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07:36:12, 28 June 2018 review of submission by Umformtechtum edit

Hello, Right now I am trying to rewrite my article about tensile specimen since it was declined after the first try. I have already written the equivalent German article on "Zugprobe" in the German Wiki (95%, the first few lines were already created by someone else whom I will make sure to receive acknowledgement also within the English article). However, since I have used many good German sources I am not sure whether those are also valid for the English Wiki. Therefore, I would like to know whether it is going to be a problem having sources in another language when trying to resubmit the English draft of the article? Thank you in advance! Umformtechtum (talk) 07:36, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Umformtechtum Hi Good day. Welcome back. You could use source from any languages as long as it is reliable and independent from the subject. However, if the source is from a book of a foreign language, than it would take a little longer to review as it is hard to get it translated and after obtain the print copy from the resource center. Btw, you can make your proper attribution on the article talk page. Thank you. CASSIOPEIA(talk) 10:02, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

07:47:59, 28 June 2018 review of submission by Ashwath Naganathan edit


My article is fully about a music director so I just added his earlier life and some of his movie reviews and so on. But wikipedia declined stating that this article appears to read more like an advertisement and also to be written from a neutral point of view. I just gave the suitable reference which is totally related to that music director. Ashwath Naganathan (talk) 07:47, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ashwath Naganathan Greetings to you. You have submitted the draft article twice and both time have been declined and messages were left by the reviewers on the grey panels. From your message above, it seems like a statement and no question has asked. Not sure how we could help you. CASSIOPEIA(talk) 11:25, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Request on 10:57:58, 28 June 2018 for assistance on AfC submission by Molslater edit


Hello, I am trying to create a page for mind mapping software I use. I saw it is missing from a list of Mind Mapping Software. It has been rejected for lack of notability, but I believe it to be as notable, if not more notable than a lot of the software listed. Can you please advise why there are inconsistencies in what is deemed as notable?

Molslater (talk) 10:57, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

hello Molslater - Please make sure you read WP:GNG, so you can see what wikipedia needs for notability. First, if other articles don't meet this, and yours is "more notable", that doesn't mean your article meets WP:GNG. Please read WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, to see why. You need to prove secondary, reliable sources talk about the subject "IMindmap". The first book reference talks about the author creating the software (Or at least working very closely with it); which isn't secondary. The other two sources are ok (Despite the fact I can't check the information on the second), so I'd suggest you weren't far off of proving notability, so keep looking. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 11:32, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

19:54:40, 28 June 2018 review of submission by Gfriedberg edit


Submission was declined twice. Curious to know how i could improve the references to prove notability. Gfriedberg (talk) 19:54, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Gfriedberg. Billboard and XXL are generally reliable sources for music. However, the Billboard piece is not significant coverage, just two sentences, and categorizes Felly as an "up-and-coming artist", which is the opposite of what Wikipedia is looking for - musicians who have gained significant attention by the world at large. Reviewers may discount the XXL pieces for the purpose of WP:MUSICBIO as "publications where the musician or ensemble talks about themselves".
Highsnobiety has not been considered a reliable source in the past (see WP:RSN) and I suspect Hypebeast would be regarded in the same way. The two BroadwayWorld pieces read like press releases, which is not surprising as the site encourages people to submit news in the form of press releases. I recommend discarding those four sources.
Perhaps better sources could be found (Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums/Sources has suggestions about where to look). But at age 22, with only one album, it may simply be WP:TOOSOON in his career to justify an encyclopedia article. --Worldbruce (talk) 23:45, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]