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Biography of Florence Annie Conybeare

The current biography of FAC is in fact my own contribution to Wikipedia. So when I sent you a new Sandbox draft of that biography for review, the exact same version I sent you went live on the main Wiki page! Please re-review the biography. I am currently dealing with the copyright issue regarding the VAD poster.(DrSchaub (talk) 13:05, 7 December 2015 (UTC))

Help Needed

Hi,

Thanks for reviewing the page titled Chris Beale.

I am struggling to understand why it now is not allowed. And i need you to help me get the page live, and so it will stay live. So it can be linked with Chris's BBC Introducing page, via Musicbrainz.

So what exactly is wrong with the reliable source of information provided please?

Is it just the fact that he has a personal statement on there?

His words do not state any information that is questionable. His words only mention he is happy with the recognition of being a significant contributor to UK electronic music.

However, if this is not allowed, then please let me know, and i will contact the news paper, and have their editor remove the personal statement information, so that it only has the editors words.

If there is any other issue, please let me know what else to do. So this can finally at last be published. As it is absurdly difficult. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samuraionetwothree (talk • contribs) 23:41, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Your comment on NJFA

Hello, Matthew. You may call me Kay. You have commented on the article that I submitted last 8 December 2015, which was about the New Jersey Firearms Academy. I apologize that I did not find your instructions clear. This is technically an educational institution but not yet entirely documented and a Wikipedia article would be the first of its documentation in recognition that it is an education institution. I would very much appreciate more specific instructions on how I can edit my article. What you left, I think, is a bit too vague.

Thank you very much.

Phanvan100595 (talk) 09:44, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello @Phanvan100595: (Kay), happy to help. If you can let me know what parts are throwing you I can try to clarify. The simplest summary is this:

Articles generally require significant coverage

in reliable sources

that are independent of the topic.

That is, if there is not already existing, neutral, objective, substantive information on-record about NJFA, then we can't have an article about it (at this time) since does not meet our Notability guideline. Not saying it's not a great school or important, but that in a literal sense, uninvolved people aren't finding it to be significant enough (yet) to mention it in books, news articles, etc. By definition encyclopedias do not reveal new information to the world, we just organize and digest existing documented facts. If the only facts recorded about NJFA are routine business listings and city documents (which we call WP:Primary sources and aren't admissible in an encyclopedia), things written my members/staff/fans, and information on informal non-expert sites like online discussion forums, Facebook, etc. then at this time there just aren't enough neutrally-documented facts about NJFA to base an article on. Does that make sense? MatthewVanitas (talk) 15:03, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello again, Matthew. That was a swift reply. I can't thank you enough. I also appreciate your willingness to help out new users like me. Well, NJFA has appeared numerous times in different media, such as news articles and TV programs although I am not exactly sure where I should place it in the article. But yes, I will do my best to edit it again and find everything I can use. Apparently, I lacked the necessary resources and references.

Thank you again for all the help, Matthew. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phanvan100595 (talk • contribs) 15:26, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

No worries, @Phanvan100595: (Kay). A good guide to how to source facts is WP:Referencing for beginners. As a big broad statement, for any facts you state about NJFA, there should be an automatic "says who?" in your mind, which you answer by placing a footnote at the end of the fact(s) so that readers here can clearly see who is attesting this fact. While it's okay to cite NJFA for a few totally non-controversial facts like where/when it was founded, the vast majority of your stated facts should be ones that have been documented by outside, uninvolved, expert commentators. While it's not mandatory that a source be available online, if you use an offline source you have to provide enough data that a reader could find it if they tried. Like if you have a physical newspaper clipping that doesn't exist online, make sure you clearly give the paper, date, page, and title of the article. Same for TV show mentions, make sure to mention what show, what episode or date, etc. And again, if there's a given Fact X that you think it worth mentioning, but nobody other than NJFA has ever documented that fact, that means that nobody has (yet) found that fact significant enough to document as an outsider, so we don't need it in the article here yet.

Make sure you avoid anything that smacks of advertising, so no listing of work hours, "hang a left after the water tower", lengthy screeds of NJFA's philosophy on education, etc. Fundamentally, it has to be an article about NJFA, not for NJFA. Bear in mind that most businesses simply don't have enough extensive coverage by interested outside experts to merit an article, but if you think NJFA is an exception, and you have a body of serious sources (not just local news blurbs, not just passing mentions) then feel free to press forward, and click Resubmit in the pink box when ready for next review. MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:36, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Isicathamiya Submission Decline: 3 December 2015

Hi Matthew,

Thank you for taking the time to review my article submission request. I am fairly new at the Wikipedia game and I am actually working on a class assignment that requires us to post an article to be submitted,I realize I made a mistake by applying, I needed to edit my work and landed up submitting a draft article, which is incomplete as you have stated. Is there a way to revoke the submission until I have completed my article?

Once again, thank you so much for your assistance.

Neogcabo (talk) 01:26, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello @Neogcabo:, no worries. Just leave the pink box in place for now, and when your draft is ready for review click the Resubmit button to get it back in line. Bear in mind that even the best drafts are Declined several times until they're polished up enough to publish; it's a back-forth process.

I've left some comments about formatting on your draft. Note too that there are plenty of books you can look at on GoogleBooks that document facts about this band, so you can cite those to strenghten the article. Note that the tool at http://reftag.appspot.com can instantly turn any GoogleBooks URL into a properly-formatted footnote. Hope this helps! MatthewVanitas (talk) 11:25, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

TPS comment - I'm afraid MatthewVanitas, you've missed the fact that there is already an article about Isicathamiya, which btw is not a band, it's a style of music. Neogcabo, because the article already exists you cannot create a new draft about it, you can however edit the existing article to improve it. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 12:46, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

Roger and Matthew, I had removed the template from what was then Neogcabo's sandbox. He had added it by mistake. See his message to me here. This material is what he is planning to add to the existing article Isicathamiya as part of a college assignment (see User:Ijmusic/Vision of music's future for more). It is not on a draft for a new article. However, Matthew restored the template and moved it to Draft space which is inappropriate. I am going to move it back to Neogcabo's user space and once again remove the submission template. Please do not revert.Voceditenore (talk) 06:54, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Voceditenore, as long as there is no AFC template it will no longer attract attention from AFC reviewers. BTW the class project does not seem to be registered at the Wikipedia:Education program. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 12:29, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Hi Roger. The Longy School of Music and Berklee College of Music classes of Prof. Isaiah Jackson (aka User:Ijmusic) have been working on Wikipedia since 2008. I started out helping the students and Prof. Jackson when they first started here and have been doing so informally ever since. Although they sometimes get into newbie tangles, I greatly enjoy it and always learn something new from their work, bless them. Here's the guidance page I've written for them over the years. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 16:20, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

@Voceditenore - the guidance page is really good! It should be recommended reading for all newbies (and even not-so-newbies). Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:05, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Hi Matthew,

After much research and submission errors, I have finally submitted my expansion to the isicathamiya page. Thank you for your sound advice ! It has been an amazing experience discovering Wikipedia and it it always appreciated when there is assistance such as yours offered! Thank you once again for your inputs!

Neogcabo (talk) 04:25, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Maciej Matthew Szymanski

Hello Matthew, may I please ask for a review of the above new article? If relevant could you add the Polish Portal? Thanks,--Po Kadzieli (talk) 18:00, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Merger discussion for Dry thunderstorm

An article that you have been involved in editing—Dry thunderstorm —has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Pierre cb (talk) 05:00, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Pierre cb (talk) 05:00, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Thanks for your work in reviewing AfC articles - especially the specific, rather than boilerplate suggestions. S Philbrick(Talk) 14:20, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Orana Steiner School

Dear Matthew,

I am trying to update the Orana Steiner School (Weston, ACT, Australia) wiki to include the new version of the logo. Could you please offer any instruction as to how to do this. Note: I am not a confirmed user.

I happy for you to do it, if it is not too much of an inconvenience.

It can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Orana-Steiner-School/358056357561057

I am happy to send you a higher quality copy if you would prefer.

Thank you so much for any help!

Sincerely, Gwilyml (Teacher at the school) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gwilyml (talk • contribs) 00:20, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello @Gwilyml:, I've added the logo from the school's Facebook page per your request, uploading it as a copyright file that Wikipedia may only use under WP:Fair use for display purposes here only for the school's specific subject article.

I did note, however, that the article does need some strengthening, since it does not show proof of WP:Notability; that is, it doesn't show that people outside of the school have found it worth observing, documenting, commenting on. What we'd like to see added is some external commentary about the school, such as from regional newspapers, education journals, books about Waldorf theory, etc. I advise you take a look at the great article, WP:WikiProject Schools/Article guidelines which give some great ideas as to what content a school article should, and should not, include. You want to stay away from generic information like minutiae of which maths class students take at what grade, what time lunch is, and such minutiae, and instead try to include distinctive things about the school, such as the history of how it came to be (if outside authorities have found such worth writing about), any architectural distinction, any educational programs that are so distinctive that they've drawn outside notice and commentary, etc. To be totally frank, from what I'm seeing on Google the school has gained a little notoriety for some vaccination whoopsies, but given your ties to the school I can see why you might not want to be personally caught up in documenting that, though I might take a shot at adding it (don't feel bad, for one US school I happened to notice that the school had garnered major national media attention for an alleged Satanic cult scandal, which made for an interesting section...). But in an case, the School Guidelines article should give you some good ideas. Take care! MatthewVanitas (talk) 16:51, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of Cost of moving in the United Kingdom for deletion

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Request on 20:14:44, 30 December 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by Marisaadams

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  • Draft:Lumos Learning (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi MatthewVanitas.I posted a message in the Article Creation location you recommended also. I'm a little confused about your review that the entry reads like an advertisement. The initial review indicated it was a good start, I just needed more references for ntability. I added several more references (none of which are from the company itself so that keeps things in a neutral tone). There are now more references in this article than several others of similar content. Any assistance you can provide would be beneficial.

Thank you Marisaadams (talk) 20:14, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

Article Published Frank Byrne

Thank you for all the work you did on my article Frank Byrne and for moving it from draft. I did a lot more on it afterward, although I had not realized it was no longer a draft! If you would take a peek again I would appreciate your review. Thanks again. (I clicked New Section instead of just editing your Talk Page, hope this is correct) Fgurnee (talk) 18:38, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Lumos Learning Draft

Hello @MatthewVanitas - Thank you for expanding on your thoughts in the review. I have made several changes to the entry based on your comments. Do I need to resubmit again, or just let you know the changes have been made?

Marisa — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marisaadams (talk • contribs) 14:30, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello @Marisaadams:, best to click Resubmit so that your draft will get back into the queue for review, that way even if I get tied up in other things someone should be along to look at it. It's also best that multiple people take a look so you're getting an array of perspectives. Glad you found the comments useful! MatthewVanitas (talk) 15:30, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello @MatthewVanitas:, Thank you. I did resubmit and the article was rejected again. I would love more insight if you can offer some. I have made the changes you and the previous reviewer recommended. All references are notable and verifiable: Forbes, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, news sites, etc. None of the references are from the company itself, or produced by the company. This entry is extremely similar in form and content to other current Wikipedia entrie for similar companies. Any additional insight would be much appreciated.

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Carnation Gold Rush

Dear Matthew, Thank you for your much needed help. I am brand new to Wikipedia and I am trying to learn how to do this by trial and error. I thought I accidentally lost part of my friend Denvermary's article so I pasted it back. Now I understand it was your edits and I appreciate your input and expertise. I am working on getting copyright permission for some historical photos as well as other collaborating references. All the best for 2016.

Denverjoan

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Logo use

Thanks for uploading the logo for [[1]]. Just for my edification: did you have to get any permissions? Is it fair use?

Thanks for all the help here.

Hello @Shaky44:, under WP:Fair Use it's allowed to use one, small, low-res image of the logo of the subject of the article, but only for the specific article about that exact subject. It's similar to how a newspaper is allowed to show a picture of a movie poster or an album cover when they write a review. So that's why the image I uploaded is a small one (generally for Fair Use you upload an image no larger than it will actually be displayed as, so it has no zoom advantage), can only be used on the Limetown page (Wikipedia 'bots will block other pages from trying to use it), etc. Hope this answers your question! MatthewVanitas (talk) 10:46, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. I kind of figured there would be some way this would qualify under fair use, but couldn't find it in the Wikipedia info. Thanks so much.

Hey Mister, Let's Play!

Hi Matthew, I've added some missing references and I moved the article to the main space, see Hey Mister, Let's Play!. It is a notable series, in my country. Feel free to check or improve. Thanks. --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 12:11, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello @Vejvančický:, nice working adding some references! It's a short stub, but it gets the basic facts across, and has multiple sources that demonstrate that this television show does indeed receive serious media attention. Nice work! MatthewVanitas (talk) 12:33, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Advice on Possible Improvements to my Article on Tup Tup Palace

Hi Matthew,

Happy New Year to you and thanks for accepting my article. I note that it has been rated Start-Class. I have read through the criteria at WP:WikiProject Articles for creation/Grading scheme, but I was wondering if you would be so kind as to point me in the right direction with regard to suggested improvements. I am keen to make my article of the highest possible quality.

Kind regards, Laurahartley (talk) 12:22, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello @Laurahartley:, I specialize in being an AFC reviewer, so the Grading scheme isn't my area of expertise. I will say that "Start class" isn't anything derogatory, it's just noting that the article hasn't undergone any full formal review yet, just passed the basic AFC review to be published. If you want a more formal review, you can request it at, for example WP:WikiProject United Kingdom, though again that's just subject to whoever feels like volunteering to take a look, so no guarantee anyone will hop on to rate it. I wouldn't fret too much about the Grading system, myself, it's more a diagnostic tool for tracking projects, and less any individual judgment about an article. MatthewVanitas (talk) 12:31, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Many thanks, Matthew, that is good to know. Best wishes, Laurahartley (talk) 14:30, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

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15:02:24, 4 January 2016 review of submission by Billie mansfield

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  • User:Billie mansfield/Stenka Razin hid at solovetsky Monastery from 1661 learning to paint.Appearing in 1668. (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

I am telling you this because his paintings are for sale on ebay if you google Stenka Razin you will see. There are two that have been sold and a private owner has his painting this is what I know.There was a book that gave the dates at the Monastery. Thank You Billie

@Billie mansfield:, that's all well and good, but you are simply wasting everyone's time by submitting the same thing over and over. It's really clear that you don't understand how to submit or format a Wikipedia article at all. Please either start over with Wikipedia:How to write an article, because what you're doing now is not helpful or constructive. MatthewVanitas (talk) 15:04, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Is it possible to have help in English or Arabic in" french Wikipedia" as I have french translated document

duplicate of sony max

can you link me to the original page of sony max.. it needs context to be added

Hello, if you look at the big pink box at the top of your draft, it has a link to the original page. MatthewVanitas (talk) 13:54, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Christ's Sanctified Holy Church edits

Matthew, your edits at this point seems confusing. I'd like to ask for your support in reverting your changes. Here are reasons why I make this request:

1) Your "draft dodging" reference and discussion is now actually now documented twice in the passage (there was no attempt to hide the activities in the article) 2) The paragraph you added on houseboats and bigamy is both out of place with the article (already documented elsewhere in the overall time and flow of the article, with the references - not hidden) and in direct conflict with the time period references documenting the beliefs of the organization. 3) Some of the links you added are broken.

Would you be so kind as to support this request? Thanks,

Davcoz (talk) 23:51, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

AFC

Hi Matthew. I've been practicing in a Sandbox linked from the Twinkle help page. My tests seem to show up as actual attempts to create an article, but I've merely followed the TW help instructions to make test edits. DonFB (talk) 11:43, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Speedy

For your information, Twinkle put a speedy deletion template on your user talk page for an article that you had moved, which was a blatantly promotional political ad. I moved it to the originator's talk page. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:46, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

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20:51:39, 8 January 2016 review of submission by Blingblingboy1

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  • Draft:Mighty Swag (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Why was the Article declined??

It wasn't deleted, it was Declined, meaning your Draft is not ready to be an article. That is because the main requirement of articles is that they show WP:Notability, that someone is famous and being talked about. The sources you include don't show he's famous, since they're routine things like criminal records, class listings, local news, his own website, etc. None of those things at all show that Mighty Swag famous for anything, including being a webcam model.

Now, if you had newspaper articles, magazine articles, academic papers, etc that discussed Swag and his work, that would be a different story. I strongly advise that you read WP:Notability (people) for the requirements for an article. MatthewVanitas (talk) 18:30, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Paul Glaister

Dear Matthew,

You comment on me providing my own biography. I had assumed this was more honest than a number of contributors who I know who merely create pages for each other and then these get published because it appears they have been contributed by a separate, independent source, which isn't the case at all!

Kind regards,

Paul

Hello @Paul Glaister:, I'm not faulting the honesty of it, just noting that pretty much by definition, writing your own biography is just a bad idea. Also, if someone else wants to write a bio for themself or a friend (which we strongly discourage), then just being "independent" by not admitting their direct interest, doesn't make any difference since they have the same obligation to provide proper independent sourcing. We aren't going to approve an article about "John Smith" just because Smith names himself "Apricot600" as a username while writing his own bio, we'd still require sourcing that clearly shows Notability per our guidelines. And yes, there are unfortunately too many academic bios on Wikipedia that are self-serving or clearly written by someone involved with the academic, which is unfortunate, but ideally we're weeding those out slowly over time, so approving yet another one that's clearly written by an interested party (which is evident just by how it's written, even setting aside your direct admission) wouldn't help anything as far as Wikipedia is concerned. Our line for that is WP:Other stuff exists; that is, one can't defend a self-promoting bio by pointing out that there are worse examples extant on Wikipedia. Though if you happen to run across any egregiously self-promoting ones, by all means feel free to report them and editors can have them deleted if they're simply not Neutral bios.

Getting back to your specific case, the reason your draft was Declined is because things like departmental listings, etc. don't make a compelling case for an academic's fame. If you haven't already, I'd strongly advise reading WP:Notability (academics) which lays out exactly what kind of features and sourcing an academic bio needs to get approved. MatthewVanitas (talk) 23:18, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

15:55:35, 12 January 2016 review of submission by Round Robinson

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  • Draft:Cooking With Dynamite! (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Dear MatthewVanitas, I wrote a separate article about Hawk Tubley which was submitted at the same time, but reviewed by someone else (and rejected). I would agree that neither article on its own might merit inclusion, but that taken together, they meet the requirements for notability, in that Hawk Tubley (or George Mostoller, as he was born) has been on national television, mentioned in Rolling Stone, the New York Times, quoted in books, and has had some musical and artistic success, and his album Cooking With Dynamite! was made with several notable and world-famous musicians including Oteil Burbridge, formerly of the Allman Brothers Band and now playing with the (Grateful) Dead & Company, and Marshall Allen, currently the leader of the Sun Ra Arkestra, as well as a couple others who also have Wikipedia entries. Since Cooking With Dynamite! is included in their Wikipedia discographies, I thought it would make sense that people could find a brief description of what that album is, as well as the artist who made it. Would it make more sense if the two articles were combined? It seems less precise to me, but that could be done. -Round Robinson

Hello @Round Robinson:. If Hawk Tubley has had serious media/academic/books coverage (under whatever name), then please take a look at WP:Notability (music) and see if you have enough sources to meet those requirements. If you do, by all means polish up an article on him and resubmit it.

So far as the Dynamite album, again I strongly advise you read WP:Notability (albums). The short version of it: no, an album doesn't rate its own article just because famous people played on it, or that those people have their own Wikipedia articles that mention the album. What does qualify an album for an article is if newspapers, magazines, books etc have discussed the album and why it matters. Not just catalog listings, brief mentions that it exists, etc. but actual discussion,chart rankings, or other indisputable signs that people find the album important. These two guidelines I link should answer most of your questions, but feel free to post any follow-up questions here on my Talk page. MatthewVanitas (talk) 22:58, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Why are they so strict on their rules

i think that Wik should calm down on the rules because my teacher got a book that isn't coming out for another like two years. I just finished the book and i would like to put up my report about the book but Wik is just shooting me down about it because doesn't follow their guild lines. I am a eighth grade student that just wants to put his work out there but its hard because of all these guild lines. If you are having the same troubles Email me at Jakemalafronte@gmail.com. My writing is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Black_River_Falls_By:Jeff_Hirsch . 50.203.30.26 (talk) 18:49, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Ron King (hairstylist)

The article Ron King (hairstylist) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails GNG. Sources are all local; key info cannot be determined (e.g. celebrities he has worked with; I can't access to related article, but a search on those names in the newspaper does not turn up the article cited). The most reliable and extensive source I found was this article but I don't think it suffices.

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Review of Cheltenham OLBG Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Hi Matthew, I'm not sure how many versions of this draft I have submitted in error - had some issues with WIFI so I may have done a few :/ apologies. There should now just be the one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Cheltenham_OLBG_Mares%27_Handicap_Hurdle

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Silverspoon83 (talk • contribs) 12:19, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello @Silverspoon8:, no worries, just make sure you don't try to create a whole new page when you Resubmit a draft after it's been declined.

• Do: just click the Resubmit button when ready
• Don't: copy your whole article, make a new page, paste in your article, and submit that.

Easily done, take care! MatthewVanitas (talk) 12:26, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

References

Hello There

could you help me with the references what all is required — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhanur1589 (talk • contribs) 09:15, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Help required

Hello, I need help in regarding to Wikipedia article and page submission. Please get in touch. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Piyushratnu (talk • contribs) 09:29, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello @Piyushratnu:, can you please tell me here your specific questions? MatthewVanitas (talk) 10:26, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Dear MatthewVanitas I got a help of another Wiki manager, Thank you so much.--Piyushratnu (talk) 10:39, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello, I would love some advice in editing my post. Rejected for "Notability..." Please advice. Thank You -Vee

Merger discussion for Guanín (bronze)

An article that you have been involved in editing—Guanín (bronze) —has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Anomalocaris (talk) 20:29, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Brigadier Rohitha Neil Akmeemana

Hello, MatthewVanitas. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Brigadier Rohitha Neil Akmeemana".

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James McNulty

re: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:James_McNulty

Matthew, I do not have sources for James' elegy, would a link to the elegy be acceptable?

Article declined due to insufficient references. I have 2 books that make reference to James- would this be sufficient?

Pajokie (talk) 14:41, 3 February 2016 (UTC)Pat

Hello @Pajokie:, the main issue with the elegy is "why should the reader care"? If it was written by someone famous, or is engraved on a monument, or was recited for the record in the Irish parliament, then that could be a valid reason to include it. If it's just something someone put on their blog, or someone posted in a discussion forum, with no clear larger context, then we don't have a reason to include it, regardless of aesthetic merit or the sentiments of its author (even if they are a descendant of McNulty).

Re the books, definitely include any citations to published books that mention McNulty, that always helps strengthen the case for Notability. MatthewVanitas (talk) 10:46, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Bakalov for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Bakalov is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Your draft article, Draft:Gerard McNamee Jr.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 12:34, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

00:44:29, 5 February 2016 review of submission by Willie Mae's Tales

• Willie Mae's Tales (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:DJ Astro Black (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Can you tell me please what editing I will need to do to this page?

Hello @Willie Mae's Tales:, have you read the guideline WP:Notability (music) yet? If you haven't, please take a look at that first, and then feel free to ask me any more specific questions. I just don't want to repeat things that are better learned by reading the guide first. Check it and then get back to me, though it's likely it will answer most of your questions. MatthewVanitas (talk) 15:16, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Draft:Generalised Whitehead Product

Hi MatthewVanitas, Thank you for your comments on my draft. Since it appears that the review of my draft is still pending, should I wait till it appears before taking your comments into account? Thanks. Ark of Wits (talk) 16:06, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Hello @Ark of Wits:, quite the contrary, "Pending" means you're waiting in line for a reviewer to come along, so you're free to make any changes you like while standing in line. The only time you should refrain from edits is if there's a big clock logo and a "someone is working on this right at this moment" on the page. So game on, now is a good time to do a good clean introduction for the page. You may find it useful too to glance at WP:Lead section for some ideas. MatthewVanitas (talk) 18:17, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:International Humanitarian Award

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February events and meetups in DC

Greetings from Wikimedia DC!

February is shaping up to be a record-breaking month for us, with nine scheduled edit-a-thons and several other events:

• On Friday, February 12, NPR will host a Black History Month First Edit event.
• On Saturday, February 13 and Sunday, February 14, we're working with the Wiki Education Foundation to hold a series of four edit-a-thons at the AAAS 2016 Annual Meeting.
• On Tuesday, February 16, we're holding the Smithsonian American Art Museum and American University WikiWorkshop with Professor Andrew Lih's class.
• On Saturday, February 20, the Smithsonian American Art Museum will host the African American Artists Edit-a-Thon.
• On Friday, February 26, Howard University will host its second annual Black History Month Edit-a-Thon.
• On Saturday, February 27, we have three different events. In the morning, we're holding an Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. In the afternoon, we'll host our second February WikiSalon at Cove Dupont Circle, followed by our monthly dinner meetup at Vapiano.

We hope to see you at one—or all—of these events!

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20:23:21, 9 February 2016 review of submission by Jkstar Creative Media

• Jkstar Creative Media (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:Jkstar Creative Media (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Jkstar Creative Media (talk) 20:23, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Hello @Jkstar Creative Media:, what is your question? MatthewVanitas (talk) 16:57, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

17:09:56, 10 February 2016 review of submission by Manish Gorawala

• Manish Gorawala (talk · contribs)
  • User:Manish Gorawala/sandbox (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

I need Some help on Article creation, Please give some feedback on below Article, If there any changes require then i will change it,

@Manish Gorawala:, please don't paste your whole draft here, just give me the link and I can read it myself.

So far your article is written very much like an "About Us!" page, which is completely wrong for Wikipedia. What I suggest is that you gather any serious media sources (not press releases) that discuss MLeads, and base all your facts in the article on external sources, not just point out things MLeads wants us to know about them. Quite frankly, if there is Fact X about MLeads, and nobody outside of MLeads has found it necessary to comment on Fact X in print, by definition that means it's not interesting to our readers. Makes sense? MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:53, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Request on 17:40:21, 10 February 2016 for assistance on AfC submission by NCPTSDgjd

• NCPTSDgjd (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:PTSD Awareness Month (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hello, Matthew,

I am the author of the draft entry, "PTSD Awareness Month," which you reviewed and declined earlier today. I am also the public affairs officer for the National Center for PTSD.

I am certainly willing to edit the submission to make it more neutral in tone, but I didn't think it was very different in tone than the current Wikipedia entry, "Mental Health Awareness Month." If I revise our submission to make it similar to the Mental Health Awareness Month entry, will that make it likely to be accepted?

The main reason my initial submission did not refer to other sources for its content is that the National Center for PTSD's website is the premier source of evidence-based (research-verified) information on PTSD. Virtually all content posted to our website is vetted by subject matter experts, both within and outside the Department of Veterans Affairs. Additionally, although other organizations certainly do join us in promoting PTSD awareness, we are the organization that leads this effort year after year. I can look for other sources that objectively examines the observance, but I doubt there is much of anything out there. Probably for the same reason the Senate unanimously passes its "National PTSD Awareness Month" resolutions every year, I have never seen any criticism of PTSD Awareness Month.

The bottom line is that we are not interested in promoting the National Center for PTSD through this entry, but, similar to the Mental Health Awareness Month entry, we do want Wikipedia readers to know about PTSD Awareness Month and where they can find resources to help raise PTSD awareness during that month and throughout the entire year.

We hope this helps. Thank you for taking the time to review our submission and provide feedback and guidance.

Best regards,

George Decker NCPTSDgjd (talk) 17:40, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Hello @NCPTSDgjd: (George). I do want to emphasize that Mental Health Awareness Month, despite having hung around for 9 years, is not a well-written article, and quite frankly would not pass the AFC process if published today. It's not so terrible that it needs to be deleted entirely, but I did take a look now and remove some completely inappropriate marketing materials and fix some formatting. A very important point about basing a draft on an existing article: just because a prior article exists, doesn't mean it's good, so it's best to take a look at well-regarded, well-written articles to serve as examples. WP:Good articles is a good place to peruse around those.

So far as outside sources, I'm not suggesting that NCPTSD isn't the premier information source for PTSD in general, instead I'm saying that we need to see other people recognizing such. I'm not saying "show someone more authoritative signing off on this content", I'm saying "find a reputable external observer". Very simply, you need to show outside observers saying "huh, the interesting things about this PTSD Awareness Month is..." We're not asking for "criticism" in the negative sense, we're asking for critical examination where some outsider finds the topic worth talking about. A bit of the old "if a tree falls in the forest" deal; you need to show that the Month (not PTSD itself, not NCPTSD itself, the specific Month observance that is the topic of the article) is something that is talked about. If not, we really don't have anything to go on.

Positively remove anything that smacks of marketing materials, "here's how you...", "for more information...", "try our app!", or that is simply NCPTSD talking about its own work. Also, a huge red flag is that the actual term PTSD Awareness Month doesn't even appear until the second paragraph. Look at pretty much any Wikipedia article, the title term will be at the very start of the first sentence, in bold, and should give a clear who-what-why-when-where. Something like:

PTSD Awareness Month is observed in the United States in June per a 2015 U. S. Senate resolution, building on the PTSD Awareness Day previously established in 2010. The observance calls for public attention to the issue of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in American veterans, as well as in citizens who are victims of crimes or accidents. The effort was initiated in 2010 by then-Senator Kent Conrad, in tribute to Army Staff Sergeant Joe Biel of the North Dakota National Guard, who committed suicide in 2007 following his second tour of duty in the Iraq War; the original date selected was 27 June, Biel's birthday.

See the difference? Explicitly clear who-what-why-when-where right up front in the very beginning. We do not need a lengthy exploration of PTSD itself, we have an entire article on PTSD, this article should focus specifically on the month itself, like the title says, and why it matters. Not why you or I think it matters, not by giving statistics about PTSD, but by citing external sources such as media, public figures, academia, etc. saying "here is why PTSD Awareness Month is worth talking about".

Make sense overall? Again, this is not a comment on the validity of your organization or its work, it's about holding Wikipedia to a standard, and it would be a disservice to both your organization and WP to let an article publish before it is up to standard. Feel free to write back with any follow-up questions. MatthewVanitas (talk) 18:13, 10 February 2016 (UTC)