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Hi, I have a question about your edits to Great Lakes refugee crisis. While I hadn't cited my sources when I wrote that article, as references were not yet standard on Wikipedia, I'm pretty sure that the line "While UNHCR found contractors with lesser reputations to carry out its relief work, it resulted in a noticeable drop in the quality of the relief operations." is taken almost directly from one of the sources linked at the bottom of the page. It would seem to me that replacement local NGOs would be, almost by definition, less professional. Cheers, Banyan Tree 23:17, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have reverted the edit in question. Please bring any issues you may have to the article discussion page. - Banyan Tree 20:41, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (March 2)

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It isn't clear whether this was meant to be submitted as a draft article or whether it is simply a long to-do list in the sandbox that was submitted to article review by mistake. If this was meant to be submitted to article review, there are problems with its tone, and that it doesn't appear to have a single subject, and that it begins with the first person singular pronoun. If you want to discuss whether you should develop an article, an appropriate WikiProject would be a good place for this discussion.

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Robert McClenon (talk) 01:08, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Bureaucracy (Essay by Max Weber). Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 01:16, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Rong Wongsawan

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I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Rong Wongsawan for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly indicate why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

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Volker Kirchberg moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Volker Kirchberg, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Nathan2055^{talk - contribs} 08:08, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Volker Kirchberg (August 10)

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

Youtube may never be a reference.

Any selected publications require their DOI (or other number) but the list is too long. Select the very few most important and refer to the rest via a catalogue.

External links: These are meant to be useful links, not links to things that appear to bolster notability. However, if they are things by the gentleman they are not references either.Let me try to explain. If they manufactured vacuum cleaners, the cleaners would be their work. A vacuum cleaner could not be a reference for them, simply because it is the product they make. So it is with research, writings, etc. However, a review of their work by others tends to be a review of them and their methods, so is a reference, as is a peer reviewed paper a reference for their work. You may find WP:ACADEME of some use in seeing how Wikipedia and Academe differ hugely. Be selective.

I have only reviewed style and content, not notability. For that we need excellence or referencing. For a living person we have a high standard of referencing. Every substantive fact you assert, especially one that is susceptible to potential challenge, requires a citation with a reference that is about them, and is independent of them, and is in WP:RS, and is significant coverage. Please also see WP:PRIMARY which details the limited permitted usage of primary sources and WP:SELFPUB which has clear limitations on self published sources. Providing sufficient references, ideally one per fact cited, that meet these tough criteria is likely to make this draft a clear acceptance (0.9 probability). Lack of them or an inability to find them is likely to mean that the person is not suitable for inclusion, certainly today.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:30, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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