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Your submission at Articles for creation: Paul A. Kirschner (October 13)[edit]

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

This submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. Entries should be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources. Please rewrite your submission in a more encyclopedic format. Please make sure to avoid peacock terms that promote the subject.

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Please help me with... I am new to Wikipedia posting. My draft was flagged for its tone and referencing; I need some assistance please. [[1]] Patterson1876 (talk) 12:01, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I would suggest you try reading the links that the decline messages provide. Your draft, while really good for a new user, fails to bring across proper tone, and your sources are weak.

Tone - You use terms like "internationally recognized expert in his field". These terms are vacuous, subjective and do not bring much in the way of understanding of the subject and their work. We refer to them as peacock terms. You list memberships in professional organisations, but an average reader cannot meaningfully appreciate what this means. Please remember that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and it is not a place to present your own or somebody else's professional achievements. These achievements have to stand on their own.
Sources - You do not offer much in terms of reliable sources to support your article. At Wikipedia, the gold standard are third party reliable source coverage (see WP:RS). You use primary and secondary sources. While those have a place on Wikipedia, they cannot usually carry an article on their own.

Please try not to get discouraged. Your article is probably 90% there, and needs few more tweaks to get to the state where it is ready to be moved to the mainspace. Please read the links that the reviewer and I offered, and incorporate the advice into your draft. If you just clean up the tone a little bit (more neutral, less promotional) and find some third party reliable sources, your article is very likely to be approved when you resubmit it. Melmann 13:15, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Paul A. Kirschner[edit]

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 17:04, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Paul A. Kirschner[edit]

Hello, Patterson1876. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Paul A. Kirschner".

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! CommanderWaterford (talk) 16:09, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]