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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by SkyGazer 512 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 people, 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:
It seems like this could be a notable topic. However, you're going to need to find several secondary sources mentioning this person in order for it to be considered notable. You only have 2 references aside from the one external link to his personal website. One of the references seems to be to a page that he wrote himself, and the other seems to just be a brief mention of an award he got. He certainly seems to have written some important books, but like I said, you're going to need several secondary sources.
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Hello, Mauradonley!
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! SkyGazer 512What will you say? / What did I do?14:20, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
