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November 23
hello there, i'd love to get some help to get my article published, in order to get going and start to fill the page with all the details, thanks in advance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Riotmaker (talk • contribs) 01:01, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
- Hello, before your article can be published you need to add some sources - please see the golden rule for more information. Also consider that everything on Wikipedia must be written from a neutral point of view, so statements like "Fare Soldi are a household name for everyone who loves modern disco stuff" are generally not appropriate. Let me know if you have any questions! --Cerebellum (talk) 16:32, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
Re: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/The Wisdom Tree Hi, I was wondering if someone could help me confirm whether my article has been accepted for review. Albeit, I understand there's some waiting of up to three weeks. I'm not sure what I must do as far as the Title is concerned. This is the name of the film. There is another article with a similar title "Wisdom Tree" in another category. This article is for "The Wisdom Tree", and must be put under independent films, US-produced. Thanks a bunch, in advance. Pictowrit (talk) 03:51, 23 November 2013 (UTC) pictowrit Pictowrit (talk) 03:51, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, you've done everything correctly, and I've just reviewed the article. Let me know if you have any questions! As for the title, The Wisdom Tree is fine for now, it can be changed later if necessary. --Cerebellum (talk) 16:29, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
Why my article is declined?Why its not published?I want to to the specific error that I did!Than it will help me to better writting/improve the article! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smadilbd (talk • contribs) 11:41, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
- If you take a look at User:Smadilbd/sandbox the reason will be obvious. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:31, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I'd like to ask why my submission was declined? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.235.96.50 (talk) 18:06, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
- Because of historic events like the Seigenthaler Incident, all new biographies of living people must be referenced with in-line citations to high-quality reliable sources. Citing sources and Referencing for beginners has more information. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 18:52, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
Review of sex for fish intext referencing — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jab3366 (talk • contribs) 19:24, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
- I have fixed the referencing and other problems, reviewed the article and accepted it. It is now at Sex for Fish, please continue improving the article. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 20:52, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
November 24
When will my article accept on wikipedia???..--Krishnadahal12 (talk) 04:31, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
- Your submission was declined because it was completely unreferenced. See my comment above. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 07:38, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Review of User:LaurenHefferon/Ossian Lindholm
Hi I just wanted to make sure that I submitted this OK. It is my first time and if there are any errors, you can tell me
Lauren — Preceding unsigned comment added by LaurenHefferon (talk • contribs) 10:42, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
- It's now at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Ossian Lindholm and yes it's submitted OK. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:57, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
I am submitting a page about a modality called. Metamorphosis . Another branch of the same modality is already up on WIKi. But it is not the same as ours and ours was the original name and founder The one called metamorphic Technique is by a student of the founder and the founder was not pleased about it altho both have now passed anyway. In view of the number of pages called Metamorphosis about other things do you think we should call our page metamorphosis rstjohn to make it easier to find-if it would be or would it confuse the issue. ???? The founder being Robert St John. Ta Urania 10:56, 24 November 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Angiel (talk • contribs)
- In order to get a page accepted on this subject you would need to much more clearly demonstrate the notability of the subject by reference to multiple examples of significant independent coverage in reliable sources - the need for independence of that coverage is absolutely key - see WP:N --nonsense ferret 23:36, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
Panther's Cricket Club(PCC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karthik06081991 (talk • contribs) 11:46, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
- The article hasn't been submitted. It is likely the article will be declined as there appear to be no sources other than your own personal knowledge of the team, and the team don't seem to be playing at proffessional level. Rankersbo (talk) 17:50, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Review of User:Jayaprasadcherunniyoor/sandbox
sir, why my article declined...all the matters in the article are true. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jayaprasadcherunniyoor (talk • contribs) 12:54, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
- We can't just take your word for it, we need reliable sources to back up the facts in articles. Rankersbo (talk) 17:48, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
To Sara Stierch,
Hi, Thank you for including my article for revision. But the page you sent:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Elsa_Cladera_Encinas_de_Bravo
does not correspond with the one I have saved the 24 November 2013. I have made a lot of improvements in it since the page you have here above. The page I can read in: User Nadezhda Bravo Cladera and the one that one can read in the Internet is not the same that you have. I wonder why?
Nadezhda Bravo Cladera (talk) 18:34, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
- Similar to my comments at your separate query below, you need to be editing the page Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Elsa_Cladera_Encinas_de_Bravo directly and not any other copy you may have in your user pages. I hope that is clear --nonsense ferret 23:33, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
Colleges in the United Republic of Tanzania
Massive wall of text removed: This isn't the place to post articles. Create them in their own article. Since the article is still in history, I suggest adding that content to Colleges in the United Republic of Tanzania LionMans Account (talk) 22:25, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
I am not sure I know what I am doing here.
Can you please tell me if my article has been submitted for review?
I am nor sure how those citations work.
Can someone help me?
They can call me or John Regna on (201) 394-5944
Thank you,
Joyce Makinajian — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.104.222.165 (talk) 20:52, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
- For further information about how to correctly format citations please see WP:CITE. Your article has been correctly submitted for review, however it does not seem as if it would have much chance of acceptance in its current state. Writing articles about people to whom you have a direct connection is not recommended at all. What often happens is that you end up with something that looks like an advert rather than an independent encyclopedia article. In this case there is no indication that the subject of the article meets wikipedia's notability guidelines and none of the citations provided are references to significant independent coverage in reliable sources - you should be thinking along the lines of examples such as particular references to specific detailed newspaper articles on the subject in national newspapers or similar in order to establish notability. Each fact presented must also be verifiable with reference to such reliable sources --nonsense ferret 23:42, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
November 25
Hello,
I am just trying to understand how to make my article adequately convey notability of the subject.
From my perspective I feel I have included many independant and reliable sources. I have included competition information from independant judo sites, articles from sports organisations, photo's from judo competitions (including world championships), and a reference approved by the hungarian judo association.
I have had a look at the wikipedia pages of other Judoka that have been deemed notable enough to have a page created, and it seems that these pages are much less detailed than what I have provided. I can provide examples if you like, but would mainly like advice as to how I need to edit this page to make it worthy of approval.
Regards,
Demented broomstick
Demented broomstick (talk) 00:38, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
Can someone review my article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by RainWizard29422 (talk • contribs) 03:16, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
- It's waiting to be reviewed, so it will be reviewed when someone gets to it. There are more than 1,500 other submissions also waiting. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:49, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
- Oh, while I'm here, some advice. Remove all the clubs and societies and such, and do not use Wikipedia as a source. Look for local newspaper mentions (no matter how trivial) as sources instead. See also WP:WikiProject Schools/Article guidelines and WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES (the latter means your work might all be wasted?) --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:54, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
Can you please advise how this article might be worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia? Thank you.
Mike.e.swope (talk) 04:27, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
- As the reviewer noted, the references you've used aren't independent of the subject. The majority of them are from Totally Tae Kwon Do, and the ones that aren't are about the contributors to the magazine, not the magazine itself. In order to establish notability, you need references that are specifically about the magazine and unrelated to Totally Tae Kwon Do. If you can find references from reliable independent sources which provide extensive coverage of the magazine, please resubmit your article and it'll be re-reviewed. Julie JSFarman (talk) 18:21, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
Review of User:Hobamf/sandbox
Hi, i would like to know what went wrong with the article that it got rejected for submission thanks!
Hobamf (talk) 04:56, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
- Hi, the article has no independent, reliable sources to it. Articles need sources to show the companies in them are notable Rankersbo (talk) 12:32, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
Why was my page declined?
Good morning
I was wondering if you could let me know why my submission was declined? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cordialoustewart/sandbox) I'd like to know so I can make the relevant changes.
Thank you, Louise — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.11.198.1 (talk) 08:46, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
- It was declined for the reason given in the pink box at the top of that page; This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners and Citing sources. You could take a look at Wikipedia:VRS to see what sort of sources are needed and why. In addition, the submission appears to be a minimally re-written version of what is on Cordia's own website. This is problematic because that text is not licensed for use on Wikipedia, and is also far too promotional to serve as an encyclopedia article. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 08:53, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
Dear DES (David E. Siegel), Thank you kindly for your comments and help with the "Articles for creation/Paul Stallan" I am writing about Scottish architect Paul Stallan. You make some suggestions Can you clarify if I should make these amendments and resubmit for you to review or will you make these amendments? Kind regards Stallan-Brand (talk) 13:10, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, please make these changes if you wish your article to be re-reviewed. --nonsense ferret 23:22, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
Is this the help desk? No idea, why it requires a formatted input |:
No idea, what was wrong with my article.
I love Wikipedia, but writing an article is cumbersome ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by UPietruschka (talk • contribs) 13:23, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
- The basic issue here is that wikipedia exists as an encyclopedia to provide coverage of notable and significant subjects. Your article did not demonstrate, by reference to examples of significant independent coverage about the software in reliable sources, that the software was sufficiently notable. You may wish to have a look at Wikipedia:Notability_(software) for some general discussion about writing articles on software. --nonsense ferret 23:19, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
I wrote this article yesterday, which is in queue for approval. A friend told me that I could have submitted it for creation directly because I'm signed in. I did it the approval way because this is the first full article I've created with this account, but I'm now thinking maybe I should have submitted it directly, because Joshua Greene is getting a lot of press attention in the last month due to his book coming out, and there's some chance another person will try to write a similar article without finding mine first. Do you have suggestions on this? Thanks! Brian Tomasik 13:41, 25 November 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brian Tomasik (talk • contribs)
- A few things struck me about your article. Perhaps I am wrong, but it seems to be generally intended as an 'academic' book - and as such I would expect to see reviews from well established academic journals and things of that nature. Kirkus reviews are I believe something that you pay for and seems like an odd choice in this case. Plus academic theories/books tend to have as much criticism as there are positive reviews and this should be reflected in articles about them which should be balanced and not overly promotional. My comments aren't intended to be in the nature of a review, just a quick suggestion I thought of while looking at your query here. In answer to your question I would recommend you go through the review process as this will mean if and when your article is accepted and published it has a much lower chance of being deleted. --nonsense ferret 23:52, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
- Ok, thanks for the comments. I guess I'll wait for the review process and take the risk of someone duplicating the effort of writing another article in the meanwhile unless you can think of a better solution. Greene's Moral Tribes book is a combination of academic and popular writing. I think it is meant for a mass audience. Brian Tomasik 00:35, 26 November 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brian Tomasik (talk • contribs)
Please give me some advises!
Huangyh3764 (talk) 13:59, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
I'm writing an article on a musical artist called SORNE. I meant to have my article be called "SORNE" but it is called "Morgan Sorne". I suppose this happened because the first appearance of a name in bold was "Morgan Sorne".
I began it: Morgan Sorne, known as SORNE ...
I've already submitted the article for review. Can I still change the title? If so how? I tried sentences around so that "SORNE" appeared first but it didn't change the article's name.
Thank you. DEL1025 (talk) 17:49, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
Subbmited to articles for creation "Elsa Cladera de Bravo"
Hi, I do not understand why my page: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index,php?title=User:Nadezhda_Bravo_Cladera&action=edit, that one can read in page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nadezhda_Bravo_Cladera, does not correspond with https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Elsa_Cladera_Encinas_de_Bravo? This one is not the last edit that I have saved. Nadezhda Bravo Cladera (talk) 20:05, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
- Simply put, they are two separate pages. Edits you make to one of the pages will not automatically be reflected in the other. It would be best if you only make changes to Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Elsa_Cladera_Encinas_de_Bravo as this is the one to be reviewed. If you need help transferring changes you have made from one page to the other, feel free to ask here. --nonsense ferret 23:27, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
November 26
Hi,
I have created a number of draft articles, and they've come back with the following message (an example is with 'Everything is Allowed') Please verify that Everything is Allowed does not already exist and that it does not need to be moved to a different title. This is currently not submitted for review.
I have checked and they do not already exist. What do I do to proceed?
Thanks in advance, Tobyjamesaus (talk) 01:04, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
- If you scroll to the bottom you can see the box that shows the article has been correctly submitted for review. I know the other message you see is confusing and unhelpful, sorry about that. --nonsense ferret 01:29, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
please i need some help with article for creation i just dont know what to do thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.27.106.214 (talk) 15:05, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
- What is the article? You don't appear to have created any. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:31, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
November 27
Please can I have some guidance on what needs to be improved on the Benjamin Bonetti page to get it approved?
Thanks 92.27.214.247 (talk) 08:45, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
- Generally a person needs to be shown to be notable through independent, reliable sources. You have some good sources which go some way to verifying content, which is important. But there needs to be proof the person is notable and this needs to be shown by press coverage or similar.Rankersbo (talk) 11:17, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
What is the current status of the article? It doesn't appear in the list of submissions awaiting reviewGrimhype (talk) 14:26, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
- It's in limbo because you removed the yellow submission template. Rankersbo (talk) 20:01, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
November 28
Dear reviewers
1 - Is my article GEM Altigliss Challenge correctly posted for review? Is it pending review? I am very confused with the revision process and I have a deadline to meet for this article. Anna glushkova94 (talk) 14:35, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
Thank you!
- It appears to be in the main encyclopaedia already, but with a WP:AfC header. Your mention of a deadline makes me wonder if you have a conflict of interest? Rankersbo (talk) 19:34, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
- Correction, it has a header saying it is new and unreviewed, but isn't pending review here. Rankersbo (talk) 19:47, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for the response. There is no conflict of interest concerning the article, it is simply part of an Information Technology course I am taking; the article was written with no other purpose other than to expand the amount of articles available about the events in my current city.
How to I get it to be pending review instead of only showing me that banner??? Anna glushkova94 (talk) 21:43, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
- You have published your article already so it falls outside the remit of AFC review process, unless you wish it to be moved back into this process. What will happen is that the page has been published and is likely to be looked at by new page patrollers who will check the article for any problems in due course. --nonsense ferret 23:08, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello! Happy Thanksgiving! Can someone review my new article for creation and make it an article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by RainWizard29422 (talk • contribs) 22:12, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
- Your article has been correctly submitted for review, there is currently a backlog so it may not be done immediately. --nonsense ferret 23:04, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
November 29
Hi there, I tried to create this page, but it came up with the below. I am not sure how to proceed, If you could help, that would be great. Thanks
Please verify that The Story So Far (Keith Urban album) does not already exist and that it does not need to be moved to a different title. Tobyjamesaus (talk) 05:40, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I do believe that this article is important to anyone interested in Hebrew typography and its history. How can I improve the article? I basically translated it from an article written in German. 248Garland248Garland (talk) 07:38, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
I have wrote an article by name Katarnak Kaaka and submitted, it is not showing in wikipedia can you tell me the reason — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.204.161.247 (talk) 08:27, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
- Your article submission Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Katarnak Kaaka has been declined because it did not provide any sources to prove the notability of the subject of the article. Please see the links provided on the submission page for more information about how to cite sources. You may also wish to refer to Wikipedia:VRS to see what type of sources are required. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 08:52, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi can someone please help me write this article on hotel de france... its my 10th attempt...