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Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (March 27)[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 Heliosxeros was:

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

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EROS ^message 13:47, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Your submission[edit]

This is incredibly helpful--thank you!!!

Sorry for taking such a long time to reply. I was away from keyboard. Now, there are multiple parts that sound like an advert. The section, What the ACD Does itself is promotional. In fact, the phrase itself is promotional. It reads as if extracted from a catalogue. I suggest you to read WP:NPOV and WP:PUFFERY to understand more. Most sentences are considered not neutral. Some example -- The 1st sentence: The American College of Dentists recognizes excellence in professional and community services by conferring Fellowship on worthy candidates nominated by their peers. This reads as if from the brochure of the college. Another sentence: To date, more than 112,000 courses on ethics have been taken. The phrase to date refers to what date? It's very vaguely written. Historical milestones covered within the article would be better if written in paragraphs. However, some are not notable. Eg.* 1997 Ethics Wallet Card develope. I would advice taking other existing colleges as a rough guide. You can elaborate on the history, current affairs of the college. EROS ^message 08:11, 5 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: American College of Dentists (August 7)[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 DGG was:

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

The comment the reviewer left was:

More exactly, it reads like a web page for the organization. An web page tells the public what the organization would like to say about itself; an encyclopedia article, what the general public might want to know about the organization.

This does not include details about the motivation for forming the organization, or the details of its organizational structure, or its excellent but non-specific principles, and especially not vague puffery like "They advocated for educational and curriculum reform that set a new standard for dental education. From its inception, the American College of Dentists was established as a nonprofit organization dedicated to the highest ideals of the dental profession and service to humanity."

This needs complete rethinking. You need to talk about what the organization has done that would be of interest to the public, that can proven by references providing substantial coverage from third-party independent reliable sources, not press releases or mere announcements

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DGG ( talk ) 18:58, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:American College of Dentists[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Draft:American College of Dentists, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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