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January 23

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mario Despoja

I don't know if the reviewer who rejected my submission on Mario Despoja Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mario Despojaactually read through the two references. If he had, he would have seen that all the material which followed my insertion of footnotes 1 and 2 into the text was contained in the articles already referenced.

My approach would have been fine in an academic journal, I believe. How does Wikipedia handle a situation like this?Tundern (talk) 01:20, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tundern, since Despoja is a WP:Living person we have an ethical (and procedural) obligation to ensure that all stated facts about him are sourceable. If you've already footnoted a source, and you use it later in the article, just footnote it again. There's a way to tidy it up later, but in the meantime it's fine to footnote the same source several times. Do note though, we always want to see a body of coverage on a biography, so if you can add some more citations about him, maybe go on GoogleBooks and find a cite to a published book for additional contrast, that helps show the reader that a variety of works agree on the basic facts of his life. MatthewVanitas (talk) 21:47, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/David Tisch

I'm kind of new to Wikipedia. Recently, an article I recently wrote was declined with the reason:

"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 are designed to promote or show-off the subject."

I don't really understand what this means. I want to make it a good article but I don't know how to fix it. Could somebody please give me a little more direction as to how I can improve the article? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cazer78 (talk • contribs) 02:52, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you look at the decline reason again you will see that the key terms and phrases are blue links - open those links and you will find pages containing explanations and guidance. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:52, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Harry Anscombe

Please can you let me know if my submission is now under review. I've made amends and yet it's not clear on my page. There is a yellow box. Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ha0250 (talk • contribs) 09:29, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that submission is awaiting review. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 09:46, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/mp3 to wmv files conversion

Sir, I have published the above titled article. But got to know it was rejected. I just want to know what`s wrong in my article. Please reply asap. Tezzsurya (talk) 10:19, 23 January 2014 (UTC)Tezzsurya[reply]

It was declined for the reasons given in and below the pink box on the page itself. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 10:29, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Malik Muhammad Jahangir

Copy-paste of full article removed

Upon his outstanding business leadership, The Republic of Reunion of Myanmar, appointed him to be the Honorary Consul General of Myanmar in Pakistan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whitepearl1 (talk • contribs) 13:21, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Whitepearl1, this is place to ask questions, not post drafts. Do you have an actual question for us? If you want to start a draft, use WP:Article Wizard. MatthewVanitas (talk) 21:31, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of User:OuthouseUK/sandbox

Hi,

I would really appreciate some advice with regards to my Wikipedia entry. Could you please give some clarity as to have I achieve Notability, and provide a couple of examples? I have spent a few hours on the chat room and it seems that the page I have created is lacking in non promotional references, however looking at other pages, as an example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Goodwin_(escapologist) , I cannot understand why this has been accepted yet the page I have created has not been accepted.

Your help and guidance would be very much appreciated.

Kindest regards, Rebecca Outhouse-UK — Preceding unsigned comment added by OuthouseUK (talk • contribs) 17:19, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rebecca. The article on Goodwin is not a recognised Wikipedia Good Article or Featured Article so it's probably not a good example for comparison. You can find the list of recognised Good Articles about comparable people at Wikipedia:Good articles/Media and drama#Actors, models, performers and celebrities and Wikipedia:Good articles/Social sciences and society#Psychology and psychologists. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 12:37, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review ofWikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Latin Zone Magazine

I wrote this article and can't find the reasons why it was not accepted. Can someone explain? Here's the link Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Latin Zone Magazine Quintrala92 19:04, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello Quintrala92. Did you read the pink box? Part of the big issues is you haven't demonstrated WP:Notability, summed up at WP:42 as:

Articles require significant coverage

in reliable sources

that are independent of the subject.

Accordingly, just linking to the subject itself (the magazine) does not meet these requirements. MatthewVanitas (talk) 21:39, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]