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July 29

Draft:Captain Ravee

Thsi is my first article on wikipedia. I submitted a previous version and it got rejected now i have edited it again and submitted. Please check if still there are chances of it being rejected.Devansh0043 (talk) 09:55, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Declined for the reasons stated on the draft. --Worldbruce (talk) 16:00, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

10:06:53, 29 July 2017 review of submission by Blackswanjunkie

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- Draft:Victoria Danann (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

I got the message from SwisterTwister but not sure how to respond directly to him. He/she said "Notable and acceptable, but please add all additionally available reviews and similar significant and it would help the article." When I had looked at other author Wiki pages I didn't see a place where they had their reviews, so I'm not exactly sure if I should add a section for reviews, or just add them randomly into the draft. Or link each book to one of the reviews? Thanks

Blackswanjunkie (talk) 10:06, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Blackswanjunkie. It is key when using other Wikipedia articles as examples to use excellent articles. Study Wikipedia's best biographies of writers. There are various ways to use what other people have written about the author and their work. Some of it is woven into the text of the author's chronological biography. Some may be used in the next section, which usually summarizes the author's philosophical or political views, if any, to the extent that they're covered by independent sources. Some is used in a subsequent section describing their writing/works (influences, themes, style, technique, genres). Some may be used in a legacy/reception/reputation/criticism section, which may be the last subsection of biography, a subsection of writing/works, or a stand alone section.

Whatever you do, it's important to use reliable sources. A book review by a professional critic in The New York Times is fine. However, a blog or user-generated site like paranormalromanceguild.com or goodreads is essentially worthless, and should not be cited in the draft. Although a blog is a reliable source for the opinion of the blogger, anyone can blog, and an encyclopedia isn't really interested in the opinion of some random reader. You may find the List of biographical dictionaries of women writers in English and Women's writing (literary category)#Resources useful. --Worldbruce (talk) 15:46, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]