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May 15

11:26:13, 15 May 2021 review of draft by LindySQ

LindySQ (talk · contribs)
- Draft:The Murder of Marie Wilks (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hello. Please could you tell me how to delete citations from my draft article so that I can replace the citations with more appropriate ones? How to I actually delete the inline numbers as well please? thank you.

LindySQ (talk) 11:26, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LindySQ You may simply edit the draft to remove and/or replace the citations. 331dot (talk) 11:36, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please advise me exactly how to delete the citations I have made and replace them with new ones. I cannot see how to delete the ones in my draft at all. thank you

LindySQ (talk) 12:04, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LindySQ Could you describe the specific difficulty you are having? As you created the draft, you are the best one to see where you placed the citations- simply open the edit window, locate them, and remove or replace them. Please edit this existing section to reply, instead of creating additional sections. 331dot (talk) 12:11, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I hope this is the right way to reply. I have no idea how to remove or replace them. I open the edit window, and try to click on the numbers but nothing happens. Perhaps I should delete the entire article and start again. Could you tell me how to do that please?— Preceding unsigned comment added by LindySQ (talk • contribs)

@LindySQ: (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) Are you using the wikitext editor (i.e. You have a giant textbox with source code) or the visual editor (which looks similar to when you view the page outside of editing mode)? Victor Schmidt (talk) 20:19, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

13:09:32, 15 May 2021 review of submission by Rakesh2 Basfore

Rakesh2 Basfore (talk · contribs)

Why my article has been declined ? Rakesh2 Basfore (talk) 13:09, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Rakesh2 Basfore: Wikipedia is not social media. Victor Schmidt (talk) 13:24, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

14:15:11, 15 May 2021 review of submission by XtinaS

XtinaS (talk · contribs)

I promise that I am not being snarky or sarcastic. However: I hit the "Random" link a lot at Wikipedia, and there are a lot of stubs about insects, sports players, and villages, all of which seem to exist for the sake of existing. Therefore, the rejection reasoning "Mere existence does not show notability" doesn't make sense to me. Can someone explain the difference, please?

XtinaS (talk) 14:15, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Most insects and villages are considered notable enough for articles, sports people need to pas the criteria at WP:NSPORTS and films need to pass the criteria at WP:NFILM, your draft was sourced to IMDb which is not a reliable source. Theroadislong (talk) 15:11, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is an entire section of pages for how to determine notability and I am just now learning about it. Thank you!! XtinaS (talk) 15:39, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ignorance remediation time: If this continues to be determined not notable, would removing links to that page be useful? (See John Sparkes for an example of what I mean.) XtinaS (talk) 15:43, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@XtinaS: Removing the inter-language link Melancholia [de] on John Sparkes probably would be useful. If you do so, make very clear in your edit summary why you're removing it - that although an article exists on the German Wikipedia, it's sourced only to IMDb, which, being user-generated, is not a reliable source, and your searches of [wherever you searched] found insufficient sources to demonstrate notability. --Worldbruce (talk) 15:42, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

14:47:35, 15 May 2021 review of submission by DarveshpurShikarpurUttarPradesh

DarveshpurShikarpurUttarPradesh (talk · contribs)

Darveshpur,Shikarpur Tehsil, Bulandshahr District Uttar Pradesh, DarveshpurShikarpurUttarPradesh (talk) 14:47, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

14:55:47, 15 May 2021 review of submission by Preethi srinivasa

Preethi srinivasa (talk · contribs)
- User:Preethi srinivasa/sandbox (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Preethi srinivasa (talk) 14:55, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Preethi srinivasa:, you did not ask a question, the draft has been rejected and will not be considered any further. As stated in the decline comment the page is a promotional vanity piece not based on any reliable source. At this point I would recommend working on other articles and familiarizing yourself with the policies within Wikipedia before attempting to make another draft. McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 15:47, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like user has been blocked for advertising. Theroadislong (talk) 15:51, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

18:36:30, 15 May 2021 review of submission by 71.126.181.87

71.126.181.87 (talk · contribs)

I am requesting help because im trying to submit my page for review but their is no submit for review button. Ive followed all the instructions to submit but it still isn't working. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:The_Club_at_Ibis 71.126.181.87 (talk) 18:36, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@71.126.181.87: I have submitted your draft for review this time on your behalf. For future reference, the "Submit for review" button looks like this: Submit the draft for review!. Victor Schmidt (talk) 20:15, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]