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Your submission at Articles for creation: The Durham Revue (January 15)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by KJP1 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:

I should probably declare a Coi, but it's a long time since I walked over Elvet Bridge. The problem you've got is that the sources are not sufficiently independent, and they don't provide the significant coverage necessary to demonstrate Notability. Hence the previous deletions. Sources 1 & 6 are to your own site. 2, 4 & 5 are to Palatinate, the Durham student newspaper. 3 is to the Durham University site. That leaves one, Source 7. I don't know what The Bubble is, but it looks more blog-like than a reputable, fact-checking news source. I'm afraid all this doesn't add up to the significant coverage from reliable, third-party sources that you need.

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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KJP1 (talk) 07:46, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Cfbillingham. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the article Draft:The Durham Revue, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Missvain (talk) 04:03, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: The Durham Revue (March 22)

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

I agree with the previous reviewer about the lack of substantial coverage from reliable independent sources. And the three sources added since that decline are no better -- two are to a ticket-selling site and the third barely even mentions the subject.

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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NewYorkActuary (talk) 05:46, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Cfbillingham! 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! NewYorkActuary (talk) 05:46, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]