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[edit]07:38:36, 4 September 2016 review of submission by NgYShung Ace-bag
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Ace-bag (talk) 07:38, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
- Blocked as promotional account. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:20, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
Hi, I humbly request for assistance for the above named draft. I have done the best i can and given out the best output for it. I have done comparison with other novelist's Wikipedia pages and i think it is even better. Inform me what more can be done please. Thanks
Augustinemwendwa (talk) 08:01, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
- There are at least three problems. First, Wikipedia strongly discourages the writing of autobiographies, and the draft in question appears to be one. Second, the references are not in-line. Third, just because other writers have articles doesn't mean either that they should have articles or that you should have an article; see WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. The second issue, the references, is fundamental, in that biographies of living persons must have footnotes. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:18, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
16:47:42, 4 September 2016 review of submission by Fuzzylaura
[edit]- Fuzzylaura (talk · contribs)
Hi, my colleagues from the Antarctic museum of Siena uploaded some informations about Laura Crispini for wikibomb event. The first draft has been rejected, the second is under review. How could I help the editing of my profile? May I add or send informations ? Thanks Laura
- Welcome, Fuzzylaura. The possibility of a Wikipedia article about yourself may seem exciting at first, but don't pay it too much attention. A scientist's best path to being included here is to do great research and publish the results. Doing excellent work will result in real-world recognition, and eventually in a biography.
- Wikipedia strongly discourages writing about yourself. If you notice errors or major omissions in the draft, suggest changes on the draft's talk page instead of editing the draft directly. See the following for more information:
- If you want to contribute to Wikipedia, and have the time, try improving articles in your area of expertise. For example, we have a fairly good article on plate techtonics, but our articles on other types of tectonics are not so good. There also may be articles on the Italian Wikipedia in Categoria:Geologia that could use improvement. --Worldbruce (talk) 18:20, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
20:38:25, 4 September 2016 review of submission by Verity (the retired Prof)
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I submitted a new page on Anil Kashyap on August 29, 2016 and it was rejected for not meeting Wikipedia's minimum citation standards (evidently I had too many in-line links and not enough references). I spent a day fixing it and resubmitted it on August 30, 2016. I understand that it may be too soon to have a decision on it, but what worries me is that I only see the August 29th submission. This is the first entirely new page I have created and I am afraid that I did something wrong and the revised page did not get submitted at all.
Thanks for your help. (PS- there is no "Save page" button referenced in your instructions -- only a "Save changes" button which I assume is the one to use.)
Verity (the retired Prof) (talk) 20:38, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
- Hello Verity (the retired Prof). Not to worry – your draft has been submitted, you can see the template at the bottom of the page. It may take some time, though, as there's a large backlog on the moment.
- While you wait you might want to improve the referencing further as I'm afraid I think it's unlikely to be accepted as is. External links should not be used in the text at all (see MOS:LINK) so they should be removed completely. More importantly, the whole draft is very thin on references. You have some very specific biographical info in there (e.g. "He is a long-time season ticket holder of the Chicago Cubs and the Indianapolis 500") but no indication where it came from. Anything material on Wikipedia that is not verifiable is liable to be removed and at this point that applies to basically your entire draft. Joe Roe (talk) 21:11, 4 September 2016 (UTC)