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September 28

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Dr Michael Ward - British Concert Pianist

How do do I add my uploaded photo to my article?

Aqmartistsmanagement (talk) 00:23, 28 September 2012 (UTC) Aqmartistsmanagement (talk) 00:36, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you've already uploaded it to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, you could simply add a line to your article such as [[File:Name of your image.jpg|thumb|right|Caption here if you want one.]]

However, while your article is still at draft stage, I think you need to concentrate on getting it into shape to be accepted to mainspace. In particular bear in mind Wikipedia's golden rule - you'll need to prove Dr Ward is notable enough for his own encyclopedia entry. Sionk (talk) 00:45, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You might also want to take a look at our conflict of interest guidelines, as it appears from this page that you are Michael Ward's agent. Wikipedia is not an appropriate venue for commercial advertising of any kind. 2001:5C0:1000:A:0:0:0:CA5 (talk) 01:35, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edited

These articles are referenced and seem good to go:

WP:SOFIXIT. Huon (talk) 17:24, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/BARUA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY

Sir/Madam,

It is my pleasure to write about the above topic in your Wikipedia. Here, I need your guidance to improve my article. Please let me suggest, how can I improve on the above topic?

Regards

Sujit Barua --Sujit Barua 07:36, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

You need much better sources. Some are clearly unreliable, such as blog posts and other self-published sources. Others don't even mention the topic, such as the text about Tripuri Roots Through Rajmala. (I also cannot tell whether it's reliable; who wrote that website?) Without significant coverage in reliable sources, such as newspaper coverage or articles in scholarly journals, the topic isn't notable enough for a Wikipedia article. Huon (talk) 17:24, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Irish Medicines Formulary (IMF)

I need help inserting a picture into the article. I wish to include a jpg of the front cover of the latest edition.

Thank you.

Arlene

Arlene 09:27, 28 September 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arlenecock (talk • contribs)

The front cover is copyrighted. A low-resolution image might be acceptable under the doctrine of fair use, but Wikipedia requires non-free images to be used in at least one article - a draft is not enough. Thus, you cannot add the image of the front cover before the draft has been accepted. Afterwards, you can upload it to Wikipedia via Special:Upload, but make sure you clarify why fair use applies. See the non-free use rationale guideline for details.

On an unrelated note, in my opinion the draft reads too much like an advertisement. It has openly laudatory opinion ("It is an obvious asset for any healthcare professional thinking of visiting Ireland."), which would need not just a reliable source, but an attribution to that source ("According to Dr. John Doe, the head of the Irish Medical Association, it is an obvious asset..."). It has many primary sources such as the formulary's and its publisher's websites. Other sources mention the formulary but provide no relevant information - one source doesn't even mention it at all. What we need is significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the formulary, such as newspaper coverage or reviews in medical journals. Huon (talk) 17:24, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/JC Johnson

has my article been accepted. I am confused as to what is going on, the live chat is also not working properly — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shereenboucher (talk • contribs) 11:31, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The draft hasn't been reviewed yet; there's a massive backlog of unreviewed submissions. Please be patient. However, I don't think the references are remotely reliable. Blogs, YouTube, Facebook or Amazon are not reliable sources. You don't cite the BBC review but a sales blurb. Other sources are the author's own website, or pages closely associated with him - those are primary sources, not the secondary sources we need. Furthermore, the sources almost exclusively cover the book, not Johnson himself, and the claims about Johnson are entirely unsourced: Nothing from his birthdate via the claim that his autobiography "has earned him credibility with women, a level of respect from the men for his honesty and an audience of followers" to the claim that he "has led a “worldly" lifestyle, in which he can relate to the streets as well as the super rich" (which is both openly aggrandizing and so vague it's useless) comes with a source. Maybe his book is notable, but notability is not inherited, and it appears Johnson isn't notable enough for a Wikipedia article. Huon (talk) 17:24, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Submission

I submitted an article for creation and I'm just wondering how I check the status of it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Franchise_Times_magazine — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nanweingartner (talk • contribs) 15:24, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The draft hasn't been submitted for review; you can do so by adding {{subst:submit}} to the very top. There's currently a significant backolg of unreviewed drafts, and it will probably take about two weeks until yours gets reviewed. However, two of the draft's six references don't mention the Franchise Times at all, another two are primary sources (the Franchise Times itself), the fifth mentions it without providing any details, and the Minnesota Secretary of State Certification was so vaguely sourced that I didn't even know where to look for it, but I doubt it has much to say about the Franchise Times. We need significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, both to establish the magazine's notability and to allow our readers to verify the article's content. Huon (talk) 17:24, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

using sources from other languages

Some editors have frowned on using secondary sources on that appear in other languages. What exactly is the policy? Does Wikipedia allow citations from sources not in English and is the same true for other Wikipedia language sites that use English articles? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Planktonium (talk • contribs) 17:15, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In principle, non-English reliable sources are acceptable on the English Wikipedia; the relevant guideline is WP:NOENG. For obvious reasons English sources are preferable when available, and the guideline says that providing a translation of the relevant excerpt may be helpful.

I have no idea about other language Wikipedias; I'd assume their guidelines are similar, but I'd suggest asking about them at the relevant Wikipedia, not at the English Wikipedia. Huon (talk) 17:24, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Nu Life Market

I don't understand how to add the company logo to this page while staying within Wikipedia's terms of use. It's a logo pulled from their website. It's not free to use by anyone, but is a representation of the page I'm trying to create. Do I need to contact Nu Life Market about this Wikipedia article and tell them to submit a logo? Please explain in detail what I need to do because I'm not understanding the proper course of action. Thanks.

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Nu Life Market

Threesixty360 (talk) 18:27, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Technically, you can ask Nu Life Market to release the image under a free license such as the CC-BY-SA 3.0 License (see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for details), but I doubt they'll allow others to re-use their logo at will. That doesn't seem worth bothering with. Non-free content can also be used on Wikipedia, but our guidelines require such images to be used in at least one article - a draft is not enough. Thus, my suggestion would be not to bother with the logo until the draft has been accepted - afterwards a low-resolution version can be uploaded and used under the doctrine of fair use.

Besides, the article needs coverage in reliable sources much more than it needs an image. All but two of the current references don't even mention Nu Life Market, and one of the remaining two is their own homepage. We need significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, both to establish Nu Life Market's notability and to allow our readers to verify the article's content. "Significant coverage" is usually interpreted as "more than one source", the more (and the more reliable) the better. Huon (talk) 00:23, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

translating article

I have read on Wikipedia that there are efforts to translate all articles into all other languages on Wikipedia. Do we submit articles for translation to a translator on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Translators_available or do we have to find sources in the language in question and write a new article?Planktonium (talk) 21:05, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia:Translators available page is for translating articles from other languages into English, not the other way around - I expect efforts to translate articles into other languages are hosted at the corresponding Wikipedias, not at the English Wikipedia. Besides, I don't think the editors at such translation projects will be happy if you just dump a list of the millions of articles on them that don't have an equivalent in whatever other language you are interested in.

As I said above I cannot tell you what the sister projects in other languages think about English sources, but at the very least I'd look for sources in the target language when translating an article.

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Women's Image Network Awards

Which sections of the page are NOT working for WIKI? And how do I add the verifiable links to satisfy your guidelines please? (GingerMomma12 (talk) 22:46, 28 September 2012 (UTC))[reply]

None of the sections comes with reliable sources that are independent of the subject and confirm the article's content - for example, the various IMDb links are of dubious reliability (Phyllis Stuart's page wrongly calls the 2006 WIN awards a "TV movie"), and most of them don't mention WIN anyway. But Wikipedia content should be based on reliable secondary sources such as newspaper coverage or articles in trade magazines, both to establish a topic's notability and to allow our readers to verify an article's content.

At its most basic, you can add links to reliable sources in just the same way as you added the IMDb links. There are ways to add them in a more beautifully formatted way; see WP:Referencing for beginners and Help:Footnotes. But if you add them in the correct place, you can leave the technical details to more experienced editors if you prefer.

You might also wnat to have a look at WP:MISSION; Currently the article focuses heavily on WIN's mission statements. Furthermore, at times it's too laudatory - do you really claim that "the WIN Awards show is a one of a kind international media event"? Why? What distinguishes it from other awards shows gathering stars such as, say, the Oscars or the Golden Globe awards show? Is there a reliable source for that statement? I doubt that. Huon (talk) 00:23, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]