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06:56:30, 25 January 2015 review of submission by Nahidacste36


January 22

Request on 03:51:05, 22 January 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by 142.162.156.93


p he will not take meds how do I go abouy helping hil lease my son is bi polar


142.162.156.93 (talk) 03:51, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@142.162.156.93: This page is for help with the WP:Articles for Creation process on Wikipedia. This sort of question would be better directed at a medical professional or an organization such as the Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 22:10, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

04:57:15, 22 January 2015 review of submission by MickitronZon


MickitronZon (talk) 04:57, 22 January 2015 (UTC) Why Do You Want To Be A Neo-Cheater?[reply]

 Done. Test/prank/promotion or something, CSD'ed. MatthewVanitas (talk) 20:03, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

10:49:17, 22 January 2015 review of submission by Sr. Ma. Lourdes Casas, SPC


Hello! Can you please help me with my article. I received this: Warning: The page Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres already exists. Please verify that it is not a copy of this submission and that this page does not need to be moved to a different title. I would like to verify that, No this is not a copy.
I think the copy referred to was the article I found on the Sisters of St. Paul of Charity, whose content was a little bit similar to the article that I have submitted because I have edited it. When I first read it, I found out that it written for our congregation, Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres. However much of the information written there were totally erroneous, so I edited it but then after, I thought of better submitting a correct article instead. My questions are:

  • 1. Is it better for me to write a new article on the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres or
  • 2. Is it possible for me to just continue to edit the article on Sisters of St. Paul of Charity and
  • 3. Is it also possible to edit its title and change it to Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres.

Many have read this and have called our attention to correct the article and the title, Sisters of St. Paul of Charity and change it to Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres. Please enlighten me on how to proceed and also please help me on how to improve my article. Thanks so much. Sr. Ma. Lourdes Casas, SPC (talk) 10:49, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]


Sr. Ma. Lourdes Casas, SPC (talk) 10:49, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Under discussion here: Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#Hello.21_Can_I_merge_the_articles_I_made_in_Talk_and_Sandbox.3F. MatthewVanitas (talk) 20:04, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

20:38:59, 22 January 2015 review of submission by Lolita1312


Lolita1312 (talk) 20:38, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Lolita1312: Your submission appears to be written in Croatian. This is the English Language Wikipedia; we can only accept articles written in the English Language. Please provide a high-quality English Language translation of your submission. Otherwise, you may write it in the Croatian Wikipedia.
Vaš podnesak Čini se da je napisana na hrvatskom jeziku. To je engleski jezik Wikipedia; možemo prihvatiti samo članke pisane na engleskom jeziku. Navedite kvalitetan engleski jezik prijevod podneska. Inače, što se može napisati u Hrvatskoj Wikipedija.
--Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 22:19, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Request on 22:13:05, 22 January 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by MirisElocin


I would like to know when the notification of an article being a stub disappears after one edited an article to a page? I would like to know how to add lines to the Infobox Film?MirisElocin (talk) 22:13, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@MirisElocin: This page is for questions about the Articles for creation process. Please consider asking this question at the Wikipedia:Help desk. - This is where editors will try to answer any question regarding how to use Wikipedia. Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for any help related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps! By the way, your draft is entirely unreferenced. Chris Troutman (talk) 22:16, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

January 23

08:49:04, 23 January 2015 review of submission by Barmee

Hi - I've edited this draft for the author Tim Harvey. I know it will take a while to be considered but can you just confirm that my edited version is now ion the queue to be reviewed? Barmee (talk) 08:49, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No, it isn't in the queue to be reviewed, because in this edit you removed the submission tags. I've put them back for you, and you'll see a "Resubmit" button. Use that, and the draft will be back in the queue. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:47, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

13:10:22, 23 January 2015 review of submission by Scole88


hello, i have 2 submission numbers at the beginning of the page I'm compiling, is this ok? thanks


{{AFC submission|t||ts=20150118173736|u=Scole88|ns=118}} <!--- Important, do not remove this line before article has been created. ---> {{AFC submission|t||ts=20150118133918|u=Scole88|ns=118}} <!-

Scole88 (talk) 13:10, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry. All the spare tags will be tidied up when your draft is reviewed. I've put nowiki tags around the relevant part of your question above, as otherwise the system thinks that this page here is a draft AFC submission. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:40, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Request on 15:16:47, 23 January 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by 74.92.76.189


Hello, I received an email informing me that my article for the American Treasure Tour was declined for inclusion in Wikipedia. Please let me know if there is anything I need to do to improve the article - does the issue relate to the quality of the writing or research?

74.92.76.189 (talk) 15:16, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@74.92.76.189:@Rhbrakman: Please review the comments posted to the top of Draft:American Treasure Tour: "the tone of the article needs to be addressed - it should be just the facts - light on adjectives unless you're quoting directly from reliable source." --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 17:07, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

16:08:22, 23 January 2015 review of submission by Alexleventer


This is the first Wikipedia article I've written fully myself and wanted to get feedback on what I was doing correctly/incorrectly.

Thanks! Alex Leventer (talk) 16:08, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

20:01:02, 23 January 2015 review of submission by Ira1942


I have converted to google books about half my references, but some I cannot find any way to do so. they are:

there was also another link that offered to re create address and that one could not come up with the above urls, yet they are all working and live. thanks Ira Blacker Ira1942 (talk) 20:01, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Ira1942, the tool http://reftag.appspot.com only works for GoogleBooks. For non-GoogleBooks links, the tool is WP:Reflinks. I wish it were easier, but the best tools are kinda spread out right now. I ran Reflinks, and it fixed all but one of your links.
Moving on, your draft does need some other work. Among other issues:
  • You're formatting your footnotes right, but you're just piling them all at the end of the article instead of actually footnoting any particular group of facts to that source. See WP:Referencing for beginners for advice.
  • I explained last week on your Talk page how to do this, please give that a look

January 24

14:44:07, 24 January 2015 review of submission by 92.29.30.205


Hello, I submitted an article for creation on the Flautist Alena Lugovkina and it was declined due to the subject being non-notable, however I believe that she is indeed notable under WP:MUS points 6 & 9 as below: Point 6) She has performed as principal Flute with some of the most major orchestras in the United Kingdom on several occasions (Philharmonia Orchestra and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales). Point 9) She has won several major Flute competitions (most notably 1st Prize of the 13th International Flute Competition “Friedrich Kuhlau”) Any help would be very much appreciated. 92.29.30.205 (talk) 14:44, 24 January 2015 (UTC) 92.29.30.205 (talk) 14:44, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

January 25

11:00:44, 25 January 2015 review of submission by Hqaddomi


Hello,

I wrote this article long time and they reviewers asked for reliable references to show the artists' works which I added in the sections "Event" and "References", yet I've been told it's not enough and the resources are not reliable or mentioning the subject although they all are from official sources and all mentioning the artist by name.

Many sources also talks about the artist but in Arabic which I think is not understood by the reviewer but all of them are from official resources. The comment of the reviewer was:

"Event listings are not a reliable source for biographical claims the way you have used them. There are several broken reference links and also references that do not seem to mention the subject at all. It just does not appear that the subject is going to be notable under our standards."

there was only one link that was down, from the source, and it was actually working when submitted but I removed it anyway.

Please help.

Hqaddomi (talk) 11:00, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

19:00:27, 25 January 2015 review of submission by 103.255.232.14


103.255.232.14 (talk) 19:00, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Write about origination about kochaisa kurmi

103.255.232.14, we can't understand what you're asking. Please provide a link to the page in question, and let us know what your question is. MatthewVanitas (talk) 19:32, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

20:08:51, 25 January 2015 review of submission by Bnotepr


Bnotepr (talk) 20:08, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Regards; I hope you can help. I know you guys have a lot of drafts to be reviewed. The reason I am writing is mine is from December 12. I would like (if is possible) to be reviewed, no matter if get no approved (crossing my fingers it does). I re-arrange the article adding more external sources., here is the draft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Cirex Thanks in advance Bnotepr (talk) 20:08, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Bnotepr: no Declined An article about Cirex has been deleted several times over the past few years because Cirex is simply not notable. You would do well to read our notability criteria specific for musicians as well as our standards on what sources are considered "reliable". You fail to make the case. Chris Troutman (talk) 16:43, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

22:59:09, 25 January 2015 review of submission by Klwhfb


Hello, thank you for reviewing my article. Can I change my submission from an article submission to a stub submission? We are modeling the submission after the "School Psychology Quarterly" article which is a stub.

Thank you!

Klwhfb (talk) 22:59, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Klwhfb: A "stub" is simply a way to label articles that are very short and require expansion; there is no separate stub submission process, as all stubs are articles and have the same inclusion requirements as any other article. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 01:10, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]


January 26

08:32:24, 26 January 2015 review of submission by Ctechroyston


An article I wrote that has just been approved has picked up the history from my sandbox with content not relevant for this submission. Is there any way this can be removed by a Wikipedia user? (Thank you!) The historical sandbox data is from 2013. The history for this article is only relevant from 2015 onwards.

Ctechroyston (talk) 08:32, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Ctechroyston: It sounds like a WP:HISTSPLIT situation, which requires an administrator to fix. @Anne Delong: can you help? Chris Troutman (talk) 15:32, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

09:03:24, 26 January 2015 review of submission by Boglarnemeth

Dear Reviewer, my article submission has been declined, could you tell me about detailed what was the problem, what should I modify? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:The_Swaen_(malt_house) Regards, Boglarnemeth

Boglarnemeth (talk) 09:03, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Boglarnemeth: Your draft lacks the independent reliable sources needed to make a claim of corporate or general notability. Chris Troutman (talk) 16:35, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

13:48:46, 26 January 2015 review of submission by Janani.Jayabal


Janani.Jayabal (talk) 13:48, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Janani.Jayabal: Find newspaper articles about the subject. The sources you cite are insufficient. Chris Troutman (talk) 16:38, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Request on 21:43:35, 26 January 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by Kingston451


I have been working on my first article titled Boris Townsend which I submitted for review. I had not proved that I own the copyright for a photo in the article, but thought I had deleted the photo. I can no longer find the article or any record of it in my sandbox or anywhere else. I understand the restrictions on copyright and I am sourcing a different photograph. But where is the rest of the article?

Kingston451 (talk) 21:43, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It seems very unlikely that User:Alexf would have deleted your entire draft, which was at Draft:Boris Townsend, just because of a copyright issue with the photo. It appears there was also a copyright issue with the text of your draft, namely that the text already existed elsewhere on the internet, without any indication that the text was freely licensed. You need to write draft articles in your own words ... you cannot copy and paste from other material on the internet. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 10:32, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

22:14:29, 26 January 2015 review of submission by PeaceofHistory


PeaceofHistory (talk) 22:14, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have a few questions about the article I have submitted. I am volunteering for an archive and we are hoping to provide more information to some of the locales that are listed on an already existing wiki (in my case it is locations in the county of Grande Prairie in northern Alberta). Is there a way that I can do this without having to wait for the article to be approved?

We are hoping to expand on a number of these old sites, and are wondering if we do a number of them, how long it may take to have them actually posted.

Thanks--PeaceofHistory (talk) 22:14, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You can if you wish add information directly to the existing article County of Grande Prairie No. 1 without needing to wait for any approval process. You would do this by clicking Edit at the top of that page, and saving your changes, preferably including an Edit Summary. It's fine to do this while also waiting for your draft to be approved. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 10:27, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

22:58:21, 26 January 2015 review of submission by Kinderdeo


Hi there my article on "Chaheru" was accepted on Jan 2, 2015. Since that time I have received feedback from the affected persons. Hence I have edited the article, in a very minor way, dated January 26 and now would like to 1. change title of the Article to "Chiheru"...which was indicated as aka in the accepted article. It is much more known as Chiheru rather than Chaheru. 2. Move the article to "Chiheru" from the name "Chaheru", 3. Have the article reviewed and accepted. Thx. kinder deo (talk) 22:58, 26 January 2015 (UTC) kinder deo (talk) 22:58, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

To change the title of a page you WP:Move it to the new title. The article has already been reviewed and accepted, AFC has no further interest in it. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:19, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

23:12:15, 26 January 2015 review of submission by Thomaspeck8

Hello, I tried to write an article the other day about a locally known rapper. It got declined due to copy write issues and I was wondering why. Thanks

Thomaspeck8 (talk) 23:12, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Thomaspeck8: You've answered your own question. Copyrighted content is not allowed on Wikipedia. Chris Troutman (talk) 23:35, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

January 27

09:02:25, 27 January 2015 review of submission by CharlesBGlazer


I was told this contains copyrighted material, but I don't know what part is at issue. As far as I know, none of it is subject to copyright protection, as I wrote it myself, and I own the photo.

CharlesBGlazer (talk) 09:02, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@CharlesBGlazer: Wikipedia assumes content is copyrighted, even if copyright is not asserted by the source. If you wrote the content and published it elsewhere online, you would need to donate it to public domain in order to re-use it here. Chris Troutman (talk) 15:25, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

09:51:16, 27 January 2015 review of submission by WikiInUser


I want to upload some images on my page 'Intent Driven Design' to make the article simpler to understand.

Can you please tell me how can I upload image from my local desktop, so that they will appear at expected position in the article ?

WikiInUser (talk) 09:51, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello WikiInUser, the advice you seek is at Wikipedia:Uploading images. However, please refrain from adding images until after your article has published, as we do not need the images until then. MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:28, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Request on 10:55:59, 27 January 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by Seyyedhosseinzadeh


Dear Reviewer,

I have received following message on my under review article:

The submission has not been accepted because it included copyrighted information, which is not permitted on Wikipedia.

Would you please let me know what kind of "copyrighted information" and then accordingly I could resolve it.

Many thanks, Dr. Seyyedhosseinzadeh


Seyyedhosseinzadeh (talk) 10:55, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Seyyedhosseinzadeh: - When you submit content onto Wikipedia, there is an agreement (just above the "Save page" button that states you agree to release contributions under the CC BY-SA 3.0 Licence and the GFDL. What this means is you permit all of your edits to be freely republished and even sold for profit elsewhere. Since, by default, most websites do not have this licence, a copy and paste of a site onto Wikipedia has to be considered a violation of that copyright, and incompatible with our standard text licence. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 10:59, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

15:11:40, 27 January 2015 review of draft by Penthrift


I think the article is ready for submission. But I have not found proof that Walter Mondale was his student, although I know from Dr. Armajani (when he was alive) that this was the case and that Mondale consulted with him during the Iran Hostage Crisis. My plan is submit the article as is, leaving in that Mondale was his student, while I search for proof of that and of his consulting during the crisis. Is that fine? Regarding the latter, if I were to get such confirmation in writing from Mondale, would that constitute "original research" and thus not be allowed? Thank you for you help. Penthrift (talk) 15:11, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Penthrift: Yes, that would be original research. Wikipedia would need a newspaper or scholarly article to publish that claim; you could then cite that article to source the assertion. Chris Troutman (talk) 15:21, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

16:11:10, 27 January 2015 review of submission by ZRay22

Hi guys, I submitted this but was told that it was too similar to this document here: http://www.brad.ac.uk/library/media/library/specialcollections/documents/CwlPTCCLDApr2010.pdf

I did use this document as a source and referenced it at the bottom of the page. I also paraphrased and submitted but it was still not accepted. Could you please take a look at the page and see what else I could change? This is my first page and I'd love to get it up and running : )

ZRay22 ZRay22 (talk) 16:11, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Request on 16:56:19, 27 January 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by Lifeisbtrswt


I submitted an article on a notable person, David Grizzle, and it was first recommended that I add more citations/references (which I did) and then just today was rejected, apparently, for copyright material. I am trying to access the article to review for which text was in question but can't seem to access it. I wrote the article myself and though based the info on verifiable, third-party information I did not intentionally copy/steal anything from anyone.

I'd appreciate help in accessing the article--all the hard work I'd put in already to cite throughout--so I can make any necessary changes and resubmit.

Thank you.

Lifeisbtrswt (talk) 16:56, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Lifeisbtrswt, the draft was deleted by an admin so that Wikipedia would not be hosting copyright violations. However, you can file a request at WP:REFUND for an admin to email you the code for your draft, so you can make modifications to it to remove any copyright material and re-post it.
I appreciate that you did not intend to misappropriate any material, it's just our admins and bots are very sensitive to copyright issues, so we have a "better safe than sorry" policy on deleting them. While you're working to fine-tune your draft, take a glance at our guideline WP:Copyright which has some suggestions on how to avoid unintentionally over-using a copyrighted source. Hope this helps and you can get a smooth draft back into the review line. MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:31, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

January 28

06:39:30, 28 January 2015 review of submission by Reethulingam


Reethulingam (talk) 06:39, 28 January 2015 (UTC) Hi Editor,[reply]

I wanted to know whether the article is declined or in hold for review. I have updated citation as per guidelines and kindly let me know on any other additions in article. Reethulingam (talk) 06:39, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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