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Your submission at Articles for creation: Echo Transportation (May 21)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Gene93k was:

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage (not just mere mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of organizations and companies, the golden rule and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners and Help:Introduction to referencing/1), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

The comment the reviewer left was:

References do not satisfy the Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) guideline. They fall under a) promotional, b) affiliated or c) routine.

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• Gene93k (talk) 02:55, 21 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Alamosurfer! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! • Gene93k (talk) 02:55, 21 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for stating that you have no conflict of interest. That doesn't mean you can write what you like, you must follow the guidance below. Also note that anything you post on Wikipedia is public from when you press the "publish" button.

you must provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that he meets the notability guidelines for creative professionals. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the person or an associated organisation, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the person claims or interviewing them. Note that references should be in-line so we can tell what fact each is supporting, and should not be bare urls. Although you gave many refs, mot were unsuitable; Amazon is a sales site, many of your links were quoting him or interviews with him rather than genuine independent third-party sources or of only local interest. You've been told this before in a previous message on this page
you must write in a non-promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic, not stuff like fulfills [sic] dreams of deserving children
there shouldn't be any url links in the article, only in the "References" or "External links" sections.
you must not copy text from elsewhere. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. We require that text posted here can be used, modified and distributed for any purpose, including commercial; text is considered to be copyright unless explicitly stated otherwise. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient. (this is guidance, not an accusation)

The fact that other articles have not been deleted doesn't help you, either they met the criteria or should be deleted as well. See What about article x?

Please check that you can find proper genuinely independent sources. If you assure me that you can, I'll restore as a cleaned-up draft. No rush since I'm going to be away for a few days anyway Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:06, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Understood, thanks Jim for the greater explanation. I can find additional third party sources and will remove those that do not meet Wikipedia's criteria. If you can reinstate the draft, I will clean up the draft as I better understand the guidelines. Perhaps I should have chosen a different category, it seems there is a lot of scrutiny for a biography of a living person.Alamosurfer (talk) 16:40, 19 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: John R. DiJulius III (October 13)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Hasteur was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Hasteur (talk) 23:10, 13 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:John R. DiJulius III concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:John R. DiJulius III, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

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If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:23, 14 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:John R. DiJulius III

Hello, Alamosurfer. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "John R. DiJulius III".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 05:57, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]