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Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (April 25)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Theroadislong was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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Theroadislong (talk) 07:36, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Help improving draft article on Fr James Higgins SMA, MFR

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Please help me with... Help improving draft article on Fr James Higgins SMA, MFR

Hi! I’ve created a draft article about Fr James Higgins, a Catholic missionary priest from Ireland who served in Nigeria for over 60 years. He was awarded the Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR) by the Nigerian government and also received a papal honour. Furthermore he authored two published books as well as featuring in other historical books. He has been reported as the longest-serving Irish missionary in Nigeria.

The draft was declined due to insufficient independent sources. I’ve included references from SMA, oral histories, and obituary notices, but would like help:

How can I strengthen the article with more reliable, independent sources?

Would adding awards (like the MFR) require a government source, and where could I find this?

What tags or templates can I use to help reviewers understand this is a historically significant religious figure?

Here’s the draft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ForayHistory/sandbox

Thanks so much for any advice! ForayHistory (talk) 02:04, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! You can strengthen the article by adding more reliable, independent sources. Adding awards does not require a government source - an independent published reliable source can be used. You don't use tags or templates to help reviewers - you use independent published reliable sources. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 03:02, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (April 26)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Jlwoodwa was:

Your draft shows signs of having been generated by a large language model, such as ChatGPT. Their outputs usually have multiple issues that prevent them from meeting our guidelines on writing articles. These include:

Promotional tone, editorializing and other words to watch
Vague, generic, and speculative statements extrapolated from similar subjects
Essay-like writing
Hallucinations (plausible-sounding, but false information) and non-existent references
Close paraphrasing

Please address these issues. The best way to do it is usually to read reliable sources and summarize them, instead of using a large language model. See our help page on large language models.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:ForayHistory/sandbox and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

jlwoodwa (talk) 05:05, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the feedback - I believe I have actioned the points you've mentioned now. Do let me know if you have any additional pointers. ForayHistory (talk) 12:14, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]