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May 13

Review of Draft:Refund.me

Hi, I'm hoping to get help getting this article published. I submitted it for help some weeks ago but can't find where that post went. Does it get deleted after a while if it receives no answers? Thanks Huynhminh1002 (talk) 13:47, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Huynhminh1002. Your previous post [1], does not appear to have been archived (or answered). I'm copying it below and hopefully, someone will respond. Voceditenore (talk) 15:35, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I'm hoping someone can help me with retouching this article that was rejected some time ago. I've added another source that I hope gives the article sufficient credibility, though I'm not sure if it will be accepted if I resubmit it.

Here's the link in case the link in the title doesn't work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Refund.me

All help is appreciated.

Thanks!

Huynhminh1002 (talk) 14:42, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I need help creating two different wikipedia pages

I was wondering if someone could help me with entering an articles for creation. I work for OTG, award-winning food and beverage operator, and we are looking to create two submissions—one for CEO and Founder Rick Blatstein and one for OTG. This past October, I tried to create both pages with the copy I was given, but after the review process, it got denied for copyright. I realize that I probably wasn’t addressing the exact steps needed to be taken, but I am a little confused on how to do so. I need to get this posted ASAP, so please let me know what I can do in order to get this completed. Many thanks!AlexandraRuffing (talk) 14:14, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Alexandra. Your draft for Rick Blatstein is still here at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Rick Blatstein where you can continue to work on it. It isn't copyvio but it is hopelessly promotional and completely unreferenced. It will never be accepted in that state. For the other one on OTG, you will have start from scratch via Wikipedia:Article wizard. And, I mean from scratch. Do not copy material from anywhere. It must be completely original or it will be immediately deleted. But before you even start with the Wizard, read Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations very carefully. Then, read our guidelines on editing with a conflict of interest, which you clearly have since you work for the company. (It also shows in the way you've written in the Blatstein draft.) After that, read Wikipedia:Your first article—all the way through. There is no fast way to produce an acceptable article. Voceditenore (talk) 15:19, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Title - Draft: Buia Cranium

This is user TrentGymnast and I am trying to get my article out of Draft and into the review process for an anthropology class. I wrote this article all by myslef - I have no idea what I am doing wrong and I just get the same response with no details. Please Help!

Thanks ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by TrentGymnast (talk • contribs) 16:44, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You haven't had a rejection on Draft:Buia cranium, because you haven't yet submitted it for review. Before you try to do that, however, you need to read some of the links which I have placed on your user talk page, in particular WP:Your first article and WP:Referencing for beginners. When you are convinced that you have addressed what those (and the linked pages) tell you (but not before), you can then submit it for review by placing {{subst|submit}} at the top of the draft. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:05, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

To editor TrentGymnast: The code is actually {{subst:submit}} (note the colon). Anon126 (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 20:22, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

I sent an email to permissions@wikipedia, and I wanted to ask you for the BEST way to rename file images, as well as link or upload file images to Wikipedia.

In an article for Creation, I wrote this:

|image                =Madeline Sands

However, it does not work. I am having a lot of trouble adding and renaming images. From now on, I will upload images with the exact file description that I would like to have on Wikipedia. I've read a number of Wikipedia help guides for photos, but I still have trouble. Please assist.

I work at Small World Social, the copyright holder of this work, and on behalf of Small World Social, I hereby publish it under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.

This is the Flickr account link for all of the images:https://www.flickr.com/photos/smallworldsocial/

This is the Vimeo account link for our Breastfeeding Video--An Overview: https://vimeo.com/86940733

Thank you,

Julie345 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smallworldsocial (talk • contribs) 21:16, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Julie at Smallworldsocial. If you are adding an image to an infobox, you can only give the name of the file, that is, |image = YourImage.jpg. If you want to give the source of the image, the place to do that is on the file description page. Type in the name of the file (including the File: prefix), go to the file on Commons, and edit the page.

Your declaration here is not the best way to release the images under a free license. The easiest way is to simply change the license for the images on Flickr to either Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) or Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA). After that, note Flickr as the source on the file description page, so we can make sure that the license has been granted. (Also, note that Flickr uses version 2.0 instead of 3.0 for all CC licenses, so make sure to update that as well.) If you need help updating the description pages, we can do it for you. Anon126 (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 03:11, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Anon126! I have changed all of the licenses for the Flickr photos to: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY).

May 14

Image question

How do I import a picture? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rquest14 (talk • contribs) 01:09, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Rquest14. I suggest you start by doing the tutorial at Help:Introduction to uploading images/1. If this is in relation to your draft at User:Rquest14/sandbox which you have submitted for review, I should warn you that in its present state it will be declined on sight. It has no references whatsoever. Much of the material appears to be unpublished and would be known only to the subject himself or close associates. I suggest you read both Wikipedia:Autobiography and Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. You must demonstrate that the subject meets the criteria with references to reliable published sources which are entirely independent of the subject Voceditenore (talk) 05:47, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of User:D1ofBerks/sandbox

Hi, Thank you for your prompt reply to my submission (currently in my Sandbox, Wikopedia talk:Articles for creation/Spectrum of a Chirp Pulse My intention is to have these sections added to the existing article "Chirp", with "Spectrum of a Chirp Pulse" being a new sub-heading, so I didn't think any introduction on my part would be necessary. Please advise further. Regards David D1ofBerks (talk) 10:10, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@D1ofBerks - If you intend it to be a section in an already existing article then simply add it to that article. Do not submit it for review, this review process is only for completely new articles - not additions or edits to existing ones.

Never, never, never, use "op cit" references - Wikipedia articles are not paper, the content is subject to being changed at any time - if an "op cit" reference is moved to a new position before the actual citation it is referring to, it becomes meaningless. See WP:REFNAME for how to correctly repeat references to the same source. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 12:54, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/The Kicks (band)

Hi

How do I see the text of an article that I have submitted for review - at the moment I can only see what it was like before I updated the article for a new review???

David — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidpapworth (talk • contribs) 12:32, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidpapworth - The last edit to the page was when you resubmitted it at 12:09 UTC today. The edit before that was on 15 April. See the page history. So if you changed something before you resubmitted, you forgot to actually save it. You'll simply have to edit it again - and don't forget to hit that "Save" button this time - be careful "Preview" is not the same as "Save". Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:04, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Psychetube

I made an article which was approved but a few weeks later some BOT took down the photograph:

The photograph I want to use is a scanned photograph by unknown person, owned by daughter of the subject which she sent to me.

I really want to upload it properly with the correct information on copyright, licence, creative commons license. I am lost in the backrooms: wizards and tags and templates and if someone could just talk me through the locks.

I tried to rename the file and upload again, just for the time being, but this did not work.

I do not want to infringe anything and understand that issues of rights are crucial, but need some guidance Psychetube (talk) 13:27, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Psychetube. Is the article Derek Richter? It seems to have the image of him now, but licensing for images like this can be tricky. If the OTRS permission isn't satisfactory, and it gets deleted again, you can always upload it as a non-free historic image of a deceased person with a Fair use rationale. Here's an example. If you do go the "Fair use" route, though, the image must have been previously published somewhere, either on the internet or in print. Anyhow let's hope the OTRS process works. Voceditenore (talk) 16:51, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Draft:Luke Webb (Actor)

hello,

could you please advise why this submission was declined?

how can i improve this to re send for review?

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.20.140.19 (talk) 15:11, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello 110.20.140.19. It says at the top of your draft why it was declined. Biographies of living people require significant coverage in multiple published sources independent of the subject. Take a look at the criteria at Wikipedia:Notability (people) and the general summary of the inclusion criteria for any biography. I would also suggest you write the draft more accurately. For example, Webb did not "feature" in The Wolverine alongside Hugh Jackman. He had an uncredited bit part as an Allied POW. It may well be too soon for him to have article. Voceditenore (talk) 16:25, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Sean Kearns

Hello there.

I posted an article about a Canadian-based sports filmmaker who has done significant work internationally for companies like Hurley and VANS. He produced and directed a number of them, but has never done any digital self promo so it can be hard to find references. That said, there is a snowboard named after him and the videos are available online.

I've linked to as many items as I could find, but the article was declined for lack of reference I think.

What can I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adoman22 (talk • contribs) 18:18, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's not clear why you believe the absence of "digital self promo" has anything to do with referencing, such a "self promo" material is not acceptable as references anyway. What you should look for is press sources such as magazine or news articles. How do you know what you know about him? That is what your real sources are, reference them - except if it is a case of "I was there" or "he told me himself" knowlege. All sources must have been published. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 21:18, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Draft:Myron Michailidis

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Myron Michailidis

Dear sir or madame,

I uploaded an image of Mr. Myron Michailidis [Greek conductor - Artistic Director of the Greek National Opera] to present it in the Draft:Myron Michailidis which is on a review waiting process to be moved or not to the article space.

The photo has credits [Nikos Koukis] and is taken by his personal website with Mr. Michailidis consent. The link to his personal website where the photo is uploaded, is http://www.myronmichailidis.net/9.html

Please help me to attribute all the necessary information on its copyright and licensing status, so as not to be deleted (although my second attempt to fix the problem resulted in two files with the same name Myron_Michailidis.jpeg)

I thank you in advance for your valuable help

Greek national opera (talk) 21:09, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Greek national opera. Unfortunately, giving credit is not enough. One of Wikipedia's goals is to be a resource that is not only free of cost, but free for others to reuse. Because of this, images generally must be free content, which is content that anyone can use for any purpose (even commercially), with few restrictions (like giving credit). The photo you uploaded is copyrighted with no indication that others are free to reuse it, so it is "non-free". Non-free content can be used if it meets certain requirements, but this likely does not. If you want (and are legally able to), you can "donate" the material under a free license; information about this process is at donating copyrighted materials. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anon126 (talk • contribs) 03:09, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Jimi Mbaye

Hi, what are the reasons for the rejection of my submission please?Szimmerman7 (talk) 22:54, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Szimmerman7: Your submission is in French. This is the English-language Wikipedia. Chris Troutman (talk) 23:03, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The French Wikipedia is at http://fr.wikipedia.org -- Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 00:22, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 15

Review of Draft:Michael Lord M Smith

Can someone help me check if this draft on: Michael Lord M Smith does meet all the writing criteria of wikipedia. That are the chases of this article getting swift approval. If you think there's any amendment that needs to be down, kindly feel free to edit it and implement it. If it's alright kindly let me know as well. No need of ignoring it, just give your kind response. Thanks. (Microbilo (talk) 02:03, 15 May 2014 (UTC))[reply]

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

Hi,

Could you please provide information on why the article was not accepted for publishing?

Thanks & Regards, Ankush — Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.8.2.69 (talk) 09:09, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Which article? Please provide a link to the page. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:32, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Draft:Sinenjongo times

what was missing in my article — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nkqusquared47 (talk • contribs) 13:11, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Nkqusquared47. The primary thing it's missing is an indication of what your proposed article is actually about. You mention a school, burning buildings, upset students, etc. but you don't even say what country they are in. And what is "Sinenjongo times"? Is it a real newspaper? Why did you give your draft that title? Note that Wikipedia already has an article on Sinenjongo High School, if that's the one you are referring to. Voceditenore (talk) 15:10, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Ailene Fields

Hello, I am relatively new to Wikipedia article development and need some help on my friend Ailene Fields's article, which was created by someone else. I have added some cites and links. Is there anything you can recommend to eliminate the warning box the precedes the article? Thank you, Del DeLeon (~~Del DeLeon~~) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deleondnyc (talk • contribs) 14:02, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, [[Deleondnyc]]. This is not a draft, it's an existing article. This help desk is only for editors enquiring about their submissions to the Articles for Creation process. For general help questions like yours, I suggest you go the Wikipedia Teahouse, "a friendly place to help new editors become accustomed to Wikipedia culture, ask questions, and develop community relationships". Voceditenore (talk) 14:53, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:D1ofBerks/sandbox

Thank you for your recent help. My endeavors are currently in my Sandbox: Wikipedia talk: Articles for Creation/Spectrum of a Chirp Pulse. I wish to add them to the existing article "Chirp". (Following your advice, I believe that I've sorted out my multiple references and removed all my "op. cits."). Do I highlight the text in my Sandbox (or on a copy I have in Wordpad) and press 'copy' to get it onto my clipboard, then in the article select the 'edit' button on an existing paragraph and do a paste? If so, which paragraph should I select? The last four edits are labeled 'Key chirp', 'See also', 'References' and 'External links'. This is a new experience for me and I don't want to break anything! Regards David D1ofBerks (talk) 15:19, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note. The article in question is Chirp. Voceditenore (talk) 15:27, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Bernardo Ruiz

Hello Reviewers,

I need help with, I believe, disambiguation. I am submitting the Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Bernardo Ruiz. There is already an entry for Bernardo Ruiz, but it is a different person. Can I append the heading with something like "Bernardo Ruiz, Filmmaker" ? Thanks for your patience and guidance! Cyber Shepherd (talk) 17:27, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Usually it is fine to just create and submit the page, and the reviewer will work out themselves what disambiguation would be best. The only exception is if both Bernardo Ruiz people are filmmakers from a similar era, in which case the reviewer might mistakenly think you are trying to create an article that already exists. But if no such confusion is likely, the reviewer will deal with it appropriately when the article is created. Your draft will make clear what the person you are writing about is best known for. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 17:30, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 16

Review of Draft:Essaï Altounian

Can you please tell me why me article was declined?

Aniina21 (talk) 03:51, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Aniina21:

Declined "Reads like an essay, poor formatting, no inline citations. Needs a bit of work on it." I declined it a second time for good measure. Chris Troutman (talk) 05:06, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/iThEC

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/iThEC This is the very first article I've ever written in Wikipedia so I'm not at all sure I dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's. Why does the box "Draft article not currently submitted for review." appear at the top? I already clicked twice the "Submit your draft when you are ready for it to be reviewed!" button. Thanks for your time, Czkraal (talk) 08:55, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

viktoriya ananyan

i would highly appreciate an article about ballet dancer Viktoriya Ananyan because she deserves it... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.132.125.135 (talk) 12:03, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I had a very quick look around for reliable sources that discuss Ananyan in detail, and could find very little, even in the Dutch language. So possibly she is not yet notable enough by Wikipedia's standards for there to be an article about her. However, if you can find such sources, or reliable sources that confirm that she meets Wikipedia:CREATIVE, you could list the sources in an entry at Wikipedia:Requested articles. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 12:25, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Re: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Altared I recieved a message that the article was not accepted, and it stated “…Please read the comments left by the reviewer on your submission…” Please help: Where do I find this? Who is the reviewer? Where are the comments? Please advise. Thank you.Contributor4376 (talk) 12:13, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Altared Re: “Altared” article rejected - Hello; I read the reviewer comments from "FoCuSandLeArN", and the notability/verifiable rules, and it seems that my article has met the criteria. There are hundreds of articles on Wikipedia of bands that have lesser notability and verifiability. Please advise. Thank you, Contributor4376 Contributor4376 (talk) 12:49, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Sonoma Barracks

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Sonoma Barracks Please remove the draft from the review queue I’ve revised ‘Presidio of Sonoma’ to incorporate the additional information. Thank you. Dean95452 (talk) 15:09, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Too late, I reviewed and accepted it a few hours ago. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:20, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't look like this has caused any problems, but a few more eyes on both articles would be appreciated. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 05:28, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Matt Katz-Bohen

Hi! Would you please look at my Wikipedia draft article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Matt_Katz-Bohen

And I have created a Talk page for it where I walk through the ways that Matt is indeed a notable musician. Thank you!

````Michelle```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michelle.Shinn (talk • contribs) 16:23, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please resubmit it and I'll accept it (it will still need a lot of work though). --Demiurge1000 (talk) 23:50, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of User:Kankaraj sarma/sandbox

how session start in php?--Kankaraj sarma (talk) 16:27, 16 May 2014 (UTC)--Kankaraj sarma (talk) 16:27, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Kankaraj sarma. This page is only for questions about submissions to Wikipedia through the articles for creation process. You can try asking your question at the computing reference desk. Anon126 (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 20:12, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Beny Tchaicovsky

I would like to learn if the article I wrote about an artist bio is ready to be reviewed and accepted. I have been working on it and learning how to create a wikipedia article. I would really appreciate to get a feedback about this article which is waiting to be reviewed. I would like to know if there are mistakes I need to correct further? it has been a learning process since I started working on it in February, researching and noting all the 3rd part references to this artist's achievement. Thank you for your feedback in advance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Melitta2012/sandbox Melitta 21:11, 16 May 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Melitta2012 (talk • contribs)

To editor Melitta2012: One problem that is still there is external links. According to Wikipedia's guideline on external links, they should not be used within the main text of the article. Some of the links can be transformed into footnotes. It's okay to have a sentence like this: "His paintings have been exhibited in France,^[1] Germany,^[2] Brazil^[3] and the United States^[4]." Links to his work should be removed. Anon126 (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 20:31, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 17

Help

I was reviewing your response and was wondering exactly how do I prove the content in the article, and avoid copyright infringement upon a book. I was planning on building this article over time as I won't be able to do it all at once because of time constraints. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Superhero97 (talk • contribs) 19:49, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Superhero97. Essentially, you write the article in your own words and cite your sources. The most common and "technologically advanced" way to cite your sources is to use footnotes, those little numbers:.^[1]

The unoffical two-step guide to footnotes:

Right after some information that comes from a specific source, add the code <ref>[Source information here]</ref> The source information should include title, author, date, publisher, and so on. If you want, you can use citation templates in the source information to make a consistent format automatically.
```
Some information you got from a book.<ref>[A book]</ref> Something you got from another book.<ref>[Another book]</ref>
```
At the end of the article, add the code {{reflist}} in a new section called "References":
```
== References ==
{{reflist}}
```

Reply if you have any more questions. Anon126 (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 20:06, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

I'm afraid I'm a bit confused. I submitted an article:Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Joan Walsh Anglund At the top of the page is the statement, "Article not currently submitted for review." At the bottom of the page it states, "Review waiting." Have I actually submitted my article, or is it sitting in limbo? Please let me know so that I can submit it correctly. Thank you so very much. Tony Davies (jwafan)Jwafan (talk) 20:00, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Jwafan. Don't worry, it is submitted. To avoid any further confusion, I've removed the "not currently submitted" notice and moved the "review waiting" notice to the top.

While you're waiting, you can continue improving the article. You should definitely cite more sources to show notability; otherwise it is likely to be declined. Anon126 (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 20:06, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Your submission name here Catherine Burks-Brooks

I need to know why my submission was declined please i need this for a school assignment Eatienza1 Eatienza1 (talk) 21:42, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note, submission is at User:Eatienza1/sandbox.

Articles for Creation submissions can take a very long time to get reviewed, for example a month. There is also no guarantee of the article being accepted when it is reviewed. So this is not an ideal task for a school assignment. You may wish to give whoever is marking the assignment the direct internet link (some neophytes call it a "shortcut") to the work you have done, which is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Eatienza1/sandbox

In the meantime you could read WP:CHEATSHEET and WP:REFB for how to improve the layout of your submission. It would also benefit from additional reliable sources to help demonstrate the notability of the person. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 23:44, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Communication Challenges with Agile distributed Virtual teams

What does it mean when an article is rejected because "it reads more like an essay than a Wikipedia article?" What corrections do I need to make to it to make it better? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Precious745 (talk • contribs) 22:27, 17 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia articles should be a balanced synthesis of what authoritative sources have said about the subject. If your article contains your own opinion, or opinions/arguments that haven't been widely expressed elsewhere, it is likely to be rejected as 'essay-like'. Because I can't find the draft you refer to, I can't really comment specifically than that. Hope that helps! Sionk (talk) 10:32, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 18

Review of Cornforth - Profile

Hi, I am most curious about why my article submission was declined. It was done to link with the information you have about the Makaton Vocabulary and my involvement at its' inception.

Many thanks for your assistance in this matter. Anthony Cornforth (Tony) --Acornforth (talk) 12:27, 18 May 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acornforth (talk • contribs) 12:23, 18 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your article could have been declined for several reasons, in all honesty. It is unsourced (all Wikipedia articles need to be verifiable). Also (as the current decline reason says) it does not explain why the subject (YOU) is 'notable'. Autobigraphies are strongly discouraged on Wikipedia, I'm afraid. This one seems to be nothing more than, dare I say, a life story of an unremarkable person. If you have achieved something remarkable, or widely recognised, then this will need to be described and well-sourced. Sionk (talk) 10:39, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

can you please explain me why my article got rejected ? and what al modifications have to done after resubmitting it. please detail it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bibingt (talk • contribs) 16:21, 18 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm presuming your article is an autobiography. These are strongly discouraged. In this instance, your only source is your own website. Wikipedia isn't a place for everyone to write profiles about themselves. Subjects need to be important and/or widely known. Sionk (talk) 10:42, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of User:1stArtHistorian/sandbox

Hello,

I'm trying to improve an article I wrote titled Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Paul Kuniholm Pauper.

I want to learn how to logon to live help chat as well.

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Paul Kuniholm Pauper

Thanks,

1stArtHistorian 1stArtHistorian (talk) 17:30, 18 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Julie de Libran

Hello, I submitted for review an article about a fashion designer yesterday: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Julie de Libran but at the top of the page I still see the message "Article not currently submitted for review." Can you please confirm that my article has joined the long list of articles waiting for review? Also, do you recommend only citing sources in english language magazines or newspaper or does it make sense to cite foreign medias too? Thank you so much for your help! Best, MichelleMlevlev (talk) 19:04, 18 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Draft:Julie de Libran has been submitted for review (see the yellow review box at the bottom of the page). It may be a while before someone looks at it, there's a long queue at the moment. Good luck! Sionk (talk) 10:48, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Hello, Seeking advice on how to improve Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Paul Kuniholm Pauper and resubmit. Article on artist who has been exhibited in several museums, written about in museum catalogs and elsewhere in the press. Photos of artist by credentialed press such as Ericka Schultz (Seattle Times) and Jen Graves (The Stranger). Hoping these references are adequate to support article. 1stArtHistorian 19:27, 18 May 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1stArtHistorian (talk • contribs)

Review of [[Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/1stArtHistorian]

Hello, Seeking advice on how to improve Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Paul Kuniholm Pauper and resubmit. Article on artist who has been exhibited in several museums, written about in museum catalogs and elsewhere in the press. Photos of artist by credentialed press such as Ericka Schultz (Seattle Times) and Jen Graves (The Stranger). Hoping these references are adequate to support article. 1stArtHistorian (talk) 19:32, 18 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi ArtHistorian, unfortunately your article isn't great at the moment and, if I was reviewing it, I would decline it because of a lack of independent, reliable proof and its promotional nature. Wikipedia articles need to be be based primarily on news/magazine/book sources which are independent of the subject. Your article seems to be primarily based on museum/gallery websites and publications which aren't independent or neutral. On top of all that, the article is riddled with non-neutral, promotional art-speak, more suitable for a promotional artist press pack than a Wikipedia encyclopedia article. I'd recommend you get back to basics, writing a simple, neutral article based on the couple of news articles/reviews you have found. Good luck! Sionk (talk) 11:01, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk: nugra salman submission declined on wikipedia

Hi, i have submitted an article (nugra salman) very famous prison notorious political prison in south iraq, i was a prisoner there with my family when i was only 6 years old. However the article declined and i was disappointed. Any advice on how to make this submission successful? Many thanks . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mariwan27 (talk • contribs) 20:13, 18 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 19

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mdrake3

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mdrake3 Hello, I am having trouble posting an article, George Brooks, to Wikipedia. What am I doing wrong? What do I need to do right? Thank you.Mdrake3 (talk) 03:08, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Hi

I recently created an article that was rejected. There was no explanation as to why? If possible could someone point me in the right direction I need to take for re-submission or possibility's as to why it was rejected.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Penshurst_Victoria/sandbox

The article is at the above link

Thank You

Penshurst Victoria — Preceding unsigned comment added by Penshurst Victoria (talk • contribs) 06:26, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Peter_Olsson_(Motorsports_driver)

Hi - recently got this article published. I have introduced 3 inbound links from other racing pages so assume that the 'orphan' tag will soon be removed?

Also, we would like to get some information up about Olsson's expertise in chiropractic care. He has run a successful practice in Bedford UK for almost a decade now and can provide copies of his qualifications - but unfortunately hasn't been interviewed in local press or anything about it - so a little difficult to provide citations. What would we need to provide exactly to include a few sentences about his practice? Thanks for any guidance you can provide. Mstephens01 (talk) 06:33, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Hussein Sabbour

Please I need to know why my article is declined while I am writing about a very notable character in Egypt who constructed many famous projects in Egypt. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FAcebook88 (talk • contribs) 12:31, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

The spelling of Tzemach Feldstein was changed to Cemach which is incorrect. I changed everything back to the correct spelling of "Tzemach". I was not able to change the spelling in the article header. Would you please do it so that the article is correct? respectfully js luterman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Luterman (talk • contribs) 12:54, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Draft:The American Association of Anthropological Genetics

I recently received the following comments on the rejection of a Wikipedia page that I authored.

"Though the organization is notable, the article is written as a press release, and was probably copied from a previously ublished source. We already have an on their journal Human biology (journal)--consider expanding it, and restricting this article draft to the information about the Society as such."

I am new to Wikipedia authoring, so I am not sure how to edit the page the address the concerns raised. First, I am not sure what is meant by "written as a press release." I have never written a press release or a Wikipedia page, so I am not sure how they should differ from one another. Any feedback I can get on this would be helpful.

Second, I assume the reviewed was trying to say that the article was "copied from a previously ublished>>>unpublished source." This is simply not true, so I am not sure how to fix that. I was interested in writing an article about the organization, so I contacted two of the founding members to ask them questions and get suggestions from them on further reading. I combined these sources with my own firsthand knowledge as a member of the non-profit science organization.

Last, the reviewer suggests expanding on the Human biology (journal), but I am not sure why. They are connecting organizations, but also separate entities.

This is my first Wikipedia page and I am very excited to improve it to meet the reviewers expectations. Any advice or feedback would be most appreciated.

AJGenetics (talk) 15:10, 19 May 2014 (UTC)AJGenetics[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Hilco Global

Hello, I recently submitted an article about Hilco Global for review and it was flagged as advertising. I am unsure why this happened and would like some explanation as to why this has occurred and possible how to fix it. We have found that many of Hilco's competitors are on wikipedia and we tried to use a similar template to draft our article. please advise at your earliest convenience. Thank you!

BenHilco (talk) 15:39, 19 May 2014 (UTC)Ben[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Polacheck's Jewelers

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Polacheck's Jewelers[edit] Hi! I am new to Wiki, and I'm not sure how long the review process takes for articles? I think it's been stuck in articles for creation for some time now. Also, when i created the account, I thought that I was supposed to create the account under the article name, not my own. My email address is correct in there, but I can't change the username.

Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Polacheck's_Jewelers 207.178.218.34 (talk) 18:28, 9 April 2014 (UTC)RH

You will need to add references showing that the business has been the subject of significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. See Wikipedia:VRS for more information on this requirement. Once you have done so, you could resubmit the page for consideration by putting {{AFC submission}} at the top of it. There was previously a Resubmit button on the page, but you removed it in one of your edits. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 08:38, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

hi! i made the requested changes, can you let me know if there is anything else i need to do or if it's approved?

Review of User:GreenLips/sandbox

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Bill Haney

HELP! Please someone help!!! I posted an article several months ago and it was declined by Aggie80 on March 13, 2014. I have tried every link and every way I know to contact Aggie80 and/or Wikipedia and make the necessary edits and improvements to please my biggest client, every spare minute for the last 2 months. I can't figure out how to talk to Aggie80. All I get is his Wiki page or his website. I have no idea how to proceed, but I must get this done NOW or loose my biggest client, because he thinks I'm incapable of doing this. He's right. I need to talk to someone on the phone or have direct email contact with someone. The live chat came in in HTML--I have no idea how it's supposed to work. This shouldn't be this hard. Why when I click Aggie80 links which are found in several areas, I don't get a type box or instructions on how to contact him in regard to a specific article. The client I am trying to post for has been involved in the authoring, publishing, marketing, or project managing over 200 books! Can someone please answer and can Aggie80 please contact me GreenLips (talk) 19:33, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your biggest client is correct. You are incapable of doing this. Please do not waste their, or our, time any longer. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:52, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Also pinging User:Aggie80 to reply here please. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:54, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pinged! See Talk The Ukulele Dude - Aggie80 (talk) 22:58, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Draft:Daniel James Brown

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Daniel James Brown

I've edited the submission for author Daniel James Brown in response to reviewer's Chris Troutman's feedback. Please verify that the second version has been correctly uploaded. The message for the initial submission is on the top of the page after the second submission, making me unsure if the second version uploaded properly. How are edited resubmissions handled? Do they go to the end of the queue? to the original reviewer?

Thanks for your help. I'll get the hang of this.

Granitedesk (talk) 19:44, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

They just go into the queue, not in any particular location or order, and anyone who wants to can review them.

I have this question, or comment, for you. Barnes and Noble is a bookseller, right? If so, how is their comment about this person's work of any use in proving the notability of this person, based on what you have already been told? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:50, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Turkish Philanthropy Funds

Hi, According to the reviews since I have last submitted the post, there has been corrections and new edits to the article that we have written. I would like to ask if the article will be submitted for submission and if there are any edits that need to be made in the meantime.

Thanks, Ipek Ib598 (talk) 21:13, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Jasson Austin

Please help me to improve this article.

Shoneeee (talk) 05:08, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of User:SANTABABES/sandbox

SANTABABES (talk) 10:18, 20 May 2014 (UTC)SANTABAESSANTABABES (talk) 10:18, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

[Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Hugo Chavez (1954-2013)]]

We already have an article about Hugo Chávez - you are welcome to help improve it. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 10:52, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Rejected again

Please can you explain why this has been rejected yet again, despite it being exactly the same format as this entry - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armaguard

Thanks

Armagard (talk) 11:01, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]