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Your submission at Articles for creation: Tanya Pampalone (April 6)

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

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Ok, I'm not seeing any qualifying coverage here. Is there any biographical work about Pampalone? For "her work has been referenced in books and academic journals", if that's all you mean (it has been cited), that's not particularly important or helpful to establish notability. But if you mean "her work has been discussed", as in "is the topic of discussion", that would be helpful - if that kind of coverage exists, please cite the specific page numbers/ranges that are relevant rather than just putting in a footnote to an entire book or scholarly article.

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asilvering (talk) 04:00, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Wofoz! 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! asilvering (talk) 04:00, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Wofoz. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
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In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Actualcpscm (talk) 11:10, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I have mentioned this in all the talk areas that, as I journalist, I have contributed articles for two independent groups that I work with. I also have mentioned this in my own profile space. Are there other places that I should be posting this? Thank you. Wofoz (talk) 21:32, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I see you have written that I did not disclose my COI, but I have. I did totally screw up by putting in the revise improperly. But I did disclose my COI on my user page, the talk page and the edit page. I'd really appreciate if you could correct that. Thank you. Wofoz (talk) 20:21, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Actualcpscm I have checked their user page, and can confirm that they have made a formal declaration. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 21:40, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I work for the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism, which is based in South Africa. I would like to help clear up issues on this page, and the page of founder and editor Mia Malan, in a transparent and helpful manner. It seems to be a "protected" page and, since you have made many of the edits, I'm asking for your help. Bhekisisa is a respected journalism institution in South Africa and globally for our work. We are deeply concerned about the status of these pages. Wikipedia editors who specialise in South African journalism or health who are based in South Africa or with knowledge of the media and/or health environment in the country would be able to confirm and assist with improving this page. Of course, I understand you can't take our word for this because of my clear COI, which I have stated in what I believe are all the required places. We would like to follow all Wikipedia protocol to correct as many issues as possible. But, because the page is protected, we are unsure how to even make these suggestions for review. We are unsure on how to even contribute to a talk area where we can provide any further information or sources to show this. We sincerely appreciate your guidance. Thank you Wofoz (talk) 18:19, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Mia Malan has been accepted

Mia Malan, 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.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

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Thanks again, and happy editing!

– bradv 14:21, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Wofoz (talk) 21:11, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I work for the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism, which is based in South Africa. I would like to help clear up issues on this page, and the page of founder and editor Mia Malan, in a transparent and helpful manner. It seems to be a "protected" page now and I'm asking for your help. Bhekisisa is a respected journalism institution in South Africa and globally for our work. We are deeply concerned about the status of these pages. Wikipedia editors who specialise in South African journalism or health who are based in South Africa or with knowledge of the media and/or health environment in the country would be able to confirm and assist with improving this page. Of course, I understand you can't take our word for this because of my clear COI, which I have stated in what I believe are all the required places. We would like to follow all Wikipedia protocol to correct as many issues as possible. But, because the page is protected, we are unsure how to even make these suggestions for review. We are unsure on how to even contribute to a talk area where we can provide any further information or sources to show this. We sincerely appreciate your guidance. Thank you Wofoz (talk) 18:20, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Branko Brkic (September 29)

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

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.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Oh dear. "s the GuptaLeaks.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] " and others are prime examples of WP:CITEKILL. Instead we need one excellent reference per fact asserted. If you are sure it is beneficial, two, and at an absolute maximum, three. A fact you assert, once verified in a reliable source, is verified. More is gilding the lily. Please choose the very best in each case of multiple referencing for a single point and either drop or repurpose the remainder. That cannot be reviewed until you have sorted out the cite kill, because we cannto know. which references you choose

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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🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 18:20, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I am trying to resubmit with my edit, removing the too many citations comment, but I'm not sure this is saving properly! The option I have is to "publish" but I am afraid to hit that as I don't want this to go live. Thanks for your help with this. Wofoz (talk) 20:52, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

OK, any edits to change citations didn't happen. I'm gong to revert the one you saved as an error. Take your tie, there is no rush. Preview before saving, and you will see what WILL be saved when you save it 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 21:15, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

OK, undone. Now edit carefully and slowly. You can save work in progress as you go. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 21:16, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You need to click a BLUE resubmit button 👍

Looks much better 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 21:39, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yay for me! Thanks for your help Wofoz (talk) 21:40, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

pssst! Shh, no-one can hear us. You have to actually resubmit it. The big pink box at the head of that page has a resubmit button in the bottom left hand corner. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 21:42, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect. Wikipedia takes a little getting the hang of.

Your hardest task will be writing dull-but-worthy and well referenced prose, whereas in your working life you are used to grabbing the reader's attention.

Remember, always start with the references. We write in our words what has been said by others in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject. This essay is one of many, and there is a process within it that will help you to get results. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 21:49, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to help clear up issues on the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism page, and the page of founder and editor Mia Malan, in a transparent and helpful manner. It seems to be a "protected" page now and I'm asking for your help. Bhekisisa is a respected journalism institution in South Africa and globally for our work. We are deeply concerned about the status of these pages. Wikipedia editors who specialise in South African journalism or health who are based in South Africa or with knowledge of the media and/or health environment in the country would be able to confirm and assist with improving this page. Of course, I understand you can't take our word for this because of my clear COI, which I believe I have stated in what I believe are all the required places. We would like to follow all Wikipedia protocol to correct as many issues as possible. But, because the page is protected, I am unsure how to even make these suggestions for review. I am unsure on how to even contribute to a talk area where we can provide any further information or sources to show this. I sincerely appreciate your guidance. I know you guys have better things to do but I really am not a bad actor! Thank you for your help. The pages are Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism and Mia Malan Wofoz (talk) 18:30, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Branko Brkic (November 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 Vanderwaalforces was:

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.

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:Branko Brkic 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.
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Vanderwaalforces (talk) 09:41, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Tanya Pampalone

Hello, Wofoz. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Tanya Pampalone".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, 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.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. ✗plicit 03:19, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]