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Your submission at Articles for creation: Professor Tom Greggs (March 18)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Nizolan was:

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 Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

The comment they left was:

The subject does appear to be notable per WP:NACADEMICS (named chair at major institution), but most of the article is unsourced.

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—Nizolan ^(talk) 05:09, 18 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! C.dodsonABDN, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! —Nizolan ^(talk) 05:09, 18 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tips for Draft:Professor Tom Greggs

Hi C.dodsonABDN. I've formatted your draft a bit to bring it into compliance with Wikipedia's General Manual of Style and Manual of Style for Biographies and added the Authority control and a better reference for one of his books. A couple of quick tips for now:

Do not refer to the subject by his first name. After the first mention of his full name, use "Greggs" or "he".
Linking to Amazon pages is a complete no-no. I've removed those. Technically, you don't need a reference to show that a book exists—the OCLC number is enough—but it's always good to use a review in a journal as a reference as it helps establish the notability of his work. I've added one for his Barth, Origen, and Universal Salvation: Restoring Particularity. I suggest you find one for each of the other books.

I'll check in again tomorrow. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 18:54, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Me again. I've copyedited and slightly restructured your draft, added references, etc. and accepted the submission. You'll find it at Tom Greggs where you can continue to improve it if you wish. However, avoid making it read like a CV or résumé and don't include every single one of his activities. As you can see, I've pruned some of these and restructured the article somewhat to make it more of a biographical narrative. If you have any questions or need further help, don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 11:09, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much, @Voceditenore:. It all looks great. C.dodsonABDN (talk) 14:38, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Image, WP:CREDENTIAL

Quick note: you shouldn't use thumbnail syntax when you add a picture to an infobox -- just specify the picture directly. You can add a caption with the "caption =" option below, but it should say some more info about the picture rather than just the subject's name again (so "Tom Greggs in 2016"). Another minor point is that according to Wikipedia's Manual of Style, we prefer not to use people's academic titles before their names. Good work on the article. —Nizolan ^(talk) 15:10, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

File:Tom greggs.jpg

Hi C.dodson. I'm afraid you're going to have trouble with this image. If it has previously been published under copyright, as it has been on Prof. Greggs's faculty page, then it cannot be uploaded under a Creative Commons license without a special procedure, involving email permission from the photographer. You also state on the file page, that it is "your own work" and that you are the copyright holder. Did you personally take that photograph? If not, then you are not the copyright holder and cannot release the image under a Creative Commons license. Only the copyright holder can do that, and that is almost invariably the photographer. I strongly suggest that you take a picture yourself of Prof. Greggs with your own camera and upload that to Commons. The current one will almost certainly be deleted eventually. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 16:48, 1 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]