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July 14

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/nidhi bhanushali

why was my submisiion of article declined. article name was Nidhi Bhanushali — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yash poudel (talk • contribs) 01:55, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You cite a single source, the subject's Facebook page. Facebook is not considered a reliable source, especially not for promotional claims such as "cutest girl of Indian television" or "the most prominent actor". Wikipedia content should be based on reliable sources that are independent of the subject, such as newspaper articles about her or reviews of her work in reputable TV magazines. Huon (talk) 03:57, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Suleika Jaouad

Hi there. Thanks for your help yesterday. I've added new references to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Suleika Jaouad to ensure Suleika's notability. Is this article well enough referenced now? Thanks! Resserpeizzil (talk) 15:27, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The new sources are much better, but you took quite some artistic license when summarizing them (or more precisely, you have not at all tried to summarize what the sources have to say about Jaouad, but to find sources that vaguely sound like they might support your pre-written text). For example, a report on one talk by Jaouad is pressed into service as a source for the statement that she "regularly speaks at medical schools, hospitals, wellness centers, corporate conferences and universities". The source doesn't say so at all. The sources for "frequent contributor to NPR's Talk of The Nation and All Things Considered" are also just anecdotes that don't discuss how frequently she contributes. Conversely, multiple third-party sources mention Paris, the draft does not. You do have third-party sources mentioning Jaouad's boyfriend and her place of residence, but the one you cite for those statements does not. So I'd say there's quite some work to be done to get the draft's content in line with what the third-party sources actually say.

Whether the new sources are ultimately good enough is hard to tell. Some are opinion pieces, others don't so much report on Jaouad but use her to give a human face to a more general issue. Personally I'd say these sources don't yet suffice to establish that Jaouad is notable, but others might disagree - it's something of a gray area. Huon (talk) 18:15, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Vithal Venkatesh Kamath

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I can't understand why u rejected my submission. Can I know the reasons. What else should I do for ur acceptance?Svpnikhil (talk) 15:30, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, there are a few problems:

You need to be more careful copyediting your work: you often fail to capitalise words that should be capitalised (people's names) and then capitalise words that shouldn't be capitalised (like "is a Versatile Personality"). And do not use ALL CAPS (like you do on "ORCHID"). Please take a look at a basic grammar article to refresh your memory: http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/capital.asp
Next, you need far stronger WP:Sourcing. Right now all you have is a blog, the website of the hotel he owns, and a page which is just a synopsis of a book he wrote. Also, they are not footnoted, but just lumped at the bottom of the article.
- Find better sourcing; if he is important, has he been covered in news media, or academic books? Where you say he invented an extremely popular idli plate, is there some proof of that in news media? Note that blogs, forums, Facebook, etc are not valid sources, and Kamath's own webpage can only be used for very basic and non-controversial info like birthdate/place (you also didn't mention what year he was born). If you're not sure what's reliable, see Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources.
Find as much media or academic coverage of him as you can, and add only those facts which are supported by the sources to the article. And all serious claims must be footnoted to something.
When you have proper sourcing, do not manually type a "[1]" etc. but instead use Wikipedia automated WP:Footnoting. There's a "Cite" button at the top of your editing window which gives you Templates for "cite news", "cite book", etc.

Let us know if you have further trouble. MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:09, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Also note another user gave you pretty much this same advice: User_talk:Svpnikhil#Your_submission_at_Articles_for_creation. MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:12, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Katya Sourikova

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Katya Sourikova

Hi, I recently submitted an article 'Katya Sourikova' but have so far been rejected because "This submission's references do not adequately evidence the subject's notability" and that I did not meet the criteria. But the article lists two notable sources. As required: "Has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial, published works appearing in sources that are reliable, not self-published, and are independent from the musician or ensemble itself." The two sources being 'Cadence Magazine' and 'Jazz Dünyasi Magazine' is there something else I am missing? Or do I need to provide extra information about the two magazines? Any help is very much appreciated.

Tim

Tfarmstrong (talk) 22:14, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think more sources than those two would be needed. I can't tell how good the Cadence source is since there's no link. The Jazz Dünyasi Magazine reference is very brief, and doesn't really show that Sourikova is notable. Howicus (talk) 23:41, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Copyrighted material

I'm trying to submit an article on Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Globodera ellingtonae in the US/kuznia for a class project. The article was rejected due to copy right violations but I don't understand where the issue is so I can fix it. Can you offer any advice?

Thanks! Rita Kuznia (talk) 23:12, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rita! Have you read WP:COPYPASTE and WP:PARAPHRASING ? Arthur goes shopping (talk) 10:33, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]