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Happy editing! Cheers, 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 11:36, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: David Lackland Sam (August 26)

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

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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Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 10:03, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Istarek! 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! Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 10:03, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Istarek. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Draft:David Lackland Sam, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. I ask because you state that tghe photograph of Sam is your own work. This means that he posed for you, thus that you know him. Please comment on any relationship you have with him 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 11:37, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see, I think I misunderstood "my own work" as I stated to say that I have not retrieved the picture from a website with copyright. I did not take the picture, so I will change that. Other than that, I believe my sources are reliable as they consist of articles on google scholar, and official websites of organizations. Am I missing something or, do I need to add more sources? Istarek (talk) 11:45, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It needs to be attributed to the photographer. However, that also means that you require their permission to upload it. This should be provided via the process at c:COM:VRT. Do not be alarmed if it is flagged as "Missing permission" on Commons. This is all part of the learning process. "Own work" has a very literal meaning.

I responded to your sourcing question at WP:AFCHD, and any additional questions on that are better answered there 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 12:05, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have the permission of the person in the photograph, would that not be sufficient? Istarek (talk) 13:00, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: David Lackland Sam (August 27)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by S0091 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.

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:

Almost all the sources are primary and most of them are his publications which are not independent so should only be used very sparingly. Also some of the content is unsourced.

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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S0091 (talk) 17:16, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]