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August 12

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Five-infielder defense

Please review—thank you in advance. 71.146.4.142 (talk) 01:43, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The draft is awaiting review, but since there's a massive backlog, that may take some time. However, the draft currently has just a single source, and that's another wiki - not a reliable source. When the content canot be verified from reliable sources, the submission will be declined. Huon (talk) 11:11, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Concerning Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Douglas S. L. Howard

Please review

I would like to know if i need to make changes.
Thank you Cebisch (talk) 04:30, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Declined See comment on the submission. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:44, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hugh Ross

I submitted an article last Sunday about the well known actor Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Hugh Ross It's yet to appear. When will it please? regards Nickywick111 (talk) 08:25, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Declined because of a lack of inline citations for possibly contentious comments. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:37, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

To expand a little: It's not just the lack of inline citations; the reliable sources given (YouTube and IMDb are generally not considered reliable) don't cover Ross in any detail. It's impossible to verify the article's content from those sources, and if no significant coverage of Ross in reliable secondary sources exists, he's probably non-notable by Wikipedia's standards. Huon (talk) 11:16, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Amit Avner

Hello, I tried to create my first entry. And it got declined. And I'm tired to fixing it. How can I delete it or let someone else finish it? Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Amit Avner JohnSch1234 (talk) 15:34, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to cancel a draft AfC, and you are the only person who has made any substantial contribution to it, put {{db-g7}} or {{db-self}} at the top of the article, and an administrator will delete it in due course. --Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 16:09, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My heading is with my user name

I created an article for my short film, but the name is with my username. When will it change? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kousik2371988 (talk • contribs) 18:13, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In the yellow "review" box, there is a small link that says, "Warning: This page should probably be located at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Kaalavanam", which will move it into the main reviewing namespace. However, I can't pass it for review as it has no reliable sources that can assert notability of the article. If you've created the film yourself, then unless major newspapers or magazine have written about it, it's probably not suitable for a Wikipedia article. --Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 18:26, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Review of User:BSPB/sandbox

Dear Help Desk,

Please bear with me - this is my first ever submission!

I had recently put together a diagram of railways past and present centred on Stamford railway station (using the Wikipedia route-map template for railways) in my user sandbox, and being quite pleased with the final result I submitted it for review under the heading "Stamford Lines". This was duly rejected on the grounds that I had not included any reference information.

Naturally I have reference information I can readily give (my source atlases, etc.), but my question really relates to how I go about this. Since my submission is not a textual article with references in the form of footnotes, I am not clear as to the format to be used for including my reference information. I had intended my own Stamford Lines template - once it was accepted - to live under the "Category:Templates for railway lines of the United Kingdom" page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Templates_for_railway_lines_of_the_United_Kingdom, in a similar manner to (for example) the Leeds Lines template at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Leeds_Lines.

If I look at the Leeds Lines template as an example, I can see no apparent reference information therein either. Presumably it must be there, or the creator of that template would presumably have had his or her effort rejected as I did, on the same grounds.

Clearly I am missing something, but as I said this is my first submission. Any pointers would be gratefully appreciated.

Many thanks,

User:BSPB

BSPB (talk) 19:35, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think there's been a bit of confusion here. This is obviously a template, and they don't really come under the same remit as articles, so reviewing it here doesn't really make sense. If you use one in an article (such as Stamford railway station or Stamford East railway station), the information contained in the template must be attributed to a reliable source. The WikiProject Railways project might be able to give you some more advice. If you can see a valid use for you template, be bold and just create it!

Incidentally, if you need online sourcing of old railway routes, have a look at SABRE Maps, which contains a large collection of old OS maps under the "Historical OS Maps" category. You might find the "1923 MOT Half Inch" coverage particularly interesting, as it contains major railway routes as they were then, pre-nationalisation and individually named. --Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 20:15, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I originally responded to say I wasn't sure you had answered my question. However, I think I've sorted it anyway by initially searching for a page called "Template: Stamford Lines", WP not finding it so offering me the option to create it, me then cutting and pasting my original sandbox efforts into the new page, and modifying some of the header and footer codes with some copied from existing UK railway templates. This seems to have worked, as my template now appears listed on the Category:Templates for railway lines of the United Kingdom page as I had hoped. Thanks for responding!

When I meant "be bold", I meant simply move the sandbox article into the main template space on Wikipedia. AFC is the wrong place for this sort of thing. However, I think the problem is your account hasn't been autoconfirmed yet (you need 10 edits and 4 days since your first - you've only had 3 days so far), so you can't move pages yet. As from tomorrow, you should be able to do the move. --Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 14:03, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]