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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Railway Transport of Ukraine

This AfD could use the input of some knowledgeable editors. Thanks. --Randykitty (talk) 17:09, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request for feedback on revised draft: Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Hello,

I am requesting feedback on a revised draft article about the *Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (IJCCE)*. The draft was previously declined at AfC, mainly due to weak sourcing and possible over-reliance on primary links. I have since rewritten the entire article with a neutral tone, removed self-references, eliminated duplicated or invalid citations, and ensured only secondary, independent, and reliable sources (such as Clarivate, Scopus, SCImago, DOAJ, and CAS) are used.

Current draft (rewritten version): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Iranian_Journal_of_Chemistry_and_Chemical_Engineering

I would greatly appreciate it if an experienced editor from WikiProject Academic Journals could review it and advise whether it now meets Wikipedia's notability and verifiability criteria for academic journals. If suitable, I would also appreciate help with moving it to the mainspace.

Thank you! ZChemIR25 (talk) 05:18, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The material in the section Draft:Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering#Editorial process isn't verified by the source cited, which is just the homepage of the Committee on Publication Ethics. Cordless Larry (talk) 10:16, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

hello,Thank you very much for your valuable feedback and careful review. In response to your concern, we have removed the Editorial process section because there were no reliable and verifiable sources available to support the information regarding the journal’s editorial and peer review procedures. This action was taken to ensure full compliance with Wikipedia’s content policies and to address the reviewer’s comments appropriately. Should authoritative sources become available in the future, we would be happy to consider reinstating this section with proper citations. ZChemIR25 (talk) 11:55, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Who is "we" in this context? Cordless Larry (talk) 19:08, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your question and for your continued guidance. By "we," I was referring to myself in collaboration with the editorial team of the Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, as I am working on the draft article on their behalf. However, I understand that Wikipedia encourages individual editors to speak in the first person ("I") unless using an account clearly designated as representing an organization. I’ll be sure to clarify this in future comments and use "I" to align with standard practice.

Thanks again for your helpful feedback. ZChemIR25 (talk) 05:08, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, per WP:ISU, accounts should only represent individuals (and accounts representing organisations are not allowed). Incidentally, if you work for or are otherwise being paid by the journal for your editing, you need to complete a mandatory paid-editing disclosure. See WP:PAID. Cordless Larry (talk) 07:19, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I respectfully disclose that I work for the Research Institute for Chemical Industry Development, the publisher of Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. However, all my contributions to Wikipedia are made voluntarily and without any form of compensation. Thank you for your understanding. 95.38.201.198 (talk) 07:59, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You need to follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure#How to disclose (and please log in when editing). Cordless Larry (talk) 08:02, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Cordless Larry,

Thank you very much for your valuable guidance and feedback.

I would like to clarify that all my Wikipedia edits have been made using my personal user account, and I always log in before editing. I have carefully reviewed the instructions at Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure and have now added the required disclosure statement on my user page:

“I work for the Research Institute for Chemical Industry Development, publisher of Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. However, all my Wikipedia contributions are voluntary and uncompensated.”

I appreciate your continued support and will ensure to follow all Wikipedia policies in my future contributions.

Best regards, ZChemIR25 (talk) 08:12, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You have not created your user page. See User:ZChemIR25. Cordless Larry (talk) 08:16, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ِِDear Cordless Larry,

Thank you for your continued guidance.

I have now created my user page and added the paid editing disclosure statement as per Wikipedia's guidelines. I will ensure to follow all relevant policies in my future contributions.

Please let me know if there is anything else I should do.

Best regards,

ZChemIR25 ZChemIR25 (talk) 08:19, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please also note what it says at WP:PAID: "Users who are compensated for any publicity efforts related to the subject of their Wikipedia contributions are deemed to be paid editors, regardless of whether they were compensated specifically to edit Wikipedia". Cordless Larry (talk) 08:20, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Cordless Larry,

Thank you for your continued guidance.

I want to emphasize that my only intention in editing Wikipedia is to improve the quality and accuracy of information. I do not promote or advertise the journal in any way. My contributions are voluntary and done on my personal time without any compensation tied to Wikipedia or the journal.

I work at the Research Institute for Chemical Industry Development, which publishes the journal, but this does not influence or motivate my Wikipedia edits. I fully disclose my affiliation to be transparent, but I do not seek to promote the journal.

Please rest assured my only goal is to help Wikipedia be a better resource.

Thank you for your understanding.

Best regards,

ZChemIR25 ZChemIR25 (talk) 08:25, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A draft in need of help

I came across Draft:a/b: Auto/Biography Studies after discussing the capitalisation of its title in a reference and thinking it merited an article. The draft had been declined a couple of times, but I found new content and sources to add and submitted it again. It was declined again, with no reference to WP:NJOURNAL, which I think it satisfies as being indexed by MLA Int Bib. Other editors might like to contribute. (It may be slightly marginal, but an article would help to confirm its unusual capitalisation and avoid future editing disgreements over it). Its parent society, the Autobiography Society, doesn't have an article but would of course have redirects (both with and without "The") to the journal's article once it reached mainspace. PamD 09:53, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

MLA isn't realy much, but Scopus is, especially when it's in the top half of the journals in it category. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 12:49, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright violation on journal page

Part of the text of Political Studies (journal) seems copied from https://www.psa.ac.uk/resources/political-studies (typos included). The editors listing is also out of date. The current editorial board is as per https://journals.sagepub.com/editorial-board/PSX Would someone be so kind as to fix this? 2A0A:EF40:AA3:E701:390B:5078:12F0:796E (talk) 08:41, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've updated the editors (and the 2024 IF), but fail to see any copyvio in the two lines of this stub. Neither do I see typos. Can you be more specific? --Randykitty (talk) 11:35, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I think someone must have removed the text before you got to it. 2A0A:EF40:AA3:E701:34C8:1E20:2D5E:47E (talk) 14:00, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hekamtho: Syrian Orthodox Theological Journal

Hekamtho: Syrian Orthodox Theological Journal https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2395-4426 I have seen some citations of articles from this journal, but I don't know what selective indexes might index it. It's published in India by Malankara Syrian Orthodox Theological Seminary. The journal's official page is https://msotseminary.edu.in/hekamtho Eastmain (talk • contribs) 02:35, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looks extremely local and niche (MIAR: 2395-4426, indexed nowhere). If it was created, I'd vote delete, though I'd be open to a highly selective merge at Malankara Church. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 02:55, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Social Development Issues

Social Development Issues is currently published by the Michigan Publishing Services. As per Scopus its not a part of it now per this. In Web of Science I could not find anything. But the article says Established in 1977, it is the official journal of the International Consortium for Social Development (ICSD) .... Please have a look. Thank you. Agent 007 (talk) 07:03, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Headbomb and @Randykitty request to have a look. Thank you. Agent 007 (talk) 15:06, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What's to look at? It was in Scopus in the past btw. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 15:16, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So its passes WP:NJOURNAL. Am I right in my assesment. Agent 007 (talk) 15:21, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Multiscript detection

A new maintenance page is available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Academic Journals/Journals cited by Wikipedia/Maintenance/Multiscript1. This essential detects the usage of multiple scripts in the |journal= parameter of citations, color coded for ease of browsing (with apologies for the color blind, but that's a thing that could be improved in the future). For example, the entry Abteilung Verhaltensökologie, Institut für Ӧkologie & Evolution, Universität Bern tells you that the Cyrillic character Ӧ is used, instead of the latin Ö in the article Xyleborinus saxesenii. So I went there and fixed it.

There's many cases like this that needs to be handled. Many entries aren't actually problematic, like Բանբեր Հայագիտության = Вестник Арменоведения = Journal of Armenian Studies, but many will be. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated. Especially on Asian and Arabic alphabets.

Thanks ahead of things to anyone that helps! Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 21:06, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn articles

Please see [1], which may be of interest to editors here. Seems like something that we should address (but I personally have no idea how...) --Randykitty (talk) 17:24, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've contacted the authors and they'll be updating their paper. In particular the 71.6% figure is misleading and should be closer to 23% from what I underestand. They're data is also accurate as of October 2024, but that neglects the work that's been done since. RetractionBot (talk · contribs) has up-to-date categories on its user page. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 20:28, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Izv. Kavkazsk. Muz. (IPNI standard form)

Izv. Kavkazsk. Muz. (IPNI standard form) https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/ISSN_1512-2492 Is this indexed in a selective index? It ceased publication in 1919, so I'm not hopeful. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 22:23, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Precision Medical Sciences

Is Precision Medical Sciences notable? Its ISSN portal page lists several indexes, including Web of Science, but I'm appreciate it if someone could take a look. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 14:16, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

According to MIAR it's in some databases, but none that we usually find conferring notability. It has an impact factor because of being included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, but 0.6 is a bit paltry for a medical journal. So at this point I would not find it notable, perhaps a case of WP:TOOSOON (but the fact that after 12 years it's not even in Scopus is a bad sign). --Randykitty (talk) 17:31, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eurasian Humanities Studies

Despite a lot of comments, there are only very few !votes, so this AfD could still benefit from the input of knowledgeable editors. Thanks! --Randykitty (talk) 11:51, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Biodiversity Informatics (journal)

Draft:Biodiversity Informatics (journal) is a draft submission that could benefit from the input of knowledgeable editors. In other words, it looks notable but I'm suspicious. LeapTorchGear (talk) 16:05, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]