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May 22

Review of Draft:Jinisys Software Inc.

Hello, I am new to Wikipedia, my draft article has been declined. Please help me figure out how to improve my submission. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Jinisys_Software_Inc.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lordzden (talk • contribs) 02:34, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lordzden, please see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners for how to add references to independent reliable sources that support the statements in your article and also demonstrate why the company is important or significant. Suitable sources in this case might be articles in newspapers or major online news sites (not press release sites) about the company. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 06:28, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Draft:Azhar Sabri

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Azharsabri — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sabriimam (talk • contribs) 05:32, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Sabriimam. I have declined this submission. Please see the notes and links on the submission page itself for the reasons why. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 06:06, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Your submission name here

Re Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/R King Crawford I have been acting with permission on behalf of a friend who is not computer-savvy - Australian artist Robert King Crawford - in order for him to be listed by Wikipedia. I would have thought the submitted references confirm notability. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcus Of Oz (talk • contribs) 06:45, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Marcus. There are a number of problems with that submission. First, Wikipedia articles should describe their subjects dryly and factually. They should not consist mainly of lengthy quotations from the subject. You could take a look at some recognised Wikipedia Good Articles about artists at Wikipedia:Good articles/Art and architecture#Artists and architects to get an idea of this.

Secondly, the sources provided are not specific enough to prove the individual's notability. For example, we know from your submission that the Herald Sun mentioned him in its 20th May 2005 edition, but we don't know what it said about him. And we don't know which of the statements in your submission can be verified by checking that May 20th piece. See Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners for how to better lay out and clarify your references.

If the five publications you mention all had full-page articles about him, he's almost certainly notable by Wikipedia's standards. If they only had brief mentions, it's possible he isn't. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 06:56, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of User:Aytaj-BIF/sandbox

Dear Wikipedia Team,

I have submitted an article about a project that my organization together with other with other partners implemented. it got rejected. The project might be interesting for people to seek to know about smart specializations and regional development. Most partners are non-profits and the project is sponsored by European Commission,

Could you please inform me why it got rejected? Wikipedia page is one our project outcomes. Please help.

Aytaj— Preceding unsigned comment added by Aytaj-BIF (talk • contribs)

User:Aytaj-BIF/sandbox was rejected for the reasons given at the top of that page. Please see the reasons there and click the links included for more information. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 07:00, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Aytaj-BIF: Also, WP:NOBLE. It's not an issue if you represent a non-profit or a corporation; Wikipedia is not here to represent anyone and neither should you. Chris Troutman (talk) 07:05, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Welcome Chinese

Hello, Please, let me know why the submission of my article has been declined.

ThanksHeavyRiff (talk) 08:09, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

User:JustBerry, could you clarify your review of User:HeavyRiff/sandbox/Welcome Chinese please? Arthur goes shopping (talk) 08:19, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Draft:Matt Young (Actor)

I was just wondering why my article was rejected and what I can do/ improve to get it accepted please 124.170.103.41 (talk) 10:42, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@NicholeConolly and 124.170.103.41: Your submission doesn't appear to meet WP:NACTOR, so you'll need more reliable sources to meet WP:GNG. Chris Troutman (talk) 04:00, 23 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Jack Womer

I have submitted a well written article about Jack Womer, a well known veteran and hero of World War II.I have no idea why my article keeps getting rejected, except that it may have something to do with the format in which a reference is cited. Can someone please explain to me specifically why my article continues to be rejected, and exactly what I need to do to get it right? I am an accomplished author with over forty publications, but I am new to submitting articles to Wikipedia and I find Wikipedia's instructions and requirements for article submissions to be confusing. Thank you. Steve DeVito Scdevito (talk) 11:12, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Scdevito - I have reverted the latest incorrect review - the draft does comply with the inline citation requirement. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 12:51, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Condense 'AfC decline' banners

Is there any way to condense the 'AfC decline' banners. One article I've done some work on (Draft:RepRisk) has three banners. If the banners could be shrunk (at least the older ones) in some way that would be great. May via collapse and expand, a method similar to Template:WikiProjectBannerShell would be ideal (in my opinion). Jonpatterns (talk) 11:58, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! That's been discussed several times. I'll ping @Theopolisme: to see if he's thought about adding that feature to the new script. Cheers, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 12:34, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Right now the script adds small=yes to old decline templates, which currently collapses them somewhat on the page. @Technical 13 and Hasteur: have there been any thoughts about doing more with small=yes and perhaps even wrapping the whole of the decline reason in a {{hidden}} template? Just throwing that out there. Theopolisme (talk) 16:11, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What if the entire decline template was re-written in Lua so that instead of only showing one decline, it could loop through a set of parameters and list all of the declines (which could be summarized and collapsed). I can write a template like this on my home wiki of ddowiki.com because we have a couple extensions that allow that kind of thing that aren't on enwp, but we'd need someone to convert it to Lua because I still don't understand that language yet. The biggest problem with that is going to be the deadline for getting it done as I am super stressed with keeping up with my classes (compressed format for summer classes and the classes that were available I needed are not my strong suit) and some other javascript projects I've been working on elsewhere... — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 16:46, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Your submission name here

Hello! I had a query, if I wanted to make a page english and french, how would I go about it? For example, I have just created an English page, however I also want to make it readable for a French audience - how would I go about doing this?

Look forward to hearing from you, Kyla — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kylajwoods (talk • contribs) 13:36, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kylajwoods - The existing English article and the new French article you would create will exist on separate Wikipedias. The Wikipedias in different languages operate independently from each other. To translate an article here on the English Wikipedia to the French Wikipedia please see WP:Translate us for guidance. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:07, 23 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Ivy Ross

hi there, an article i submitted for review was rejected, and i was wondering if someone wouldn't mind helping me understand which parts of the article are problematic? i would really appreciate any feedback!! Delcydrew (talk) 13:49, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't look notable to me. Many vice-presidents in larger companies are not. Check out WP:REFB for how to make your references work properly. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:14, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Your submission name here

Can you please tell me why me article was declined? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.96.92.52 (talk) 18:31, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not if you won't tell us which article it was, no. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:11, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Jeffrey S. Aronin article

Greetings Wikipedia!

If an article is new material that I just submitted about 15 minutes ago, is it really true that it can't be posted for close to a month?

If there a way (or something that I could have done) to just post the article quickly and not undergo a review? Or do all articles have to be reviewed?

Thanks so much for your help!

Martha Russis

Aileron3000 (talk) 19:12, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, that's no problem. You can post the article right away just by moving it straight to mainspace. Do be aware that if you do so, it will most likely be deleted right away. By contrast, if you get it accepted after review, recent research has showed that it has 95%+ chance of not being deleted. It's your choice. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:10, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Your submission name here

How can the wording be changed to make this work for publication? Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/DailyFX

Xvargas (talk) 19:15, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there! My advice to you would be to write it as if you were describing something you didn't know about. You wouldn't just list the website's features and why it's a good website; you'd describe concisely what it does, from an objective point of view, and provide independent and reliable sources. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 12:38, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]