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Accepted Afc should have been rejected for missing copy attribution

Regarding your acceptance of Afc Foreign policy of the administration of Shinzō Abe, please note that this was an unattributed translation from a sister project article. Wikipedia's licensing requirements require that all copying or translating between articles or projects contain proper attribution in the edit summary. Please do not approve Afc Drafts that involve copying within Wikipedia, or translating, if they do not supply the required attribution statement. This should be present in the edit summary of every edit involving copying or translating. If they forgot, or didn't know, it can be repaired after the fact, but should remain a Draft until it is properly attributed. Thank you. Mathglot (talk) 06:48, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

There's another problem with this article beyond the translation issue, and potentially more serious. See this discusson. Feel free to lend a hand, if you've a mind to. Mathglot (talk) 10:24, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
What Mathglot said.
I've moved "Foreign policy of the administration of Shinzō Abe" to Draft:Foreign policy of the administration of Shinzō Abe. Normally when one moves a page one leaves a redirect, but doing this is inappropriate for moves from article space to draft space; and this is why I'm notifying you on your talk page.
Updating what Mathglot wrote above: Please see this discussion-- Hoary (talk) 10:45, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Oliver Harris (singer)

Hi, Thank you for your advice, I have removed References 1, 7 and 8 where subject was not mentioned. Best wishes Paulsequoia (talk) 11:27, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Balázs Orbán (politician)

Dear Bkissin,

First of all, thank you for your quick response to our article. Unfortunately you have declined it, although we have used a lot of references and they are cited properly. There is a Hungarian Wiki article of this person (Balázs Orbán) as well, with (almost) the same citations and sources, and it had been approved. Please help us what to do to get it accepted as we are not sure about the required process.

Thanks for your time and help.

Best regards, MEHunWik

MEHunWik (talk) 10:34, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Sad clown Paradox

Hi Bkissin, The sad clown paradox is my student's article. I was marking it and I thought he hasn't submitted it for review. He submitted his sandbox URL instead of his draft. I wanted to make sure it was submitted. I tried to contact him during the last week but I couldn't find him anywhere. Many thanks for your prompt response.Maryam.alavinia (talk) 13:57, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

No worries Mayram.alavinia! I thought I had seen the article before, but I think I had seen the sandbox draft. I have resubmitted the draft for review. Bkissin (talk) 13:59, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Mahindra e2o Plus

Hello. Mahindra e2o Plus is not a trim level of the e2o. The e2o is a 3-door car produced 2013-2016. The e2o Plus is a larger, 5-door car produced 2016-2019. They are different cars. I think the e2o Plus deserves its own article. Please rethink your decision to reject the draft. Periwinklewrinkles (talk) 18:21, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Resubmitted Draft:Mahindra e2o Plus for review. Periwinklewrinkles (talk) 16:06, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Smart Token

Could you look again--you marked it as reject WP:NOT, but it doesn't seem like Spam to me. (f course, I too am suspicious of anything in that subject area). DGG ( talk ) 16:53, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

St. Vitus Church (Český Krumlov)

Hi, you declined my article two day ago, because of lacking resources, however, that article was made as a translation of Czech text, which is already published on czech Wikipedia, as a seminar paper for Czech Technical University in Prague, the faculty of Architecture. Therefore I listed only one resource which is said text. Anything else I added was consulted, after my visit of the church, with the head of the Historical Department of our faculty. Could you please reconsider? Matustikova (talk) 11:16, 4 July 2019 (UTC)04.07.2019 Matustikova

Proposed "Free Palestine" page

Dear Bkissin,

Thank you for your feedback on my attempt to create a "Free Palestine" article. I understand the point about Wikipedia being an encyclopedia and not a dictionary, but equally Wikipedia has an obligation to be as accurate, impartial and objective as possible in the content it allows to be published. At the moment, Wikipedia is failing to achieve this objective because there is currently a "Free Palestine Movement" page which instead of referring to the historical (dating back over a century, going back to the Ottomans, British and then Israelis) and ongoing Palestinian struggle for independence (the most widespread and commonly understood definition of the term), the page refers to a Syrian-Palestinian militant group which was created in 2003 (just 16 years ago.) This smacks of deliberate pro-Israeli propaganda and bias, and Wikipedia appears to be straying from impartial/objective arbiter of content to propagator of bias, propaganda and misinformation, deliberately intended to serve hidden agendas and spread misinformation.

I will look at revising my entry in order to put it in a form that is more encyclopedic than better suited to a dictionary. In return, I would like Wikipedia to consider my complaint above and indicate how it proposes to address it.

Best regards

Yolakolehi123Yolakolehi123 (talk) 15:12, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Annabel Blanchard

Hi @Bkissin: It might worth doing a wee bit of some post cleanup. scope_creepTalk 21:48, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

I definitely agree. I was on the fence about accepting the submission, but I'll take a look at it later.

Draft:Southernman_Robbie

Hi there, You had reviewed my article and you declined it 40 days ago. I had seen that you said there are no significant coverage, but actually there are some and according to existing articles that has already been approved, this one has enough references. Can you please help me with this issue? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AncaVes (talkcontribs) 09:51, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Hey man

With what reason you have declined Theo Dor wikipedia biography.All the informations from that article are true.You don't even said what i need to modify and what is wrong with my article.What you have to say? Theo Dor MP (talk) 20:20, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

How do I go about with it?

Hi, Just went through your comment. Okay, what kind of information would you think could make this write-up better. Mr Shridhar is a notable writer and all references to his books and works are given. Kindly help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki1918 (talkcontribs) 06:53, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

RubySnake

Hey there, I’ve just seen that my wiki article about myself (RubySnake) was rejected. I am writing about myself, just saying. (This is just a different username of mine. I named myself like this because it’s the model name of my MIDI keyboard.) Carbon49 (talk) 15:29, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

Judith Alyek

Hello Bkissin , thanks for the "move" — Preceding unsigned comment added by AKibombo (talkcontribs) 12:28, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

Declined Submission

Hello. I submitted a possible article but you declined it saying sources were not adequate or subject is not notable enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Donald_Ashley

This is that article. May I find out what the actual reason is so I can learn because I am new to writing articles? I want to learn what was inadequate so that I can amend accordingly.

I am trying to write articles about specific types of musicians in specific locations that are not already existing in articles. I noticed another example of an arguably lesser known musician with a Wikipedia article that has a similar short length and only one source, similar to mine, but in fact that article is not even completely about the subject like mine. I wondered how this one was accepted and mine wasn't?

Sorry for the trouble I just want to learn why. I can give examples if necessary.

Thank you.

Camarmstrong (talk) 19:58, 10 July 2019 (UTC) Camarmstrong

Camarmstrong, welcome to Wikipedia. The actual reasons were provided. The article in its current form did not meet Wikipedia's criteria for what musical artists are notable enough for an article. Additionally, while the South China Morning Post is a reliable source, one source does not prove notability. Third (and finally), the tone of the article came off promotional, which is not something that Wikipedia is meant for. I don't care that other articles exist with barely any content. If anything, you can give me those articles and I will personally see to it that they are deleted if they don't meet Wikipedia standards. Bkissin (talk) 20:04, 10 July 2019 (UTC)


Hello and thank you. Sorry I just wanted to understand and it wasn't clear to me. That makes sense now. I am just trying to understand better what qualifies and what doesn't. I had thought because it was SCMP that this would be reliable enough and maybe had not considered the notability part. I thought it was implied enough, but I see that it was not. I understood it was related to either inadequate sources or lack of notability, but it was not clear to me which, or in what way exactly.

Would you suggest I try to find more sources or give up on the article and move on to something else?

About other articles, I did not want to stir up any issues I was just trying to understand because I had seen other articles with only one source and having a passing mention, also a short article, so I figured that was fine since it was a similar situation. I was just trying to understand what the difference is. Please understand I am just trying to make sure I fully understand how things work, since sometimes the rules here can be hard to understand since they seem open to opinion to some degree as to what qualifies. Or maybe I am just too slow to get to grips with it, ha!

Camarmstrong (talk) 09:10, 11 July 2019 (UTC) Camarmstrong

No worries Camarmstrong! As you can see by the mountain of talk-page sections, I get a lot of questions about why a page gets declined, and when the backlog at articles for creation is over 4000 articles long, it can be a little frustrating sometimes. I'm sorry if I came off a little grumpy in my response. As for whether to move forward or not, that's up to you. Even just glancing at the SCMP article there might be a case for notability. Was he part of any rock & roll bands that have articles? If you (or anyone else) did a google search for his name, would they find significant coverage (not just his obituary) of him? If not, maybe we can add his information to an existing article for something he is related to.
As for sources, we usually err more on the side of the more the better (with special preference given to reliable sources). Some editors say at least three reliable sources, but then you have stub articles that never get expanded past the three sources. With articles that rely on one source, we usually tag those for improvement. We don't want articles to basically be book reports about one particular source. Sometimes with obscenely old topics (like ancient times) that's all we can get. There is also a question about the quality of some of these single sources. If the article just cites a person's personal website or their iTunes/Spotify page, we wouldn't consider those reliable sources.
I hope this clears things up slightly. Bkissin (talk) 14:12, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Flinders railway station

@Bkissin: Hi. Thanks for reviewing my draft article Draft:Flinders railway station. However, I'm not sure if I'm understanding your feedback. If you mean just specifying that the station is located in Adelaide, I have now done this, but were you meaning something else? Just wanted to be sure. Regards. – Nick Mitchell 98 talk 10:58, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Lal Chand Birthdates

Dear talk:Bkissin

The page Lal chand is totally unique as it never was there. There are actually three Lal Chand politicians who hails from Sindh Pakistan and was National Assembly member.

Lal Chand Mahi He is in PTI and also hails from Sindh Pakistan.

Lal Chand Ukrani A sindh assembly politician but he also is different from what i have created .

Where as this Lal Chand (which i have created) is different. I have cited his reference from Sindh assembly records which also contains his picture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ozmanzia (talkcontribs) 11:03, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Draft:In Chang-soo

Hi, I added a comment. Please check out in Draft:In Chang-soo .Footwiks (talk) 04:36, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

Ljupčo Santov Gymnasium Kočani

Hi, I think I posted this somewhere, but I don't know where.

Could you please let me know what information needs citation? I work at the school, and the information I have is that which was taken off its Macedonian wikipedia page. Data on students and what not is done by the school itself, so I went off of that, provided it was accurate. I can get up-to-date numbers (well, from last year), but it will be from the school, since we report these numbers to the Ministry of Education.

The number of classrooms and capacity is pretty straightforward. Like I said I work at the school, and I've cleaned almost ALL 22 classrooms (I'm a Peace Corps Volunteer, and I've got lots of free time in the summer/winter, hence this translation).

Regarding the library size, I took that from the Macedonian version. Y'all should read THAT for a laugh...It's very VERY subjective. I did not translate about 2/3 of the stuff from that page. It should probably be all entirely rewritten, but finding people proficient in Macedonian AND willing to do the work correctly is, for lack of a more diplomatic word, difficult.

The history was also taken from the Macedonian wikipage, and it's also on the school's webpage.

Honestly, there isn't much available about this school online, save for the information I find on wikipedia and the school's webpage. I've been working here since December 2017, and I'm quite familiar with the resources available here about the school.

Any suggestions? I'd like to have this page up and running, but I want it to meet the appropriate standards. I'm not trying to make the school look good, just make it visible to anyone coming out here to work later down the line, or, who knows...some lucky chump who lands on it during a drunken "Random Article" binge.

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iattp (talkcontribs) 17:54, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Hello Iattp! That's really cool that you've been working in Macedonia as part of the Peace Corps! I'm kinda jealous. I have a couple of responses to your comments above.

--> Don't be jealous! Apply!

  1. Take a look at WP:NSCHOOL to see what makes a high-school notable. I don't really see anything like that in the article.

--> We have a lot of kids go on Erasmus+ programs and one of our students one the national entrepreneurial competition. Also, we've had PC volunteers here since 2002. I'm sure I could find other things. I didn't want to brag about stuff, really. But if that's what it will take, I'll poke around and find some things.


  1. If you work at the school, I would take a look at our conflict of interest policies. I know your aim isn't to promote the school, but I don't know that other editors are going to see your relationship with the school as completely separate.

--> Yeah, I get that, which is why I tried to keep it as objective and "boring" as possible. Beyond my drunken friends who stumble on this page, it's also for future volunteers (and our family members) so they can get some info on where we are. I tried to aim to be as far as subjective as possible.


  1. Does the local newspaper in Kočani cover graduations from the gymnasium? Have any alumni gone off to be football players or notable in some way? Has PM Zaev come to visit?

--> Football players? I doubt it. Maybe we've got SOME notable alumni, I'll ask the director. Nikola Gruevski came to visit our school back in 2014 after a major renovation. I can find that picture and probably the article. Then again, I'm hesitant to do ANYTHING associated with politicians visiting the school, as it can put a confusing spin on things. Education here is VERY political. I'll look into notable alumni. Remember, though, what may be notable in Macedonia probably isn't notable elsewhere (the same could be said about the "Notable Alumni" section on my HS's wiki page...).


  1. If it's just the school writing about itself, of course it's going to promote itself in the sources. That's why Wikipedia usually looks for independent sources.

--> I didn't really want to promote the school, so to say, just to put it out there for reasons given above. Like I stated earlier, the Macedonian version is REALLY REALLY subjective, and I tried to stay far away from that.


I hope that clears some stuff up. If you can find anything else let me know. Otherwise, it may be better to expand other articles from the Kočani area, or look at the help they need over at WP:MACEDONIA. Bkissin (talk) 18:10, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

--> I created the Beli article and edited some stuff on Lozovo. I was thinking of translating the other schools out here as well. They're also only available on the Macedonian side. I would just like to get this done, as it's something that is an important contribution and resource, not only for people interested in Kočani (it's kinda cool here), but also future volunteers and their families.

Thanks again, and especially thank you for your detail.

No problem! If you're concerned about how your tone will come across, take a look at our information on neutral point-of-view. As for notable alumni, I would say if they've got a Wikipedia page (either English or Macedonian) then they're notable. Bkissin (talk) 18:58, 15 July 2019 (UTC)


--> I found a few articles about the school from the local newspaper, and the director says the current mayor of the city/county was a former student.

http://www.komarec.com.mk/?s=%D1%99%D1%83%D0%BF%D1%87%D0%BE

Is there more that is needed?


Hi there, I would like to know if the information I've provided is sufficient. I'd really like to have this done so I can move on to another article.


Thank you for all your help.

Hello again,

I'm really wondering if the information I provided would be sufficient. It's been about 2 weeks, and I'd really like to have this done. Thanks.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Iattp (talkcontribs) 12:54, 16 July 2019 (UTC) 

Adding a photo to Andrew Whittaker (engineer) page

Hello Bkissin, you helped review a draft for a page I submitted a few weeks back. I would like to upload a photo of this engineer although I am not sure what the best route would be. I am in contact with someone who could take an original photo of this subject so that we may avoid any copyright issues. I reviewed information on uploading photos to wiki, but I was curious to see what your suggestion would be. Thank you for your time. Scorpack (talk) 13:35, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Article rectifying

Hi @Bkissin: : Kindly assist to take a look on the article Draft:Mr Puaz and see if it is now rectified on the side of being written as an advertisement. I will appreciate your input on it . Thank you for your time.Ndizibanana (talk) 16:59, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Anna von Helmholtz

I started drafting this page 5 minutes ago. There are plenty of reliable sources about her. I just haven't had a chance to input them yet. I respectfully request you give me some time to fill out the article. She is in fact notable. I am working on moving quite a few parts from her German page to this one. K8shep (talk) 20:00, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

That's absolutely fine. However: Don't submit a draft for approval if it isn't ready yet. You can just save it. Bkissin (talk) 20:02, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

Submission declined on 8 July 2019 Draft:Chuck Eaton

First, thank you for taking the time to review the article I wrote Draft:Chuck Eaton.

He seems to fit the WP:POLITICIAN guidelines. He is a state-wide elected official, with almost 2 million people casting votes for him in the 2018 Georgia General Election.

I would ask that you reconsider you declination of the article. Thanks for your consideration.

Stiflegold67 (talk) 18:48, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt response. State Legislators run in much smaller districts, whereas Eaton runs statewide with his last election having a total of almost 4 million cast in the General. A typical State Representative race might have 25 thousand votes cast in it. I think you'll find the media cites covering him are local, state and national. Given his votes on the only current nuclear project in the Country, he's attracted quite a bit of media coverage. His Georgia colleague, Tim Echols, has an article as well as Commissioner Brandon Presley, in MS.

Stiflegold67 (talk) 14:21, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

Rejection of article on London (Canada) Chamber of Commerce

Hi Bkissin,

Can you please help me understand why my article on the London Chamber of Commerce was rejected when the one on the Guelph Chamber of Commerce seems to be ok: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelph_Chamber_of_Commerce

Both use primary sources.

Is it because the Guelph one is longer?

What can I do to make the London one acceptable?

Kristen — Preceding unsigned comment added by KristenDuever (talkcontribs) 16:23, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Rejection of article on Draft:Naomi Salaman

Hi Bkission, Thank you for the informaiton. I understand why you have rejected the article and have improved it since then. Could you please reconsider your decision? Or please let me know if I should improve it further. Many thanks, Fay Fayiscider (talk) 17:28, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Draft talk:Mxmtoon

Hi Bkissin
I would appreciate it if you picked up from where we left off last when discussing the notability of Mxmtoon as I would really appreciate your advice.
Thanks HeyitsBen(talk) 17:36, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Purple Rose Theatre Company

Hi, I dealt with the {{db-g6}} tag you put on this article and moved it. Unfortunately I then had to delete it as it seems to mostly if not entirely a copyright violation; I checked the first three sites and all of them had paragraphs copied wholesale from the original source. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 22:18, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Robert Dickson (bassist)

Dear Bkissin, What do you think about this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dickson_(bassist)

Does it lead to reliable sources, for example, at Robert Dickson's GSU webpage? Cdg1072 (talk) 21:50, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

Draft article on Ruben Santantonín

I understand that you rejected this article because the artist doesn't yet meet the notability guidelines. That is the issue that I (and my university students) are trying to address. For too long, important Latin American artists have been overlooked by the English-speaking world. We are trying to rectify that by giving them a presence on Wikipedia. So I ask you to reconsider your decision.

Santantonin has been written about by Spanish-speaking (and some English-speaking) scholars, so there are good sources that my students can use to fill out this article. I'm asking for the short article to be approved so that I can assign Santantonin to one of my students in the upcoming semester. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Redbaron10 (talkcontribs) 13:34, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Declined Submission for Shaghaf

Hi,

I was wondering if you could elaborate more on the reason behind declining my submission for Shaghaf's page on Wikipedia.

Your detailed feedback would be highly appreciated

Best,

Aya Fashkh (talk) 19:32, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Draft article on Skye Canyon, Nevada

The draft [1] was declined on the basis that it reads like an advertisement. It isn't my intention to advertise the business. Rather, I tried to stay in line with what another large master-planned community in Las Vegas has done: [2] I believe the article is currently written from a neutral point of view, but will change any text which appears to the contrary - I just need it pointed out. I've read the article on spam but was unable to find anything that applied to this draft, specifically. Please advise.

Thank you! TJRobertson (talk) 21:51, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Moving sandboxes

Hello, Bkissin,

I was just deleting a redirect from Draft:Jonathan Fader and noticed that there was no notice left on Jwr777's talk page that you had moved his sandbox to a draft page. When you move an editor's sandbox writings to another location on the project, could you inform them about the move? Otherwise, they can be left wondering where their work has gone. You can see an example of a move notice at User talk:Dianalevit#July 2019. Thank you! Liz Read! Talk! 16:28, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Refugee Community Kitchen

Hi Bkissin, thanks for reviewing my RCK stub. I commented back to you there, just FYI. But there's not really a lot of news coverage. Hopefully you're a journalist, so you can head over and do an article on them for me :) - SkandaPanda (talk) 10:55, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

edit - Patrick di Santo (American artist 9)

Bkissin, danke for the review of this proposed article on 9, I have edit it quite largely as there is much work to date attributed to 9. Would you kindly point me in the direction of what is valid in your opinion, it was not my intention to sound advertiseeee but to draw the correlation of the artistic and philosophical journey spanning 50+ years. I appreciate your feedback and have reviewed the information and made several adjustments I believe you refer to. Again thank you for you time, I would like to be as efficient as possible and any direction from yourself or an editor experienced is appreciated(Lilbitograffiti (talk) 14:00, 27 July 2019 (UTC)).

edit for Patrick di Santo (American artist 9)

Bkissin, I have reviewed more thoroughly your input(s) on the page thanku,

below could be included in info box as credits alone, they were pivotal in the early cross over of media whhich is why it was suggested to me to include in the evolution of work chronology LMK what is your advice when you can .. while promoting "The Sound Odyssey Tour" with Alright being included in three other compilations, the second single I walk Alone remastered by Swiss protege Christian Wicked gained crossover airplay on christian, country and alternative stations,Myth the soundtrack to Savon de Marseille; part I and part II securing di Santo as a media visionary. In the Daze, Dazed and versus the Orb are collaborations with The Orb, continue to enjoy great club success. Also there are many collaborative pieces with artists including below that have been omited but may offer other source material for the page many have led us to concepts used daily in contemporary social media ("take a selfie") with McLaren shot at Scavullo's studio in NYC;

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please disregard the other earlier message asking for input I missed them in my initial scan of the document. I have been unable to assemble the additions on the upper part of my sandbox page and am looking to correct this, at times my TBI/CTE causes me no confuse information my apologies 九 (Lilbitograffiti (talk) 15:43, 27 July 2019 (UTC))

Do you mind checking out my article?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Self-guilt_(psychology) is the article link, thanks. Hvnlytearss (talk) 23:41, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

Old discussions

Hi I tried to fix the issues you noted with the page I created and resubmitted. Also posted on the talk page for Women in Red asking if someone could take a look and help me improve it. Shanmcf (talk) 20:29, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

Jaspreet007 (talk) 06:54, 29 May 2019 (UTC) Hi Bkissin, I want to understand why have you rejected Gourish Singla's page. There is sufficient amount of notability that he has garnered in a very short span of time. The references have been cited. Kindly help with improving the page before rejecting it outright.

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Thanks for the feedback, I will act accordingly and get back to you.Dr Ugbede-ojo (talk) 23:46, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

So what do I do to get it approved? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yellow alligator (talkcontribs) 16:54, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

Dear Bkissin, when I submitted an article recently on the contradiction of Aristotle's Poetics, I waited until it was nearly complete and had many sources and citations before submitting. With the David Gontar article, I submitted early after reading in Wikipedia that sources can be improved after submitting.

Does your response really mean that (1) David does not meet any notability requirement as an academic (I know he only needs one) Or you meant only (2) There needs to be a published source documenting his notability? What about his writings as they appear in the New English Review website? What about the fact that his books are placed at the Folger Shakespeare Library and at Yale Library? I'm trying to get a little clearer on your decision.

David's influence within academe meets a notability requirement as an academic, it seems to me. (Some of his articles have been peer-reviewed, and praised for their writing skill in peer review). His two books have been very closely studied by mainstream, not fringe academic Shakespeare scholars including Harold Bloom and Joost Daalder and those who peer-reviewed David's academic articles. Harold Bloom, among the world's most distinguished literary critics, praises David's work highly. David's double influence in both mainstream literary criticism and the Shakespeare Authorship Question is another point of notability.

I'd like to distinguish between Shakespeare criticism and the Authorship Question. Frankly, I don't believe that another scholar working on the Authorship Question, in history, has ever received the kind of recognition as a literary theorist that David has. For example, Shakespeare doubter Roger Stritmatter has not had that kind of influence, nor has Charles Beauclerk, Alexander Waugh, Hank Whittemore, or Richard Whalen. I know what I'm talking about, because I work in literary criticism. The reference to his theory of Hamlet in a gradesaver site indicates that David's version of the Hamlet bastard theory is the best known version of this theory. Did you mean to suggest that the article about David is effusive or contains peacock words?Cdg1072 (talk) 18:55, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Bkissin,

Thank you for accepting my article draft. CelandineFlower (talk) 23:17, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

Moving a draft to review

Hello Bkissin, You moved an article I was working on to draft several weeks ago. Thanks you very much! The draft is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Divya_Dwivedi . Could you please look at its progress and suggest improvements? The references are all from the notable mainstream media and newspapers. Articles by some of the less reputed sources were avoided because they seem to incorrectly refer to work. In that case personal information there could be wrong too. If you think it is fit for it please move it to review. Speculative Boting (talk) 15:35, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Request for review of National University Heart Centre, Singapore

Hi, could you please review Draft:National University Heart Centre, Singapore again as I have resubmitted it for review at AfC? Thank you.--Officer781 (talk) 04:17, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Please Review

Hi Bkissin,

You moved the draft Divya Dwivedi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Divya_Dwivedi from sandbox to AFC earlier. It meets notability criteria sufficiently as there is substantial coverage in reliable sources such Libération, Mediapart, The Hindu, UNESCO, and The Indian Express. Some of the subjects who have written on Divya Dwivedi are eminent practitioners of their field which is shown by their wiki pages such Jean-Luc Nancy, Robert Bernasconi, Barbara Cassin and Tridip Suhrud. Of course I can be very wrong! Would you please consider reviewing this page? Cheers!Speculative Boting (talk) 14:14, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

  The Original Barnstar
Bkissin has contributed to Wikipedia by reviewing numerous drafts and deserves this barnstar REDMAN 2019 (talk) 15:21, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

Rejection of Draft for Creation

Earlier today you rejected my draft (Draft:Self Regional Hospital) for it sounding like an advertisement. Could you elaborate on what parts exactly sound nonneutral? Kenneth Sweezy Talk to me..... Please? 22:57, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

Hey KennethSweezy. A couple sentences caused concern. With over 200 practicing physicians spread across 37 areas of care sounds like it was pulled directly from their website (though I'm sure it wasn't). Self Regional Healthcare is a 12-time winner of the Gallup Great Workplace Award sounds like a company or PR firm trying to publicize itself (which again after reading your user page, I know is not your intent, you merely want to add Gallup Great Workplace Award winners. making it the first of its kind in South Carolina sound a little too POV for me, but it can definitely be worked on. I know you worked hard on that first draft, and I really appreciate that you added not-so-savory information as well (like the data breach). I think it needs more meat to the article anyway. That being said, it's not a bad article, just give it a little more work and submit it again. Bkissin (talk) 23:04, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for clarifying. I will fix these issues to the best of my ability. Kenneth Sweezy Talk to me..... Please? 23:10, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

PitchingNinja/Rob Friedman

Thank you for your feedback on my (first!) full submission, it was helpful. I hope I fixed it--I think it is well-sourced/notable (The Washington Post, Yahoo Sports, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USAToday, Sports Illustrated & ESPN) and I edited out "peacock" words. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Rob_Friedman

````Primebaseball — Preceding unsigned comment added by Primebaseball (talkcontribs) 13:57, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Sad clown paradox has been accepted

 
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Copyvio at St. John Paul II STEM Academy

Hello Bkissin, you accepted a draft (St. John Paul II STEM Academy) which contained an entire section copied from https://www.change [dot] org/p/bellarmine-jefferson-alumni-committee-keep-bellarmine-jefferson-high-school-open/c/707721652 (using '[dot]' because change[dot]org is on the Wikipedia external link blacklist). Please keep an eye out for copyvios. Happy editing, MrClog (talk) 19:02, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Ninja Warrior : Le Parcours des héros

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Ninja_Warrior_:_Le_Parcours_des_h%C3%A9ros

Can you add categories in this draft plz ? I want to improve the draft with reliable sources.

French game shows... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.122.117.162 (talk) 17:19, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

When it is ready to accept, I will be glad to add categories to the article. But you need more than one source for us to consider it a notable program. Has a newspaper like Le Figaro, Mediapart or Télérama written about the French version of Ninja Warrior? Bkissin (talk) 17:24, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

I've added Teletama link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.122.117.162 (talk) 17:30, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Theater Manu

 

Hello, Bkissin. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Theater Manu".

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Deb Lavender article rejection

Hi Bkissin, Thank you! I realized I'd made the wrong maneuver but didn't know how to undo it. Wanted that article out of my sandbox. Am waiting for the IRL Deb Lavender to approve the major edit. QUESTION: Is it possible to move the article meaning, my major edit of the article to the existing Deb Lavender space???? Have a great day!PatriciaBishop (talk) 13:47, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Hello PatriciaBishop! To answer one of your questions, you can copy and paste the information from your page into the existing page. However, I want to clarify some aspects of how Wikipedia works. We are less concerned with how the subject of the article feels about their article and more so about facts and neutrality within the article. Imagine if someone polarizing like the President was allowed to approve edits to his page? If you know Ms. Lavender personally, you may also have a conflict of interest and if by chance you are being paid by her for your contributions, you would need to at the very least declare that connection. Otherwise, best of luck. Bkissin (talk) 16:59, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

No worries, I am not paid and am not a personal friend. I've been a stickler for finding source citations to back up every statement. Thank you again for your help.PatriciaBishop (talk) 17:23, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Riverside isn't the same as Riverdale

Hi Bkissin,

You rejected my Riverside contribution because you said that Riverdale is the same as Riverside. This is not the case, Riverdale is the main area, like "Brooklyn" and Riverside is a neighborhood, like "Dumbo, Brooklyn". The neighborhood is not well known and is often mistaken for Leslieville and since I work in there, I wanted to create a page to help improve awareness. Page link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Riverside_Toronto

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Missing your point

I'm sorry, I'm missing your point here - I'd already said I was done; and Prax can hardly leave her own talk page. What were you trying to say? KillerChihuahua 20:45, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Edit conflict. You already said you were done. Don't worry about it. Bkissin (talk) 20:46, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
Ah ok, there were a couple back to back there - I just didn't' know if I'd missed a point you were trying to make. KillerChihuahua 20:50, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Help getting article approved

Hi, You recently declined a submission. Can you offer any suggestions I could make to the article to try and get it approved? The original article is at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Darryn_Melerine Thank you Thecr8tve (talk) 17:09, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Michael Stillman

You declined my draft article about Michael Stillman for notability reasons. According to WP:NACADEMIC, elected membership in a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society suffices for notability of an academic. The AMS Fellow program is such a membership, and I've referenced it. I don't think he should be declined for lack of notability. Please let me know if I'm missing some consideration! Russ Woodroofe (talk) 19:42, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

You'd think, that given how prestigious he is, you would have been able to write more than three sentences and two bullet-points about him! Additionally, some of those sentences involve information that would be irrelevant to a notability test. Who cares how many PHd Students he has advised? Who cares what a listicle says about Math Professors at Cornell? I declined him at WP:NPROF because there wasn't enough effort put into the article to prove that he met WP:NACADEMIC. Even if there was more information given to the AMS fellowship or his work on Macauley, the article in its current form is extremely lacking and I wouldn't accept it in this form. Look at articles for other mathematicians or professors (that you aren't related to) and see what they do to create a good article. Bkissin (talk) 19:55, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
I agree that the article is towards the stub end of the scale. Many articles about living mathematicians are. I've looked at quite a few of them and have tried to imitate. This stub is better than some and worse than some (at least according to my own evaluation). Number of PhD students is a measure of academic reach, and is often included. The AMS Fellowship proves academic notability and was included. Is it better practice to mention that on the talk page for the article? I thought that the mention in a fairly major media outlet such as Business Insider helped support notability (although I agree that it would not prove it by itself), but would be happy to remove it if it would make you happier. Isn't it Wikipedia policy to post an article on a notable subject, and try to improve it from there? Russ Woodroofe (talk) 20:21, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
Anyway, added an Education and Career section, which I hope helps address your concerns about content. As I've said, notability is established by selection as an AMS fellow; I try to support it in that section.
Fine. Re-submit it and I'll accept. Bkissin (talk) 14:08, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Re-submitted. Thanks, and thanks especially for your patience! I was a bit confused about the infobox vs article information balance. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 17:14, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Would like to resubmit article with changes

Hi, you recently declined a submission. The subject is an international model and has represented major brands, and he is well known in the martial arts field internationally. He also has a significant social media following (over 250k). I feel he is worthy of an article. Was there something specific that caused the article to be declined? I did not put links to the brands and commercials he has done, fearing that would not be acceptable, but I can if it would help? Thank you for your time. The original article is at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Darryn_Melerine Thecr8tve (talk) 17:37, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Thanks for creating Coordinating Committee of Jewish Organizations in Belgium.

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AfC: Retro Computer Museum

Hello! I've seen that you've declined my AfC submission for Retro Computer Museum for largely citing primary sources. Whilst I understand and agree with your comments, I am unsure on how to proceed given that the information in the 'History' section can only be found on the museum's website. Should I just remove information that is not backed up elsewhere? Are a small number of citations to the website okay (for information like opening hours, which can only be found reliably on the website) or should I just try to find other sources for what I can and remove the rest?

Thanks, Unprovable (talk) 12:42, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank You

  Thank You
Hi, could you please release Ryan Rahman Page. He is a photojournalist based in new york and we already provided all the information that verifies it. Thank you in advance. Sadekur.nayan (talk) 03:38, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

Archiving

Your talk page appears to be longer than EEng's. Have you considered either a) setting up archiving or b) Adding File:Bruce McCandless II during EVA in 1984.jpg with a caption "this talk page is so large it can be viewed from space!" I'm easy either way. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:05, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Pardon me, but while you were on vacation I put my talkpage on a diet and it's now as svelte as ballerina in a concentration camp. EEng 19:19, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
LOL, can I get a little help setting up archiving? It was never a problem when I first started out. Bkissin (talk) 17:08, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
Sure, I've set it up for you; it'll use the same settings as my talk page, which is basically archive anything with the last post older than 21 days, with individual archives growing up to 70K size. The first batch should kick in within the next 24 hours. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:12, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
Awesome Ritchie333, you are a rockstar! Is there anything I can help you with in return? Bkissin (talk) 17:27, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
Could do with some more milk from the shop, oh and maybe a couple of Jaffa Cakes, cheers. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 20:08, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Self_Regional_Hospital

A few weeks ago you declined my article for creation. I have now updated it with more references and have restructured the article. I also reworded some things so that they are more neutral. Would you be able to review it again? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KennethSweezy (talkcontribs) 15:30, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Afd notice

Hello, Bkissin- I wanted to inform you that an article you reviewed at AFC has been listed at WP:Articles_for_deletion/Ntinda_Vocational_Training_Institute  JGHowes  talk 03:22, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Kyoikuto

Hi Bkissin. Thank you for reviewing my Kyoikuto submission. You had declined the submission, with this message "This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources."

Could you be more specific on using reliable source? I had sourced the information from a single website, which is the official website of the Kyoikuto, and translated the information from Japanese to English. Is it not considered a reliable source? Or perhaps it was because I did not cite each individual statement with a citation mark eg. [1][2]?

Let me know a the problem more specifically so I could fix them.

I'm looking forward to your feedback so I can have the submission approved asap. Thanks.

-KHUN- (talk) 20:08, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

I already left a comment on the draft. Just find more sources that talk about the tower. Sourcing from a single website is not going to be good enough. Additionally, we usually ask that sources be independent of the subject, so while the official website is great, it has specific opinions about the topic of the article. That's why we want to find sources that aren't directly attached to the subject of the article, so that it doesn't come off as an advertisement for the tower. Bkissin (talk) 20:27, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Barnstar

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Thanks for all your good work over at AfC. Having done a bit there myself, I know what a grind it can be. Onel5969 TT me 00:43, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

  Hi! Thank you for reviewing my article.

All the best

Tony TonyWestling-Dataspelsbranschen (talk) 06:46, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Draft:*repeat repeat

Hello bkissin,

The article I composed was rejected for reference reasons. I’ve added more (notable) references and respectfully request a re-review. Thank you for your time in reviewing my first Wikipedia article.

Take care, SW Smwoolen (talk) 14:47, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

Knaggs declined

Hello,

It looks like the article about Andrew Knaggs was declined due to him not being "notable" enough. I had assumed that the high ranking government office and military honors would be enough, is it not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brownleatherbag (talkcontribs) 15:40, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

(by talk reader) @Brownleatherbag: Notability is not what you think it is. The subject fails WP:NPOL, WP:GNG, and WP:MILPEOPLE. Further, because this person is a political candidate I can only assume this article is promotional. Would you disclose your conflict of interest? Finally, a lot of this draft was copied directly from defense.gov with no attribution. All of this should be re-written in your own words. Chris Troutman (talk) 16:29, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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Thanks for the edit and decline. I hope to get my references right in my next submission Jeremy7333 (talk) 18:21, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

Daniel Freund

Hi Bkissin, I created the Daniel Freund MEP English wikipedia page. It seems to have undergone several edits and checks, and I'm just wondering why it doesn't show up when searched for on Google. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Creanja (talkcontribs) 22:59, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

Tagging of Draft:Let It Be Art!

I recently removed a speedy delete tag that you had placed on Draft:Let It Be Art!. I do not think that Draft:Let It Be Art! fits any of the speedy deletion criteria  because the copied content is a cited and attributed quote . I request that you consider not re-tagging Draft:Let It Be Art! for speedy deletion without discussing the matter on the appropriate talk page. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 16:45, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

Hello Bkissin

I have a simple question for you. In the Teahouse, I asked a question on help with formatting. In a response, you stated that I post article really quick. That is true. I do it because I would feel really bad/dumb, if I spent 10 hours making a perfect article layout with tons of information and then when I go to upload it, someone posts an article with less information than I do. My submission would be denied due to the article already being posted. So wouldn’t it be better to get a small draft, like the Dallas tornado, uploaded so when people search the name, they don’t end up creating an article that is already made? I hope my question make sense. Thanks for your feedback. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elijahandskip (talkcontribs) 18:31, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Hey Elijahandskip. I definitely get where you're coming from. In a case like that (which happens mostly when working with current events), it can be frustrating when someone "beats you to the publish button", so to speak. Since Wikipedia is meant to be collaborative, what a reviewer would probably say in that circumstance is that you should merge your information into the existing article to make it better. That can be as easy as copy-pasting your information into the article (making sure it's formatted correctly and doesn't take away from the other person's work, of course). It will also show in the edit history of the article that you added a major chunk to that article to make it better. Bkissin (talk) 19:50, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Incorrect template usage?

Hi Bkissin, You made a comment on my page that I have incorrect template usage. Before placing the previous code on my site about being connected to the subject, I did chat live with someone at Wiki who instructed me on how to add it, and they verified I added it correctly. Could you kindly remove your comment? Or did the person I chatted with tell me the wrong thing? Thank you. The page is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Darryn_Melerine. Your comment was "Incorrect template usage. Please use

instead."

Thecr8tve (talk) 21:05, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Dear Bkissin, I am writing to you in regards to the Let It Be Art! draft. I appreciate your looking at it but to be honest, it was not based on anyone else's article or taken from anyone's work. I have re-edited the proposed article. It was completely written without any other's information but just with the facts pertaining to the play. I am hoping it will be accepted. Please be so kind - if I may ask your help to make it right and better, if you still feel it needs work. I believe the information provided about this play and the person it is about would be most beneficial to students and others in the theater in America and world-wide. Thank you. FitwithJanFitwithjan (talk) 16:21, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Updated References at the St. Jude the Apostle School page

Hi Bkissin,

I just made some updates to the references at the St. Jude the Apostle page and resubmitted it. Please take a look and I am hopeful for acceptance.

Thank you for taking the time to look at this again,

Regards,

~~apc2145~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apc2145 (talkcontribs) 14:50, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

The Golem (2018 film) Class

Hello Bkissin, I recently got your message about the acceptance of my draft The Golem (2018 film) as an article. I was just wondering why it is classified as Start and not C class? The reason I'm asking this is that one of my previous accepted drafts was classified as C class with roughly the same amount of expansion.--Paleface Jack (talk) 15:21, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Millie Odhiambo has been accepted

 
Millie Odhiambo, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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