User talk:Mtownsley

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June 2017

Hello, I'm Magnolia677. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Miami Beach, Florida, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 16:40, 29 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Your recent edit to Lafayette, Indiana appears to have added the name of a non-notable entity to a list that normally includes only notable entries. In general, a person or organization added to a list should have a pre-existing article before being added to most lists. If you wish to create such an article, please first confirm that the subject qualifies for a separate, stand-alone article according to Wikipedia's notability guideline. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 16:43, 29 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Steve Hannagan has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Steve Hannagan. Thanks! Atlantic306 (talk) 21:11, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Steve Hannagan (October 1)

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

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage (not just mere mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of people, the golden rule and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners and Help:Introduction to referencing/1), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

The comment the reviewer left was:

This is written far too much like an advertisement, and not nearly enough like an encyclopedia article. And we can't reference stuff to unpublished materials, which is what fully half of the sourcing cited here is. Yes, there's a potentially valid notability claim here -- but this is not the writing tone or the sourcing that gets him there.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Bearcat (talk) 04:24, 1 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Mtownsley, 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! Bearcat (talk) 04:24, 1 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Steve Hannagan concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Steve Hannagan, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:33, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Steve Hannagan

Nobody, certainly not me, said he isn't notable. But notability for Wikipedia's purposes is not demonstrated by what an article says, it's demonstrated by how well the article reliably sources what it says — so it is entirely possible to write an unacceptable and non-keepable article about a theoretically notable person, if the sources aren't the correct type. It's the quality of the sources that tells us whether a person is notable enough for a Wikipedia article, not what the text says. Bearcat (talk) 02:15, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

How do you define the "quality of the sources." The sources include articles from Fortune, Time, Scribners, New Yorker, Smithsonian Magazine, Colliers, Handbook of Public Relations and Unseen Power (one of the major books on public relations history). These were not minor citations. I am willing to make changes, but I have to understand the condition about sources. Mtownsley (talk) 21:18, 8 April 2018 (UTC) [reply]

Hello, Mtownsley. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there!
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 15:25, 23 April 2018 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).[reply]