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Your submission at Articles for creation: Summa Technologies (December 31)

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

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

in-depth (not just brief mentions about the subject or routine announcements)
reliable
secondary
strictly independent of the subject

Make sure you add references that meet all four of these criteria before resubmitting. 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.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Summa Technologies and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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KylieTastic (talk) 15:10, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Rickkoter! 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! KylieTastic (talk) 15:10, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Help request about paywalled sources

Thanks @KylieTastic for the quick response and Happy New Year! I now better understand the requirements and working on getting better sources for references. I plan to use regional broad-base and business-focused newspapers, but was initially cautious of their use because two of the best options have some content behind pay-walls.

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What impact does the use of (partially) pay-wall protected content have? Also does the same requirement for sources exist for external links that are not included as citations? For example the web-archive of the company site, or public posts? Summanoid (talk) 16:23, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was accidentally still logged in as a now defunct user initially created to learn - I moved to Rickkoter (talk) 16:28, 2 January 2024 (UTC) under which the article was initial drafted and intend to publish.[reply]

You need to be careful when using that old account. While it is allowed to have more than one account, there are restrictions on how you use them. Please see WP:MULTIACCOUNT for more details.

Paywalled sources may be used. There are no restrictions except that a non-paywalled version of the same material might be preferred. Many of the reviewers and other editors likely have subscriptions of their own or through an institution they are associated with which will allow them to view the sources.

Web archives can be cited when the original web page no longer exists or has changed to make it unsuitable.

External links not used as citations are governed by the external links policy: WP:External links

Generally, an article does not need external links; they are entirely optional and including them in a draft is probably a waste of time. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:55, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Basically as Jmcgnh said :) - frankly although accessible sources are best, a pay-walled one is way better than PR. Many reviewers and experienced editors also get access to a lot of sources via Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library. It can obviously take longer to find a reviewer with access if notability requires such sources. KylieTastic (talk) 17:04, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Summa Technologies (January 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 BuySomeApples was:

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

in-depth (not just brief mentions about the subject or routine announcements)
reliable
secondary
strictly independent of the subject

Make sure you add references that meet all four of these criteria before resubmitting. 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.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Summa Technologies 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.
If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

BuySomeApples (talk) 02:35, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Summa Technologies

Hello, Rickkoter. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Summa Technologies, 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) 09:08, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Summa Technologies

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

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!} 02:26, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]