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December 21

07:11:01, 21 December 2014 review of submission by Stogiec

Stogiec (talk · contribs)
- Draft:Florida Carry (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Due to current legislation and news coverage of court cases the subject organization of this draft is getting a good bit of press lately but the draft has not yet been reviewed. Is something deficient? Stogiec (talk) 07:11, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Stogiec:, the main thing is we have a huge backlog right now. If you want to find an interested party who can maybe help you move it along faster, I'd enquire at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Firearms for assistance, since that's where the experts on this topic hang out.

Regarding the publishability of your draft: your topic overall does appear to meet our requirement WP:Notability, in that this organization has been extensively written about. So that's one hurdle down. But you have some issues that I think will make a reviewer reluctant to approve the article as it currently stands>

Absolute biggest issue, it strongly reads like an "About Us!" page rather than an objective article. Wikipedia is not LinkedIn or Facebook where organizations get a "we" voice. An article about FC should be written so that the organization's biggest supporters and worst enemies would both agree on everything in it and how it's phrased.
You must avoid taking a side in Wikipedia's voice. FC believes they're advancing the fundamental civil right of all Floridians, but Wikipedia has no stance on whether they're advancing it or no, and whether it's a civil right or no. You need to either directly quote (in very brief) their mission statement, in quotation marks and attributed to the group, or else you need to phrase it in the most neutral way possible, such as "advocates for reduced restrictions on firearm possession and carry". Again, you want phrasing that the biggest pros and biggest antis in the gun debate would mutually call "neutral".
A lot of folks try the "In the media" section idea, but generally it's not helpful since it becomes just a huge list of small mentions, lacking real context. Instead what you want to do is read the articles that mention FC, then extract key facts about the group, and weave those facts (each one properly footnoted to its source) into a cohesive paragraph or two explaining the group's activities (your sections on their specific legal actions is decent), reactions to them by other organizations, praise and criticism, etc.
The article National Rifle Association is rated just a B on the quality scale, but it's not terrible overall, so should be a halfway decent example to try to follow.

MatthewVanitas (talk) 02:32, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Request on 12:15:36, 21 December 2014 for assistance on AfC submission by Donnaze

Donnaze (talk · contribs)
- User:Donnaze/sandbox (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

I would really like to post the definition of a customs broker and clerk as it relates to Trinidad and Tobago. Please help me to do this and make it original and acceptable on Wikipedia

Donnaze (talk) 12:15, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What question would you like answered? Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 13:25, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Donnaze: Thank you for your submission, but there is already an article on Wikipedia about Customs broking. Instead of starting a new article, you can improve the existing one at Customs broking instead by adding information about Trinidad and Tobago (if you can provide a reliable source for that information). --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 19:12, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

13:00:45, 21 December 2014 review of submission by Juangreed

Juangreed (talk · contribs)

Juangreed 13:00, 21 December 2014 (UTC) for where about/? timely for worked dont have enough time. mean tamad knot industrious. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Juangreed (talk • contribs) 13:00, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Juangreed: You do not appear to have a sufficient grasp of English to work in this project. Perhaps you would be better off using a Wikipedia in your native language? Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 13:24, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

13:28:20, 21 December 2014 review of submission by Orly Art

Orly Art (talk · contribs)

Orly Art (talk) 13:28, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My submission has been rejected, how can I have access to my article to make the changes ? Orly Art (talk) 13:28, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Orly Art, are you asking how to edit your article? Just hit the "Edit" button, make your changes, and when you're ready for next review click the "Resubmit" button on your Decline notice on the draft page. Note, I strongly suggest you read the link WP:Notability (artists) provided to you in that pink notice at the top, as reading it will show you exactly what you need to change in your draft. MatthewVanitas (talk) 02:19, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

16:01:28, 21 December 2014 review of submission by 122.164.136.216

122.164.136.216 (talk · contribs)

122.164.136.216 (talk) 16:01, 21 December 2014 (UTC) Dear Sir or Madam,[reply]

Yes, I am deeply disappointed with the communication that my article was not accepted. As you can see for yourself, it is personal recount of my own academic and professional credentials stated in a conservative manner in spite of my large contributions to my profession and the engineering and management fraternity. I request you to kindly view my professional profile at LinkedIn profile at the link: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=47413360&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile_pic

Many friends and members of my extended family have been asking me over the past few years to post my profile in public domain primarily to motivate underprivileged persons and persons coming from rural background in developing societies.

I assure you that I fully vouch for whatever has been mentioned my article for inclusion in Wikipedia and I shall take full responsibility as I have never claimed credit for anything from any other person or organization.

I request you to please help me and advise me with specifics so I can comply with for early publication of my article at Wikipedia.

Thanks and regards, Prof. R. Murugesan, PhD

@Drmurugesanr: You make me grin. Wikipedia's guidelines are readily available to any literate person. If you can't read then you're not in our area of concern. I can't emphasize enough that we don't care. Chris Troutman (talk) 19:51, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Many friends and members of my extended family have been asking me over the past few years to post my profile in public domain..." oh look, here it is! Problem solved. Bye. Bellerophon _{talk to me} 15:57, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

19:37:02, 21 December 2014 review of submission by Drnick2

Drnick2 (talk · contribs)

Hi I had a article deleted titled "Float Tube Fishing" due to using copyright information, can you please help me with this so I can remove any copyright material, I cannot find the article. thanks. Drnick2 (talk) 19:37, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Drnick2: See WP:REFUND. Chris Troutman (talk) 19:46, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Drnick2:, I think the main issue you're going to have is why "Float tube fishing" needs to be a separate article from float tube, given that the latter is specifically about the use of said craft in fishing. MatthewVanitas (talk) 02:20, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Drnick2:

Declined You would do well to calm down and consider how you will meet Wikipedia's requirements rather than charge ahead by spewing text onto the page in the hopes something will stick.

Your draft lacks the independent and reliable sources necessary to make the subject appear notable. People fish while floating on an inflatable tube; so what? Why would this be the subject on an encyclopedic article? Don't look at this as a way you can write stuff on a webpage. Ask why would Wikipedia want to include an article about this subject. Chris Troutman (talk) 03:10, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]