for the template, paste it onto your page, and put each fact in its labeled row (as available). MatthewVanitas (talk) 19:23, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Red Dirt Skinners

Hopefully I've made the changes correctly and added some more references. THanks for your patience. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reddirtmusic (talk • contribs) 21:03, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Reddirtmusic, in your cites, can you please put the name of the article (or if unnamed, what page#)? Again, the goal is that a reader can verify the info given. It's not required that the ref exist online, but the cite must be detailed enough that, given the source material, a reader could swiftly find the stated fact to be verified. MatthewVanitas (talk) 21:08, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mount Darwin

I don't understand why you blanked Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mount Darwin (South Island of New Zealand) as an attack page. I understand it might not have had sufficient content to be accepted as an article, and the formatting was wrong, but did you hit the wrong reject button?-gadfium 22:14, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello gadfium, my bust. When reviewing articles if you hit "v" an odd number of times it chooses "vandalism", if even it chooses "verify/sources". So I either tapped "v" once too much or once not enough. I've corrected the miscode and retained my comments to the originator about what is needed for sourcing. MatthewVanitas (talk) 15:41, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Carleton Bates Varney

What is the problem to create a page for Carleton Bates Varney?

Our User Name is: CV Bates

This insert is coming directly to you from the office of Carleton Bates Varney. We would like to know what we are doing incorrectly. Please respond. CV Bates (talk) 16:22, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Courtney Cole

I was wondering why my page on Courtney Cole keeps on getting deleted. She is one of my favorite authors and she is listed on the Wikipedia page on authors for the new adult genera. I noticed there wasn't a page yet and I created one that can't seem to get past inspection. What needs to be done? You posted a link to the notable figure guidelines and she fits. She is a New York times best seller and a usa today bestseller. I would really like to get a page on her. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Averagren.13 (talk • contribs) 17:25, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Backlog Elimination Drive

Dear Matthew: I notice that you have been doing a fair amount of reviewing at the Afc lately, so I am leaving you this announcement:

Hello MatthewVanitas:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.

There is a backlog of over 1200 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! ~~~~

There's a discussion going on about the drive at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation/October 2013 Backlog Elimination Drive. —Anne Delong (talk) 20:07, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/A. C. de Freitas & Co.

Hi Matthew, thanks for helping. I have resubmitted but I didn't get anywhere with the image, actually losing all my changes to the text in the process and having to do it again. I am not going to try again. So please remove the reference to the image or whatever if the text now is acceptable. Considering the few lines produced I have spent an inordinate number of hours on this. As to books available: yes there are many on shipping. However few have anything worthwhile to say about A. C. de Freitas & Co and none I know of in English. The book quoted most by me (A. C. de Freitas & Co. - Kaufmannsreeder)is the ONLY comprehensive history on the company. It is based mostly on still existing documents and contempory newsarticles and relies little on other books and then mostly for historical context. Hoping this will settle it.Bilgola (talk) 01:55, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

does my article require more citations?

Dear Matthew Vanitas,

this with regards to a brief article I had composed for a renowned chef in India. Composition below: Would appreciate your guidance on the same so that it's good enough to be published as an article. Thank you.

Bold textChef Manish Mehrotra, Executive Chef for 'Old World Hospitality',heads the kitchens of Indian Accent,(New Delhi),Oriental Octopus (Ne Delhi & Lavasa) and Tamarai (London)

At the world Gourmet Summit, held in 2011, Chef Manish Mehrotra showcased India Accent's path- breaking contemporary Indian menu which has been designed by chef himself along with the support of his talented team of chefs at the Indian Accent.

Chef Manish Mehrotra's creativity showcases an ingenious amalgamation of the freshest local produce combining home style nostalgic tastes with ingredients from across the world. [1] ( — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manish Mehrotra (talk • contribs) 15:14, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Articles for creation/Derek 'DJA' Allen

Thank you for your feedback Matthew. I was trying to figure out if I could use the visual editor on the page, got frustrated and thought submitting it would get me some help. I'll do a lot of work on it and try again, and I'll definitely avoid citing Wikipedia on a Wikipedia page.

Cheers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Esietukeme (talk • contribs) 16:40, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

RE : Modifications at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Dr Vipin Brar

Hello,

Thanks for guidance and reviewing. All the changes asked by you have been made, all required/asked citations, references has been made., all peacock/weasel words has been removed. Order of info displayed changed.

Please review again. Thank you.

Coolvipcandy (talk) 17:22, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Chef Manish_Mehrotra- will add more citation

Dear Mattew,

Thank you for your feedback. Appreciate it and will apply your suggestions before reworking the article. To clarify I'm Supriya Anand, a media professional writing this article on behalf of chef Manish Mehrotra, since this was my first attempt to contribute for Wikipedia I did not realize that creating an account in the same as the article title would be a problem. Apologies. Going forward will collect more references to highlight the chefs prominence and hope the same would suffice.

Thank you once again. Regards, Supriya Anand

Manish Mehrotra (talk) 17:33, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A beer for you!

Thanks, I knew my submission would be declined, as it was not in English. I have already figured out how to create a wiki in my own language and it is already online.

Cheers. Madaload (talk) 18:04, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wolfgang Kals article submission

Hi Matthew,

Thank you for reviewing my page so quickly, as you can tell I'm new at this. I have worked with Kals' family to develop a history and the new website with my partner, his step-daughter, and we're trying to link him to his more commonly recognized name Robert Kennedy. Throughout his successful publishing career he kept his artistic collection and practice very quiet. I have primary interviews with his wife and daughter as well as notes from his journals. I'm not sure exactly how to cite these as they are used in their primary form on the new www.wolfgangkals.com website already.

Any suggestions? Any hope at all for this article venture? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Wolfgang_Kals (I don't know how to link this properly yet I'm so sorry!)

Thank you for your help, AnickaAnickaVG (talk) 19:04, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The sticky wicket is that encyclopediae are WP:Tertiary sources. That is, we summarise/compile existing published research. Your interviews are WP:Primary sources, which is great for cutting-edge research, but until it has been "digested" by a WP:Secondary source such as a newspaper, academic journal, history book, etc. it's still a stage too early for us to use.

If there is a basic body of coverage on Kals (under whichever name[s] so long as they are verifiably him), then we can use those as sources. However, if he "kept... very quiet" it may be that he does not have sufficient coverage yet to meet the requirements. If that is the case, and your goal is to publicise the career of Kals, probably your best option (in terms of getting it into existing body of info in the world) might be to contribute it as an article to an academic journal of music history.

None of this is at all to denigrate your research, which might prove very useful in a news or academic context, but WP:Original research is great for establishing facts on the record, but until such establishment the material is still "too raw" for an encyclopedia. MatthewVanitas (talk) 19:10, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I see now, okay I will keep digging, thank you for the clarification. AnickaVG (talk) 19:18, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Help!

Hi Matthew,

Thank you for reviewing the page for our movie PART TIME FABULOUS. What can we do to make our entrance acceptable to Wikipedia?

Thank you for your time, Jules Bruff and the Part Time Fabulous Team — Preceding unsigned comment added by Julesbruff (talk • contribs) 20:08, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Julesbruff, I'm going to be in and out, so your best bet is to file your question with the Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk. Just make sure you paste your article name where it says "article name here" for clarity on the form. MatthewVanitas (talk) 20:12, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

UNIA celebrates one hundred years in 2014

My submission is not on Marcus Mosiah Garvey as indicated by your editor. My focus is on the Centenary of the UNIA 1914 to 2014. One article focuses on ther man, while my submission focuses on the organization. Ptahheru100 (talk) 22:04, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings, the fact that several of us were unable to figure out what your intended subject is would be a good indication you need to make it much clearer what your subject is. The word "Centenary" only appears a few times in the draft, and you don't even really specify centenary of UNIA until one of the last sentences. An encyclopedia article is not a mystery novel, the main point should not be a surprise at the end. Look at almost any other article on all of Wikipedia: the specific topic is explicitly stated in the first few words of the article.

Per your statements, I have moved the draft to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Centenary of the Universal Negro Improvement Association. That said, what does this draft offer a reader that Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League does not? The article in large part simply reiterates the history of the organisation, and literally only the last sentence mentions that 2013 is the centenary. I would cease submitting this draft, and instead focus your work on adding improvements to the existing UNIA article instead. Though please note, phrases like "Long live the UNIA" and "noble organization" are not WP:neutral, fact-based phrasings, and would not be allowed to remain in an article. So as you improve the UNIA article, please play close attention to neutral phrasing, and clear WP:Sourcing. You may also want to visit Talk:Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League first to make suggestions before commencing your edits, so you can communicate with other interested editors working on the article. MatthewVanitas (talk) 15:47, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at AfC A. C. de Freitas & Co. was accepted

Hi Matthew, thank you very much for your help and your offer to help with an image! This link will provide the image of the company's logo as used on their letterheads ca. 1903 to 1912:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~lintzer1/defreitas/

Hope you can use it. Thanks againBilgola (talk) 08:18, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

RE : Modifications at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Dr Vipin Brar

Hello,

Thanks for guidance and reviewing. All the changes asked by you have been made, all required/asked citations, references has been made., all peacock/weasel words has been removed. Order of info displayed changed.

Please review again. Thank you.

Coolvipcandy (talk) 14:08, 22 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Coolvipcandy, it is indeed a lot cleaner, but a few tweaks further are needed:

Please do not "copy-paste" text while you are in "view" mode (just reading an article). The copy-paste will only capture the words, not the coding behind them, so in doing so you lose the WP:wikilinks and the footnotes you had coded in. The tell-tale sign of doing so is seeing text like "regular/permanent basis.[7][8][9]". That is because your copy-paste "grabbed" the footnote's number simply as a number, not as the small blue raised number that leads to an actual footnote. So those copy-paste moves severed the sentence's connection to any footnote. Fortunately, the data is not "lost" since you can go "back in time" in your drafts by viewing the History tab, and can go back and re-capture lost data. For example, in this case to to fix this [7][8][9], check a few versions back in the history tab until you see a version where the phrase "regular/permanent basis" ends with three small, blue, numbers, proper footnotes. Hid the "Edit" button on this old draft, find that sentence and the "ref" codes at the end of it, and copy them while still in Edit mode. Now you can return to your current draft and paste the proper coding in place of the miscopied "789" numbers. It sounds a little complicated to put it in words, but it's quite easy. The important lesson here: don't copy-paste text in reading mode, or you'll lose the coding.
Additionally, there are still a few terms that are confusing to the reader. You can assume basic knowledge of a reader (i.e. that a reader generally knows India is a country, that the reader knows a veterinarian works with animals), but specialised political terms like "regularisation" don't mean anything to a reader. You have to explain this regularisation, SCs, etc. in a way that a general educated person in any country could grasp the basic point of the issue. Is it that the government was giving undue emphasis to positive discrimination by favouring Scheduled Caste veterinarians to the detriment of the larger veterinary community? As you've explained it so far I can't totally follow what the issue is, so please review the description, imagining you are explaining it for a global audience.
Also, the "Political advocacy" and "Veterinary community" sections have several sentences which are duplicates of each other. Either make the two sections clearly about different issues, or else merge them into one section, since you explain the RVOA website and SMS campaign twice in basically identical words.
Don't footnote to other Wiki articles, wikilink them instead (the double "[[" and "]]" markings)

Hope this helps, you're getting better with each step, and I expect you're feeling more and more familiar and confident with Wikipedia method as you go. MatthewVanitas (talk) 16:04, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Some things are not just possible

Hello, Thanks for the review but there are some citations asked that can never be made available like : 1. In 2008 he passed out from GADVASU as a veterinary graduate and took a job in Muktsar, Punjab as Rural Veterinary Officer on a contract basis. "Service providers to run vet hospitals". Tribune. July 15, 2006. </ref> DOES THIS ARTICLE SPECIFICALLY MENTION BRAR? IF NOT IT IS NOT A VALID CITATION

Newspapers never cover university admission or getting job of each and every individual across any country. All i can do to prove is that send the certificates/documents copy proving the same to your email. The article cited from tribune newspaper mentions that there were jobs under the mentioned conditions.

2.

This succeeded in spreading awareness and convinced all^{[weasel words]} veterinarians to change the

This do mean 'all' as voting was done and new president was chosen on that basis.

3. In 2010, on learning about Punjab Government's policy of regularizing only a few Scheduled Caste candidates and completely ignoring^{[neutrality is disputed]} the rest (Cabinet Minister Animal Husbandry favored SC community and tried to fill 90% vacancies from only one community at name of SC backlog ) This is not against or provoking anybody as it was in newspapers. Government(Punjab) advertized the same. and infact they were indeed recruited even after being opposed. Cabinet minister favored his community. but protests started by doctors led to their recruitment too later. This can be cited with newspaper articles if you like.

4. saved millions of lives.^{[neutrality is disputed]}

Yes there are indeed many many articles about their working, remote free medical camps, and above is their official record which will confirm how many treatments/surgeries are done by RVOs in time. but that won't be relevant to cite in "Dr Vipin Brar" but if the statement does seem relevant to you then it has been removed. Although the same can be seen on drvipin.com/about.html where scanned copies of newspaper articles have been uploaded and do mentioning his contribution (by name) in saving lives and professional impact.

5. {{cite news |title= Hindustan Times - Receiving Award of honor from Chief Minister of Punjab, S. Parkash Singh Badal |url= http://rvopunjab.info/forum/images/HT%20dr%20vipin%20receiving%20award.jpg |newspaper= Hindustan Times |date= August 24, 2011 }} {{hilite|IT IS NOT PREFERRED THAT YOU LINK TO THE ARTICLE ON AN RVO FORUM; IS THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE NOT AVAILABLE ON THE HINDUSTAN TIMES WEBSITE???}}</ref> Hindustan Times website doesn't have archive of old news and its not possible to link to it, So a saved/scanned copy at that time is used.

6. Please do omit that you feel is not required or in-appropriate from the article. Thank you.

Coolvipcandy (talk) 09:34, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

reply

Thank you for guidance, the section with duplicates, is merged into another to avoid the same. the descriptions asked has been defined/described. references from wiki has been wikilinked. Please review. Thank you. Coolvipcandy (talk) 17:34, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for teaching

i really did learnt various things along the way of editing. hopefully will soon be lending hand to you all.

William P. Birchler

Please read WP:POLITICIAN, and note that the directory in question includes sketches of the legislators; this isn't simply a list of names. 2001:18E8:2:1020:30CB:7FF:FDA0:CF52 (talk) 17:25, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Matthew

I'm trying to add to the Surrey Comet to show its notability.

One of the reasons is, that as it was published in 1854, it is, according to this wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_oldest_newspapers, one of the oldest newspapers on the world.

I also see that almost every other old, or significant newspaper has a listing and I don't see why the Surrey Comet shouldn't.

Would that satisfy the notability criteria? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.174.8.199 (talk) 17:29, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello 93.174.8.199. It may very well be that the Comet is Notable, but you must demonstrate this Notability using sourcing. That is, if your second sentence in the article is "It is one of the oldest newspapers in the world, and the oldest in Southern England" (or whatever the case may be), you need to have a clear citation to something like "John Smith. History of Broadsheets and Newspapers. Acme Press, 1993. Page 82", or "Surrey's Ancient Paper Presses Onward. Hindustan Times, 28 April 2008". Something like that. I would suggest you briefly read the actual page WP:Notability, as it gives a good summary of what we're looking for: a reason the subject is worth reading about and proof that journalists/academics have observed and documented said importance. None of our personal opinions, just compiling/presenting the published views of others. I hope this helps. I'll try to return your message to the IP address you're posting from, but for continuity of communicating with others and following the progress of your draft, consider Wikipedia:Why create an account?, since your IP address may vary over time and make it impossible to correspond easily. But your personal choice in whatever case. MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:47, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Resubmission of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/College Press Box - TSTV

Hi Matthew, thank you for your input, I have edited the page but I'm not sure if it has resubmitted. Can you please confirm that you have received the resubmission, as I may have sent a lot of them. Thank you again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hoffmanharryut (talk • contribs) 23:35, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Hoffmanharryut, it appears there's a misunderstanding about resubmitting: resubmitting does not mean pasting another copy of the article onto the page. Resubmitting means clicking the button that says "Resubmit" on your pink Decline box, and it will create a new "Awaiting review" yellow box and get you back inline for an editor (the box may appear at first at the bottom of the page, so check there if you don't see it at first).

Right now you have like three copies of your article on the page, so please delete anything that isn't your best draft, and then hit the Resubmit button at the top of your page. MatthewVanitas (talk) 15:00, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Super Natural Properties of All Prime Periodic Numbers

Hi, Regarding https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:KAMALHAMOUD/sandbox

A new article is resubmitted per request. If you consider. It is a new article with a new title. This is my first submission. That's why. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KAMALHAMOUD (talk • contribs) 08:44, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again

YES. I DID RECEIVE IT. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KAMALHAMOUD (talk • contribs) 08:57, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello KAMALHAMOUD, the problem is that what you are writing is not an encyclopedia article. I am not a math expert and can't really follow the details, but from what I understand your paper is presenting some new/novel take on mathematics (thus the phrase "a new discovery"). Wikipedia absolutely does not publish Original Research. If your findings have not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal of mathematics, they are not yet ready to be on an encyclopedia. Wikipedia is not a tool to gain recognition, it is a place to explain things that are already recognised. MatthewVanitas (talk) 15:04, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edits made as asked. Please review.

Hello, Thanks for the review but there are some citations asked that can never be made available like : 1. In 2008 he passed out from GADVASU as a veterinary graduate and took a job in Muktsar, Punjab as Rural Veterinary Officer on a contract basis. "Service providers to run vet hospitals". Tribune. July 15, 2006. DOES THIS ARTICLE SPECIFICALLY MENTION BRAR? IF NOT IT IS NOT A VALID CITATION

Newspapers never cover university admission or getting job of each and every individual across any country. All i can do to prove is that send the certificates/documents copy proving the same to your email. The article cited from tribune newspaper mentions that there were jobs under the mentioned conditions.

2.

This succeeded in spreading awareness and convinced all^{[weasel words]} veterinarians to change the

This do mean 'all' as voting was done and new president was chosen on that basis.

3. In 2010, on learning about Punjab Government's policy of regularizing only a few Scheduled Caste candidates and completely ignoring^{[neutrality is disputed]} the rest (Cabinet Minister Animal Husbandry favored SC community and tried to fill 90% vacancies from only one community at name of SC backlog ) This is not against or provoking anybody as it was in newspapers. Government(Punjab) advertized the same. and infact they were indeed recruited even after being opposed. Cabinet minister favored his community. but protests started by doctors led to their recruitment too later. This can be cited with newspaper articles if you like.

4. saved millions of lives.^{[neutrality is disputed]}

Yes there are indeed many many articles about their working, remote free medical camps, and above is their official record which will confirm how many treatments/surgeries are done by RVOs in time. but that won't be relevant to cite in "Dr Vipin Brar" but if the statement does seem relevant to you then it has been removed. Although the same can be seen on drvipin.com/about.html where scanned copies of newspaper articles have been uploaded and do mentioning his contribution (by name) in saving lives and professional impact.

5. {{cite news |title= Hindustan Times - Receiving Award of honor from Chief Minister of Punjab, S. Parkash Singh Badal |url= http://rvopunjab.info/forum/images/HT%20dr%20vipin%20receiving%20award.jpg |newspaper= Hindustan Times |date= August 24, 2011 }} {{hilite|IT IS NOT PREFERRED THAT YOU LINK TO THE ARTICLE ON AN RVO FORUM; IS THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE NOT AVAILABLE ON THE HINDUSTAN TIMES WEBSITE???}}</ref> Hindustan Times website doesn't have archive of old news and its not possible to link to it, So a saved/scanned copy at that time is used.

6. Please do omit that you feel is not required or in-appropriate from the article. Thank you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Vipin_Brar Coolvipcandy (talk) 17:32, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm waiting for a different editor with fresh eyes to come and check out the article, so you'll have to wait in line for a bit. Fortunately, WP:Wikipedia has no deadline. MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:41, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Article Creation - Somnath Sapru

Thanks for your help with this Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Somnath_Sapru. I've tried to expand inline citations as you suggested, but although the subject is a journalist with a forty-year career and the former editor of a major national newspaper in India, he is several decades retired and most references to his impact are offline. The emphasis of the article is on his contribution as an author of books on Indian air force history, a niche area of expertise (and limited interest to the press). I've done what I can with online references and I'm hoping it will suffice to verify the article's claims until I can obtain the more substantial material offline. Sarakki (talk) 20:06, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No worries Sarakki, references may be offline, and may be in whatever language. But the citation must clearly demonstrate that said source is a WP:Reliable source. So you can cite a Hindi newspaper, so long as its a recognised professional paper, or cite a book of journalism history in Marathi, provided the publisher and/or author is recognised as professional, peer-reviewed, etc. MatthewVanitas (talk) 20:31, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Rosine Guiterman

Many, many thanks. Greatly appreciated. Ron Witton Matthew, You are a wizard! Thanks so much for the work you did on my article about this remarkable woman. Unfortunately I am unable to work further on it as, for the life of me, I cannot work out how to edit and re-submit (hence my stuff-up with pasting the whole article in the wrong place). However, I believe all that is needed are very minor edits ...

I have looked at the amount of work you have done for Wikipedia and am truly impressed. On the basis of that I shall make a further donation to Wikipedia.

Once again thanks so much for your assistance. I believe there is only minor adjustments still to be done. Best wishes ```` Ron Witton rwitton@uow.edu.au — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rawitton (talk • contribs) 01:17, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No worries Rawitton, I'll see if I can get someone at WP:WikiProject Australia to maybe help clean up the last bit of it. MatthewVanitas (talk) 14:40, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Some Nerve

I don't know who the hell Matthew Vanitas is, but he has some nerve telling me that the late actress I submitted a page on is not notable enough to have a Wiki page. Matthew, your entire list of interests is the thing that is truly not notable. How about butting out of the whole approving and rejecting thing and let a more deserving person make the decisions you are unfit for. The End. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.85.41.224 (talk) 07:04, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Subject: American Tea Ceremony:

I am struggling. Who is Cline? I will remove all references to everything but Franklin and the Tea Masters and THEN will it be accepted? This has been a labor of love for tea and you are teaching me a lot about patience.Marybethmccabe (talk) 07:46, 25 September 2013 (UTC) Marybeth McCabe[reply]

Hello Marybethmccabe, learning to write for a new organisation is always tricky, but hopefully in the big-picture a good mental exercise and fulfilling. You're really quite close in your draft, the point we just really have to bear down on is: the article is not about what we (you or I) think an "American tea ceremony" is, should be, what things we personally think qualify. It is about the concept of an "American tea ceremony" as explicitly discussed, by that very term, by published academics, commentators, pundits, etc. Thus my comments about how talking about how much the Dutch enjoyed tea really isn't pertinent, because they did not, and to the best of my knowledge nobody else did, refer to this as an "American tea ceremony".

The real strength of your subject is that Ben Franklin, then Cline (Entertaining the Idea of an American Tea Ceremony with Special Reference to Its Environment. Ann Cline University of California, Berkeley, 1974), and then Teamasters, explicitly said "hey, Americans should have an explicitly ceremonial tea experience, parallel to that as seen in Japan and some other countries." Once you can get the article pared down to only those things which explicitly discuss a tea ceremony for the American people, then we should be ready to rock. On a minor sidenote, there appears to be also something called the "African-American Tea Ceremony", which may be worth a mention if you can note any serious academic or journalistic authorities making note of it. Also if you're able to actually get a hold of the Cline book (maybe ask your library about free inter-library loan to get it to your local system?) that might be useful, though maybe that can be for later expanding the article after the basic version publishes. Note also if you search "cline american tea ceremony" on GoogleBooks there are one or two books by other people who refer to Cline's work.

Does that help clear up what we're looking for? MatthewVanitas (talk) 14:32, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Military history - conflicts not often covered - Konfrontasi

Hi Matthew, Thanks for taking time to edit my article on sailing development, Vietnam. Here is a short anecdote, just for interest, as i am not specialized in military history: At my father’s funeral it came out the Americans had put a lot of pressure on Britain to keep Singapore as a base for the Vietnam war. America being America, at that time said they did not like Communism. With Chinese communists in Indonesia, America did not want Indonesia to be part of the regional talks. Not surprisingly the Chinese communists in Indonesia were upset and wanted to retaliate. They picked on Sarawak as a newly formed state, and started the war of Konfrontasi. Britain wanted to keep the war quiet as they did not want to trigger another Vietnam War. Sarawak’s history had been relatively peaceful: A country given to a pirate or trader (James Brooke) by the Sultan of Brunei, if he could quell the fighting by a group of people the Iban. With Iban the strongest of approx. 20 different ethnic groups in Sarawak. (The woman who brought me up in my first few years was Iban, but I knew her as very calm and gentle.) Sarawak was passed down through the Brooke family. The grandchildren or great grandchildren did not want the country anymore in the 60s and wanted to move to New Zealand. They tried to give the country to Britain. This was at a time when Britain was trying to get rid of its colonies. My father had to help with independence. He was good with languages and spoke French, German, Cantonese and Iban. The first State Secretary who arrived to look after Sarawak was shot on arrival. My father was then asked to stand in as State Secretary, and he left the moment the country had settled down. It turns out a guest who arrived yesterday looked after the son of the man who was shot, and sent him through university and he now has 4 Master degrees. Best wishes, Julia MANTA Mui Ne (talk) 15:36, 25 September 2013 (UTC)MANTA Mui Ne[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Daniel Silver

Dear MatthewVanitas, I just read your message and I'm sincerely grateful for your availability and encouragement. Thanks for improving my "Daniel Silver" article for creation, reads much better now. I'll try to keep an eye on the helpdesk and hope we're going to be able to sort this out in the coming days. Have a nice evening Valentina3000 (talk) 20:36, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Darshak Mehta

Hi Matthew,

Sorry, I am an absolute newbie so I would greatly appreciate it if you could please tell me what I need to do re: my article? Thanks a lot.

Cheers

Darshak

```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Darshak1 (talk • contribs) 22:59, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Darshak1, the fundamental issue that you positively must address is meeting the guideline WP:Notability; that is, demonstrating that Mehta has " significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." You must establish this, and since this is a WP:Biography of a living person you must have every single set of facts footnoted to a specific source. Basic facts like birthdate/place, etc you can source to Mehta's homepage or whatever, but every claim-to-fame, accomplishment, etc. must be cited to an independent source. As far as WP is concerned, if no published authority has commented on X fact about Mehta's career, it doesn't exist, no matter how many sales receipts, memos, personal letters you show us. Again, seriously, read WP:Notability and it will clarify things greatly.

As a sidenote, do I guess right you're writing your own autobiography? If so, note that's not entirely forbidden, but generally considered a very bad idea. Please also read WP:Autobiography for a clear explanation of why you really don't want to do that. Hope this helps! MatthewVanitas (talk) 23:30, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Re: article on OGCP

Sir,

Please tell me which parts of the article should be re-written and how I can improve on it.

Thank you very much.Angela mae garcia (talk) 00:50, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Angela mae garcia , please see our guideline Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). MatthewVanitas (talk) 02:19, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/National Coney Island

Just a friendly reminder that you put this under review on 17 September 2013. If you do no plan on reviewing it in the next few days, please either take it off of review or add an afc comment so everyone knows the review is still progressing. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 03:25, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for catching that, I must've had a slip of the hand and hit the wrong button; I've hit Unreview so it should be back on. MatthewVanitas (talk) 12:45, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 17:24, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

KAMALHAMOUD

Hi Regarding: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:KAMALHAMOUD/sandbox

PLEASE RE_EDIT ANY STATEMENT THAT HAS THE WORD "DISCOVERY" AS YOU LIKE OR OMIT AS NECESSARY. THANKS.

KAMAL H (talk) 09:07, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello KAMAL H, as stated before I believe the entire topic is fundamentally not ready for Wikipedia, and have explained so to the best of my abilities. If you'd like to have someone else clarify this, please contact the volunteer mentors at WP:Teahouse. MatthewVanitas (talk) 12:45, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Inuit syllabics

Hello, your help at tautirut was much appreciated, would you mind briefly doing the same to help us include the proper indigenous spelling at the article Agiarut? Here's a link to a book that shows the spelling on pg 5: [1]. Thanks! MatthewVanitas (talk) 20:50, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK. ᐊᒋᐊᕈᑦ agiarut violin (p. 5). Thanks. --Kmoksy (talk) 21:11, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Move

Hi,

You moved my article on Ulrich Voigt to "Articles for Creation." I actually want that article to be part of Wikipedia (I know it wasn't before you moved it, but I think that had to do with the way I created it: when I created another article using the article wizard, it published it right away.) Can you move it to the "official" part of Wikipedia.

Thanks Ibnkalb (talk) 23:14, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You can move the article to the mainspace using the "Move" option in your menu at the top (to the left of your search box). That said, if your article isn't properly sourced and footnoted, it'll be deleted from the mainspace and you'd be back to drafting again anyway. So if you're not in a hurry going through AFC might be useful. There's a backlog now, but on Tuesday they're kicking off a mass contest to review articles and eliminate the backlog, so you'd probably be reviewed mid-next week. MatthewVanitas (talk) 15:32, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I don't think I can move it because my account is not four days old, but someone else moved it! Thanks for the advice anyway!

Ibnkalb (talk) 15:47, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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	Thank you very much for helping e improving my article and for getting it online!!! Valentina3000 (talk) 14:15, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Declination of new article about Ignatz Mühlwenzel

Hi Matthew! Thanks for your recent review of my new article on Ignatz Mühlwenzel. I certainly agree that notability should be a driving consideration. However, Ignatz Mühlwenzel already has an article in the German version of Wikipedia: [2]

Logically it seems that either the German article should be deleted because Mühlwenzel is not notable, or my English article should be accepted because Mühlwenzel is notable.

PS Mühlwenzel's main claim to fame is that his Ph.D. students and their students, etc. comprise thousands of mathematicians throughout history, so his notability is his influence on mathematics as a teacher.

Regards, Kerry (talk) 15:13, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Swaraveenapani

Hi Matthew ,

I have added a few more refs to the article and resubmitted according to your comments. Could you please review and let me know it is accepted? If it is not accepted could you please let me know the reason.

Thanks, Sri P 16:23, 27 September 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sri pusuluri (talk • contribs)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Andrew Paterson

Hi Matthew,

Still trying to get to grips with the Wikipedia editing process. Thanks for your comments on Andrew Paterson. Had to save the page last week without adding references, but have managed a few hours today to rectify that. Hope it is enough for verification purposes.

I have a portrait of Paterson to still upload (when I've read how to), and would like to create separate Wiki entries for his film "," the actors Evelyn Duguid and Tom Snowie, the Cameron's Comforts Fund, interiors photographer Andreas von Einsiedel, and the Scottish Highlander Photo Archive. Let me know if you feel they are warranted.

On another note, I notice the name General Robert Bellew Adams (in the list of some of Paterson's famous sitters) is coming up red and saying there isn't a Wiki entry for him. There must be some glitch in the linking system, because he can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bellew_Adams

Thanks again

Herveus1

Adrian (talk) 16:49, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Adrian, I'll leave it for another editor, a different pair of eyes, to review your new draft. Bear in mind it's very common for even good articles to get several Declines and suggestions before publishing, so it's not necessarily any knock on your work. One thing I would mention, as you're sourcing: whenever applicable make sure you give the title of a given article in a paper/journal, such as the Glasgow Herald 1983, where you give date and link but your footnote doesn't tell us the title "Mairi Makes Screen History". Not earthshattering, but just a useful thing to have in for completeness.

For uploading a portrait, if you have an image which is verifiably out of copyright in the UK (see list of criteria here) it can be uploaded directly to Wikimedia Commons, which is only for images that be fully freely used by the whole world without reservation. If the image you have is still in copyright, or cannot clearly be proven to be out of copyright, then you can upload one such image of the subject under WP:Fair use, but only after the article is published. Image uploading is a little frustrating for some folks, so if you get peeved at all, drop by WP:Teahouse and the volunteer mentor folks there can help advise you.

So far as making an article about a specific film, it really depends on how much coverage the film has. Like people, it's not enough to just prove a film exists and give release/producer/etc. factoids, a film article must have some sense of what the impact of said film on the world is. In the case of Mairi, I typed the title into GoogleBooks, and there are a ton of books which discuss the film's significance, so you look to easily meet the standards of WP:Notability (film) if you use those. Again, to avoid the sourcing issue, I would strongly suggest that you assemble your sources before beginning, and only write things that you have sourced in front of you. That way you can easily footnote as you go along, as though you were learning of this issue through your sources with fresh eyes, just like your reader will.

So far as the glitch, if some variant of Robert Bellew Adams is showing up as a redlink, that just means that nobody has given that variant of his name a WP:Redirect. What you can do is click the redlink, and then paste simply the code #REDIRECT [[Robert Bellew Adams]] at the top of the page, and know the variant name will be a blue link that automatically feeds into the main existing article.

Does all the above make sense for you? MatthewVanitas (talk) 23:20, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Matthew,

Many thanks for your advice. Have added article titles to the referenced journals and sorted the Adams link problem.

Adrian (talk) 20:10, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

about of the declined document

Hello Mr Matthew, really I am sorry to listen that my document was declined, anyway I want to say thank you, perhaps on another occasion more timely I will have the opportunity to be accepted by you. Respectfully...vr — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vicentrj (talk • contribs) 17:51, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No hay que desculpar; es bien dificil aprender como escribir para una publicacion. Solamente le recomendo que a) no escriba su propria biografia, siendo que ud. tiene "conflicto de interes" con el sujecto de si mismo. b) antes de commenze cualquier articulo, asegurase de que tiene referencias (libros, articulos) que explicamente demonstran la exactitud de los hechos que escriba. MatthewVanitas (talk) 19:51, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK Mr. Matthew, thank you very much for your advice...vr — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vicentrj (talk • contribs) 21:17, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bicycle Alliance of Washington page

Matthew,

Thanks for review of the page. I have replaced the reference links that went to the statutory pages with links to news coverage from various sources showing the role of the Bicycle Alliance in the legislation.

I added a couple of subheadings and a brief description of the Safe Routes to School Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Education program. Any other edits are minor formatting changes, punctuation and the like. I'll hit Resubmit on the page.

I hope with these changes the page is acceptable. If not, let me know and I'll do further work on it. BarbChamberlain (talk) 23:09, 28 September 2013 (UTC)BarbChamberlain[reply]

Scanity

Sorry ! It wasn't ment to be blank, was some mistake I made when submitting :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by EdwardJoseph1 (talk • contribs) 17:22, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, it happens. Just fix it up and hit Resubmit to get back on track. MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:26, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Where did you put the article Matthew? AND, why did you delete it? I mean really, how am I supposed to learn?

If you would like to continue working on the submission, you can find it at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Freeryde007/sandbox. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Freeryde007 (talk • contribs) 15:20, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Freeryde007. I did not "delete" anything. The reason you can't see past a certain point in your article is because you're using the "ref" footnote tagging incorrectly, so it's causing the article to go into a coding errror partway through. Before I fixed part of it, you could see even less of the article. If you check your coding and make sure that each footnote starts with "ref" and ends with "/ref" (that slash is vital) then you'll be able to see all the article and we can move forward. I have clearly described what your coding problem is in the pink box at the top of your draft. MatthewVanitas (talk) 15:29, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I see what you mean about not being able to find it. The "Decline" notice thing messed up and gave you the wrong link. I've gone in and manually corrected that for you. Sorry about that, we're doing some tweaks on the automated Review system and it must've skipped a beat. Now the correct link is on your page, and my comments about fixing your footnotes are at the top of your draft. MatthewVanitas (talk) 15:34, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You moved my user:sandbox, what do I do now?

I'm so confused. Where am I supposed to write articles? Alex Hortman (talk) 23:47, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't mean to sound curt with you, by the way. I'm just confused. Thanks for any help. Alex Hortman (talk) 00:07, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Rejected

ok for the comment.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.220.60.218 (talk) 14:57, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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	Thank you so much Matthew. I was really confused but now you have fixed my sandbox! Much appreciated!! Alex Hortman (talk) 21:00, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A "thank you" cookie for MatthewVanitas!

I'm sincerely honored to get this good news from a Wikipedian who has done so much! I will continue to improve this, my first article, and I have others I'd like to work on, too. Thanks again. Anne9853 (talk) 02:12, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment from Anne9853

Thanks for the followup advice--excellent, and I have tried it out. It reminds me that I had an earlier version of the page with additional information and references. It got turned down for publication, got moved from one place to another, and I don't seem to have a copy on my home computer. Is there any way to see/be sent various old rejected versions of the article? Thanks again. Anne9853 (talk) 00:33, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Respond to my Article being declined

Hi sir! It is ok. I am happy to revise my work for you and for wikipedia users. Thank you! God bless..