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January 13

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/M.RAO

WHY M'RAO IS NOT RESPONDING? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.82.119.120 (talk) 08:09, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That draft doesn't cite any sources and doesn't give any indication why the topic is notable - a school championship is hardly sufficient to justify an encyclopedia article. Huon (talk) 13:21, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Getting rejected article looked at again

Last April I wrote my first article Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation:RICHARD CHARLES BIFFA that was rejected. I didn't get round to revising it until December and since then no one has come back to me about the status of the revisions and whether or not the article is now suitable. I posted another request in early January. I'm not sure what I am now meant to do. Any help appreciated. best Elizabeth Clegg

Elizabeth Clegg (talk) 20:05, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've re-submitted the draft for review (the "decline" message had instructions on re-submission) and fixed the wikilinks. However, to me the draft still seemed to contain significant amounts of off-topic content, for example when it discussed details of Biffa's grandfather that seemed unrelated to Biffa himself. Huon (talk) 01:53, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Yolande Milan Batteau

Regarding article draft Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Yolande Milan Batteau I am curious as to best methods for further establishing notability in light of Decline: subject appears to be non-notable person. Cited a number of secondary sources in my article draft but am admittedly new to the process. Would like very much to rectify if possible, there may be additional secondary sources available for further citations if that would help. Any advice much appreciated! Tttsss786 (talk) 21:22, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Right now you only use your sources for statements such as "Batteau's work was featured in X" - what exactly have the sources to say about Batteau? Vogue, for example, doesn't discuss Batteau at all but effectively uses her as a spokesperson for Callidus Guild. It doesn't even confirm that Batteau owns Callidus Guild but calls her "creative director", devoting not so much as a single sentence to Batteau herself. To be considered notable, Batteau herself must have received significant coverage in reliable independent sources, where significant coverage is usually interpreted as "multiple sources of at least a paragraph each about Batteau". I cannot easily check the other sources, but if they also mention Batteau only in passing, she may simply not be notable enough for a Wikipedia article. Huon (talk) 01:53, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]