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Your submission at Articles for creation: Hero of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) (August 3)

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

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Every specific factual claim requires a source, and the same goes for any analysis or interpretation per WP:OR.

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Actualcpscm (talk) 16:55, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy editing! DoubleGrazing (talk) 18:16, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A beer for you!

Prost! :) DoubleGrazing (talk) 18:17, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ich bedanke mich! 🍻😎 LDPUK (talk) 18:42, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Zum Wohl! Actualcpscm (talk) 11:13, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Hero of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) has been accepted

Hero of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Actualcpscm (talk) 17:09, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A cheeseburger for you!

Great job creating Hero of the German Democratic Republic (GDR)! Happy editing :) Actualcpscm (talk) 17:17, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Got there in the end.

One outstanding matter: the article doesn't appear to be linked to the German version of it at https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Held_der_DDR under the languages section. How do we do that? LDPUK (talk) 17:22, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done it for you. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 17:38, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! 🙏🏻

For my own mental toolbox, how do I do that for future translations? LDPUK (talk) 17:39, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Depends (I think) on what skin you use. I use the Vector 2022, so for me I go to the Tools menu and Add/edit interlanguage links. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 17:43, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I spotted that, but decided not to touch it as I thought I might break something! Thanks again! LDPUK (talk) 17:45, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also I have just looked through the all other language versions. Max 2 refs vs the new English version's 32 refs. I can't deny that whilst I was duped 😂 into 'translating' the article, I am pleased with the result—even more so by comparison! LDPUK (talk) 17:45, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There‘s something very satisfying about writing and publishing an article yourself. What‘s next on your list? Actualcpscm (talk) 17:59, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

So this exercise took me on a magical mystery tour of the official gazette of the GDR (...things you never thought would happen...), and I noticed that https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesetzblatt_der_Deutschen_Demokratischen_Republik doesn't have an English language version, despite its word literally being the law of how GDR society developed and was lived in—a much more important organ in a dictatorship than gazettes are in democracies.

I'll take a closer look... LDPUK (talk) 18:05, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck! Feel free to ping me or ask on my talk page if there's anything I can help you with. Actualcpscm (talk) 18:06, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I may well do! 🙏🏻 LDPUK (talk) 18:07, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, DEnglish. Thank you for your work on Hero of the German Democratic Republic. User:Slgrandson, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

A few dab links, but otherwise good to go.

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|Slgrandson}}. Please remember to sign your reply with ~~~~. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 23:24, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there—thanks for this. I'm new, so I hope you'll forgive me for asking what "dab links" are! :) DEnglish (talk) 23:54, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Dab is short for WP:disambiguation. For example, if I type [[Joker]], it links to a disambiguation page for the term (Joker). Dab pages exist for a reason, but it‘s much better to link to the article on the thing you‘re referring to. I‘ll take this opportunity to point you toward the WP:GLOSSARY :) Actualcpscm (talk) 06:58, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]