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00:13:16, 9 August 2017 review of draft by Durbin5891

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i have attempted several times to add references to the page i created as it has been changed to a draft because it lacked references. It will not save my edits no matter how many attempts i try. Why will it not allow me to save references to the page?

Durbin5891 (talk) 00:13, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Durbin. Thank you for your interest in Wikipedia. I see that, since posting here, you've managed to get an edit saved. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask. NewYorkActuary (talk) 00:31, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

00:52:35, 9 August 2017 review of submission by Hilda S Mitrani

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Can you point me to the template to build an info box? Thanks! Hilda in South Florida 00:52, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Hilda in South Florida 00:52, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Hilda. Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. You're probably looking for either {{infobox person}} or {{infobox medical person}}. By the way, you need to remove the in-article external links from your draft (i.e., the ones that are inside the main text but that send the reader outside of Wikipedia). You will also benefit from reading through our WP:Tutorial, especially the section on "Formatting". And under our Manual of Style, section headings should be in "sentence case" (i.e., only the first word is capitalised unless a later one would be capitalised for some other reason). Also, "&" as an abbreviation of "and" is not used here. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask. NewYorkActuary (talk) 12:04, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much, NewYorkActuary. I will take the actions you suggested. There's a lot to remember as I learn to write and edit in the Wikipedia style. My thanks, again. Hilda in South Florida 15:20, 9 August 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hilda S Mitrani (talk • contribs)

07:21:40, 9 August 2017 review of submission by Jan van Bekkum

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On June 30 my article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Valve_Connections_of_Propane,_Butane_and_LPG_Containers was declined. I have corrected the article and submitted it again the same day. Since then I haven't had any reaction. Did I miss a step?

Thanks.

Regards,

Jan van bekkum

Hello, Jan. Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. Unfortunately, you did miss a step -- you neglected to actually re-submit your draft. You can do so now by clicking the "Resubmit" button that appears in the box near the top of the draft. You might also wish to contact the reviewer who declined your draft, to see whether the external links were their only concern (or merely the most urgent of several). You can find the name and Talk page link for that reviewer in the same box near the top of your draft. I hope this response has been helpful. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask. NewYorkActuary (talk) 12:13, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

14:54:59, 9 August 2017 review of submission by 2600:1700:4D00:DB00:E416:F2BF:937B:43D2

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My article was rejected but a reason was not given I was wondering why so I may correct it 2600:1700:4D00:DB00:E416:F2BF:937B:43D2 (talk) 14:54, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, IP address. You'll need to tell us which article you are asking about. NewYorkActuary (talk) 16:43, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

16:22:03, 9 August 2017 review of submission by Deaunna Mitchell

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Good Morning, I wanted to know what I'm missing, or need to complete, in order to get approval on the submitted page. Thank you. Deaunna Mitchell (talk) 16:22, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Deaunna. Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. Because your draft has already been deleted, I am unable to give you any specific advice about it. All I can say is that the administrator who deleted it felt that either the draft's content or tone (or both) were too promotional of the subject. You can read more about this concern at WP:PROMOTION. I hope this response has been helpful. NewYorkActuary (talk) 16:42, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

16:59:39, 9 August 2017 review of submission by Nealpolitan

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Hello, I am a college student and I am doing a research paper on Giulio Adriani. Part of our assignment is to create a wikipedia page for the person we are researching, but I am struggling to get my page approved. The editor who declined my page said that it sounded too much like an advertisement for him and that I needed to site more sources. I have gone back and corrected my submission to the best of my abilities. I resubmitted (or at least I think I did) about 2 weeks ago but have not received any feedback. I would love to know the status of my page or if there are any additional changes that I should make! This project must be completed for my class within the next two weeks, so if someone could help me as soon as possible, that would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! Nealpolitan (talk) 16:59, 9 August 2017 (UTC)CG[reply]

Hello, Neal. Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. Unfortunately, you didn't actually re-submit your draft two weeks ago. You can do so now by clicking the "Resubmit" button in the box near the top of your draft. But given the backlog here, it's unlikely that a reviewer will take another look at it within the next two weeks. As for additional changes, you can start by removing the in-article external links (i.e., links that appear inside the main text of the article but that send the reader outside of Wikipedia). But even after doing that, I think you are going to face some serious difficulties getting reviewers to agree that the subject has achieved encyclopedic notability. Guinness record for the world's longest pizza? Not a chance that this will confer encyclopedic notability. Four World Pizza awards? Maybe, depending on who gives the awards. But you've offered no evidence that the awards are themselves notable. And more problematic, your source for the Gold Medal in the 2010 World Pizza Championship doesn't corroborate your claim (it only states that the subject is now a member of the team and doesn't indicate any world championship). Providing sources that don't corroborate your claims will probably sink any chance of getting your draft accepted for publication. I hope this response has been helpful. NewYorkActuary (talk) 17:26, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

18:04:18, 9 August 2017 review of submission by Ramesty

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Ramesty (talk) 18:04, 9 August 2017 (UTC) I couldn't get the heading right. Ramesty (talk) 18:04, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Ramesty. Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. The draft is so short I just went ahead and corrected the formatting. But I don't want to give you any false hope. The reviewer who declined your submission is quite correct in finding that this will never be a stand-alone article, at least not in its current brief form. And especially when it's only reference is MarioWiki. If the draft reflects the sum total of all that can be reliably sourced about the band, you probably should find a new topic to write about. NewYorkActuary (talk) 18:36, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. To make it an article, I would have to look up a lot more info and expand it (the article), correct? Ramesty (talk) 18:59, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Ramesty: Quality of sources matters more than size of draft. In principle, a one sentence draft could become an article if it cited a cover article in Rolling Stone and an entire book on the subject from an academic publisher. A user-generated wiki is not a reliable source, so it doesn't help justify creating an article. --Worldbruce (talk) 18:39, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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