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Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (December 28)

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

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage about the subject in reliable sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of people and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners), 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:

Unless there are major book reviews (and not Goodreads or Amazon), there won't be the needed substance for establishing notability as an author. Reviews help because they show significant sourcing.

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SwisterTwister talk 18:29, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure how my article differs from this one - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Trachtenburg

I have mainstream traditionally published book in Taiwan which is references as well as references to editing work I did. I have referenced my blogs and websites -- as he did. I have referenced my book (albeit the cover is in Chinese, but my name is not) -- he did.

So can anyone tell me why -- aside from the fact I am not the father of anyone in a band or grandfather of anyone else -- one is approved for wikipedia and one is not? Thanks! Timbullins (talk) 13:27, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have nominated Milton Trachtenburg for deletion as he doesn't appear to pass the the general notability guide. Theroadislong (talk) 14:00, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: User:Timbullins/sandbox has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at User:Timbullins/sandbox. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 14:02, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

January 2017

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, but it appears you have written or added to an article about yourself. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 14:02, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]