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April 13

02:25:34, 13 April 2017 review of submission by Zshualman

Zshualman (talk · contribs)
- Draft:Bhumiband (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi there, thanks for your feedback. In regards to the references, we have newspaper articles from Singapore newspapers but it seems that in order to view them online, users will need to subscribe. We are having difficulty trying to cite them. Any advise who we can do it? eg. This is from the newspaper archives regarding Bhumiband but can only be viewed at the library. http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Search?ST=1&AT=search&k=bhumiband

Thanks again!

Hello, Zshualman. Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. You can cite these items the same way as for any other off-line resource. In your case, you might find the {{cite newspaper}} and {{cite magazine}} templates useful. If the material is available on-line, but only for readers with a subscription, then add the url to the template and also set the "url-access" parameter equal to "subscription". However, I took a look at your cited link and saw that the issue really wasn't about subscriptions. It appeared that the material is avalaible only on microfilm and viewable only in the library itself. If I am correct about this, then there is no point in adding the url to the template (and also no reason to specify a "url-access" parameter). I hope this response has been helpful. NewYorkActuary (talk) 11:40, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

03:10:03, 13 April 2017 review of submission by Nojiratz

Nojiratz (talk · contribs)
- Draft:Utah Valley Amateur Radio Club (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

For example, the Texas DX Society article is similar to mine, but uses far fewer references, and yet was accepted.

Hello, Noji. Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. I see that you have already received some feedback from the reviewer who declined your submission. To that feedback I'll add that, because Wikipedia has more than five million user-generated articles, it is inevitable that some will exist even though they shouldn't. In particular, the article on the Texas DX Society probably shouldn't exist because, as you point out, its sourcing is extremely weak. But this doesn't mean that we will lower our standards for new articles. Despite the existence of that other article, you still need to demonstrate that your organization has received substantial coverage from reliable sources. The article in the Daily Herald is a start but, given that its coverage is largely restricted to a single metropolitan area, it probably will not be enough (for a bit more detail on this, see WP:AUD). I hope this response has been helpful. NewYorkActuary (talk) 12:34, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

06:01:18, 13 April 2017 review of submission by WIZRADICAL

Forceradical (talk · contribs)
- Draft:Narada sting operation (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Can any one tell me what to do?.I submitted my article 12 days ago two reviewers reviewed it on that day and added comments but they did not accept or reject the article.I have done the changes long ago but the reveiwers never came back to check the changes.(WIZRADICAL and FORCE RADICAL are the same person.The reason for this anomaly can be found on the WIZRADICAL userpage)FORCE RADICAL (talk) 06:01, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again, Forceradical. You are quite correct -- when I and the other reviewer left comments on your submission, we neither declined nor accepted it. Those comments were left in response to your question here at the Help Desk. However, asking a question here at the Help Desk doesn't automatically move your submission to the front of the queue. Right now, there are about 300 submissions in the queue ahead of yours and it will likely be another week before someone takes a closer look at yours. In the meantime, you might want to improve the referencing in your draft -- several of the references don't state essential bibliographic detail such as who wrote an article and when it was published. For more detail on this requirement, see WP:CITE. I hope this response has been helpful. NewYorkActuary (talk) 12:47, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]