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10:30:20, 11 March 2015 review of submission by Neeraj Mehta123

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Neeraj Mehta123 (talk) 10:30, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]


Dear Neeraj Mehta123: It appears that you are writing an article about yourself. This is difficult because you have written what you would like your potential customers to know about you, so naturally the draft is more of an advertisement than an encyclopedia article. Also, most of the references you have included are of you talking about your work or other subjects, when what's needed is journalists or other authors writing about you.—Anne Delong (talk) 13:55, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

11:17:02, 11 March 2015 review of submission by Naamam118

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Hi, I would like assistance with uploading a company logo to an existing company page. Could you let me know how to add the image? The page is an existing page and the logo uploaded - but it appears as a link on th epage, rather than an image. How can it be displayed as an image? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woobi

Many thanks! Naamam118 (talk) 11:17, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

To editor Naamam118: The code is [[File:Name of file.png|thumb|Caption here]] (notice that's "thumb" and not "thumbnail"). There are other options, which you can learn about in the picture tutorial. Anon126 (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 20:12, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Anon126 talk so much for all your support!

11:41:41, 11 March 2015 review of submission by Roni1965

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I need help or guidance how to improve the article. This is the note I have received: This submission reads more like an essay than an encyclopedia article. Submissions should summaries information in secondary, reliable sources and not contain opinions or original research. Please write about the topic from a neutral point of view in an encyclopedic manner. Who can assist me? Roni1965 (talk) 11:41, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Roni1965: You have submitted a well-written essay, which may make a good tribute to this man in a magazine or book, but unfortunately much of the content is not suitable for an encyclopedia article, which doesn't contain opinions, feelings, hopes, speculation, etc., but only bare facts which are summarized from published documents. The references should be to the published works of journalists, science or medical writers, or other authors, who are independent of the subject, and not to material written by Michael Silberman or his friends and family. For example, text such as "This belief penetrated Silbermann's DNA at an early age and has remained with him ever since." is extremely subjective . Encyclopedia articles summarize not what a person and those who are close to him want to say about him, but what independent sources have written. Also, the long lists of everything he's every done makes the latter part read like a resumé, and should be written much more briefly (ie, summarized), in form such as "Dr. Silberman spoke at many conferences and symposia around the world, including (mention two or three of the better known ones)".
By the time you have made these changes, perhaps your article will no longer be three times as long as the ones for Alfred Nobel and Frederick Banting, two rather famous scientists.—Anne Delong (talk) 13:26, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

13:02:44, 11 March 2015 review of submission by Adweewfwf

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I request to have help by experienced editors to help edit the referencing of this new article page. It is a new football tournament which cannot have any more references than I have put down. I hope someone can put in the the extra few references it requires as the tournament will start in 3 days in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Only references i can find is on the Afghan Premier Leagye website and I have referenced two url's from that website.

Adweewfwf (talk) 13:02, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Adweewfwf. Wikipedia only has articles about well-known topics that have been written about extensively by journalists or in this case sportswriters in newspapers, magazines, etc. It's not a place to announce upcoming events. If this is a new tournament that hasn't happened yet, it may be too soon for an encyclopedia article about it. Perhaps after the tournament there will be press coverage of it in sports sections of newspapers.—Anne Delong (talk) 14:53, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

15:22:37, 11 March 2015 review of submission by Avicennia marina

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Hi there,

This is my first wiki article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Evidence-based_conservation) and I am trying hard to improve it to meet wikipedia's policies. I am copy pasting the conservation I had with the editor who rejected my article.

"Onel5969: This submission reads more like an essay than an encyclopedia article. Submissions should summarise information in secondary, reliable sources and not contain opinions or original research. Please write about the topic from a neutral point of view in an encyclopedic manner."

Me: I am not sure what the editor means by opinion here or original research. Substantial references have been provided. It would be great to learn as to how I can improve the article. Avicennia marina (talk) 15:37, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

"Onel5969: Hi Avicennia marina - Even though there are references there are also conclusions drawn, which is original research (e.g. "Simply put, seeing what works and what doesn't work should be the basis of environmental conservation efforts.") That statement also is worded in an informal tone. Onel5969 (talk) 01:22, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Me: Hi Onel5969 - That sentence was added by a wikipedia editor (Bfpage). I have removed it in the current version. Could you please suggest any other edits that I could make to improve the article? This is my first wiki article so any suggestions would be useful.


Could someone please help me by suggesting specifically which parts of the article I need to edit now?

Thanks very much!


Avicennia marina (talk) 15:22, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Avicennia marina - I responded to you on my talk page. Onel5969 (talk) 22:01, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

20:35:00, 11 March 2015 review of submission by 173.56.63.145

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My first and second editor both told me that the sources do not focus exclusively on the subject in question. However, as an entrepreneur, all of the most easily verifiable sources (Bloomberg, Crain's, etc.) are business-focused publications that are obviously going to focus on her company. Is there a way around this? Every assertion is cited, I'm sort of at a loss as to how this entry can be attributed any further. I also can't tell if I have the image uploaded in the right place, some guidance on that front would be greatly appreciated as well. Thanks! 173.56.63.145 (talk) 20:35, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@173.56.63.145: If the significant coverage is of her company and not her, then it means that her company is notable enough for an article but she is not. We have to go by what coverage is received from reliable sources. --Ahecht (TALK
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20:53:10, 11 March 2015 review of submission by Lgibos

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I am unsure as to how to get our school's picture to be displayed. The one I want to display is from Google Maps. Will it automatically populate based on our address? Also is the mission statement too advertise-y to be included.

Lgibos (talk) 20:53, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Lgibos: Google maps images are copyrighted by Google and cannot be posted to Wikipedia. --Ahecht (TALK
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