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Your submission at Articles for creation: Ross Smith (January 31)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by 94rain were:

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

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 after they have been resolved.

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94rain ^Talk 16:27, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, EdinburghRoss! Having an article draft 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! 94rain ^Talk 16:27, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi TimTrent,

Thanks for responding to my article submission, and so promptly too.

You're right that it is an article about myself from IMDb, although I don't think copyright is infringed because I wrote and submitted the IMDb article a few months ago. Prior to IMDb, I'd tried valiantly to submit the article to Wikipedia but, alas, it was turned down a couple of times due to lack of citations. I have, however, remedied that with this morning's submission; there are citations at the bottom.

I wonder, is the article suitable for publication now with these citations? I must confess I rely on an expert such as yourself to take it over the line because I struggle greatly with Wikipedia's submission process.

An alternative, if you desire, is for a Wikipedia editor to start from scratch on the article. I would be happy to provide Wikipedia with links to newspaper and website interviews with me.

Again, many thanks for helping.

Ross EdinburghRoss (talk) 12:08, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: EdinburghRoss (January 31)

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

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.

The content of this submission includes material that does not meet Wikipedia's minimum standard for inline citations. Please cite your sources using footnotes. For instructions on how to do this, please see Referencing for beginners. Thank you.

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 after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:EdinburghRoss and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
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microbiologyMarcus ^{(petri dish·growths)} 18:53, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: EdinburghRoss (February 1)

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

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

The comment the reviewer left was:

A lot of problems with your references, view the hints at the bottom of the page, feel free to use the citeweb template using the reftoolbar at WP:REFB.

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 after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:EdinburghRoss and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
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microbiologyMarcus ^{(petri dish·growths)} 20:06, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ross Smith (February 7)

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

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

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.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Most of the presented sources are either unreliable or directory listings. Please make yourself aware with WP:RS and introduce the sources accordingly.

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 after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Ross Smith and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
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Hitro talk 08:16, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding User:EdinburghRoss/sandbox

Hello, EdinburghRoss. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that User:EdinburghRoss/sandbox, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 18:06, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, User:EdinburghRoss/sandbox

Hello, EdinburghRoss. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "sandbox".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:00, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Ross Smith

Hello, EdinburghRoss. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Ross Smith".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. ✗plicit 00:39, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (October 21)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted because it included copyrighted content, which is not permitted on Wikipedia.

This submission appears to be taken from imdb.com/name/nm1042593. Wikipedia cannot accept material copied from elsewhere, unless it explicitly and verifiably has been released to the world under a suitably free and compatible copyright license or into the public domain and is written in an acceptable tone—this includes material that you own the copyright to. You should attribute the content of a draft to outside sources, using citations, but copying and pasting or closely paraphrasing sources is not acceptable. The entire draft should be written using your own words and structure.

You are welcome to write an article on the subject, but please do not use copyrighted work.

User:EdinburghRoss/sandbox may be deleted at any time unless the copied text is removed. Copyrighted work cannot be allowed to remain on Wikipedia.
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🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 09:14, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]