User talk:Volunteer Mockingbird

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media (July 7)

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

This is potentially a notable organization, however, the sourcing does not establish it as such.

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Chetsford (talk) 04:06, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Volunteer Mockingbird! 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! Chetsford (talk) 04:06, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That is an extremely interesting organisation. Thank you for drawing my attention to their detailed research - by having your New Article proposal declined:-( MrDemeanour (talk) 16:59, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks MrDemeanur. I've resubmitted it with new sourcing so we'll see what our friends say about that. I saw your page by the way but couldn't find it. Are you at jackpot? Volunteer Mockingbird (talk) 19:52, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

MrDemeanour has an 'o' in it. Not sure what page you saw but couldn't find. Jackpot is indeed one of the labels in my email domain; but I don't generally welcome email from Wikipedians, it's for emergency use only. I recently blanked my talk page; it was quite badly out-of-date. MrDemeanour (talk) 07:48, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]