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Your submission at Articles for creation: Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 (June 14)

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

This submission reads more like an essay than an encyclopedia article. Submissions should summarise information in secondary, reliable sources and not contain opinions or original research. Please write about the topic from a neutral point of view in an encyclopedic manner.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Please summarize the content and resubmit it for further evaluation and feedback.

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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RPSkokie (talk) 07:44, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, StephenMccalman! 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! RPSkokie (talk) 07:44, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks RPSkokie the quick review and response to my article.

Is the issue that I've used the Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 (the subject of the article) as a source reference? Would sources that summarise and reference the Act be regarded as more secondary, reliable sources? (for examples, [1] (page 165) and [2], among others) StephenMccalman (talk) 00:19, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 has been accepted

Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

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InterstellarGamer12321 (talk | contribs) 16:56, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, StephenMccalman. Thank you for your work on Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022. User:SunDawn, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Hey there! Hope you're having a great day. Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia with your article. I'm happy to inform you that your article has adhered to Wikipedia's policies, so I've marked it as reviewed. Have a fantastic day for you and your family!

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✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 16:18, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]