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August 15

Request on 12:46:10, 15 August 2022 for assistance on AfC submission by 66.189.122.210

66.189.122.210 (talk · contribs)
- Draft:Webster First Federal Credit Union (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi. I'm unsure why my article was declined for "reading like an advertisement." I made sure all my sources were from news sites and business journals independent of the actual institution. The only thing I thought of that might sound like an advertisement was that I listed the services they offer, but I based that section off of what I saw in another Credit Union's approved wikipedia page (Digital Federal Credit Union has their services listed on the page). So if someone could explain why my article reads like an advertisement in more detail, that would be helpful. I referenced another credit union's approved page while making this as well, workers credit union. That page also has similar things to what I listed, including a section for their history, mergers, and awards. Everything that I wrote I based off of what was included in these other credit union pages that have been approved, so I am not understanding the reason for the denial. It is feeling kind of unfair.

66.189.122.210 (talk) 12:46, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See other crap exists, I have removed the content from that article as blatant advertising. Theroadislong (talk) 13:02, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

IP, that another article exists does not mean that it was approved by anyone. There are numerous ways an inappropriate article can get by us. If you want to use other articles as a model, use those classified as good articles. 331dot (talk) 13:05, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for your help. I read your comment about the branch listings and location, removed that section, and resubmitted for review. If there are any other problem areas that need to be removed or reviewed, please let me know. Talbot2222 (talk) 14:01, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Talbot2222 Why would a credit union be notable? There are thousands of them. Is this one special somehow? 71.228.112.175 (talk) 07:12, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

15:30:47, 15 August 2022 review of submission by Larry432

Larry432 (talk · contribs)

I want to know why my page was deleted I checked and I saw nothing wrong with my article.

Larry432 (talk) 15:30, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Larry432 If you have to ask why an article that states "He loved to eat bricks and loved to lick lemons" was deleted, you should not be editing Wikipedia until you mature more as a person and editor. 331dot (talk) 15:33, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

He had a disese called pica where people crave solid objects like paint,nails,rocks,sand or in this case bricks. He also had acidic deficiency so he needed to eat or lick things with high acid levels. Larry432 (talk) 12:38, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

17:13:48, 15 August 2022 review of submission by Fellafromukraine

Fellafromukraine (talk · contribs)

Hey, nice to finally get the page reviewed!

Can I please get a more detailed response -- what parts of page need referencing, and what of the sources cited needs to be reevaluated and removed with the content that is referencing to the source Fellafromukraine (talk) 17:13, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Fellafromukraine: every material statement, and anything potentially contentious, needs to be supported by a reliable source. This draft has several paragraphs, entire sections even, without any referencing. This is how the reader can verify the information given, and ensure that there is no original research included. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 06:46, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

18:36:33, 15 August 2022 review of submission by KDuke58

KDuke58 (talk · contribs)

Hello, Myslef and my team have seen that many amateur football teams have a Wikipedia page and so set about making one for our own side however our references (predominantly the FA full time site that lists and stores all club results for our side) were not seen as a suitable.. Could I ask what references would be suitable so that we may set this up like other teams have. Thank you!

KDuke58 (talk) 18:36, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@KDuke58: We're looking for in-depth, non-routine, independent news/scholarly sources written by identifiable authors and subjected to rigourous fact-checking in order for us to have an article. If those sources don't exist at this time, we can't have an article yet. Also note that we do not accept notability-by-osmosis as a valid argument. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{a little blue Bori} 21:26, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Understood, thanks so much! KDuke58 (talk) 21:28, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@KDuke58: Teams don't have Wikipedia pages here- Wikipedia has articles about teams. This is an important distinction. It could be that these other articles you have seen are also inappropriate and simply not addressed yet. We can only address what we know about. If you would like to help us out, you can identify these other similar articles you have seen for possible action. 331dot (talk) 06:50, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]