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03:47:10, 8 April 2015 review of submission by MikePotter84

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I need to add pictures to my article. How can I do so?

MikePotter84 (talk) 03:47, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @MikePotter84: It depends what type of image you'd like to add.
  • Is it an official logo of the mall/company? You can upload it here on Wikipedia as a copyrighted non-free file. However, non-free files should only be used on live articles. Since your page is a draft, you'll want to hold off on doing this until your draft is an article.
  • Is it a picture you took yourself? You may upload it at the Wikimedia Commons, a repository for free media files. You'll have to choose an appropriate free license to publish your image under.
  • Is it a picture you found on the web? It will have to have been freely licensed by its author in a way that's compatible with the Commons - that is, it has to be free for anyone to use, for any purpose. The vast majority of images you find online are fully copyrighted and not published under a free license.
If you have any questions or need any elaboration, feel free to ask. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 15:02, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Request on 05:34:24, 8 April 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by BMHyatt

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Apparently I am unsure of what I need to do to submit an article and have it published. My article was rejected. BMHyatt (talk) 05:34, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@BMHyatt: The overriding problem with Draft:Texas Rattlesnake Festival is that it links to only the festival's official page and Facebook page - it cites no independent, reliable, secondary sources. Because it is a small, young festival, there may be no such sources, in which case there will be no Wikipedia article.
No sources turned up in Google searches. You can try searching regional media outlets - newspapers, radio, TV stations, and magazines - that may not be indexed by the major search engines. You'll need to find multiple sources with significant coverage, and at least one will have to be outside the local area. Worldbruce (talk) 06:42, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

07:46:36, 8 April 2015 review of submission by Logeswar M

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Hello , I have drafted an article about doodleblue private limited but it got rejected due to insufficient independent sources even though I have provided 3 independent sources. I could not find any other independent sources for the company. I don't know how to proceed now. Whether I need to reduce the content or finding few more independent sources is the only way ? Thanks in advance Logeswar M (talk) 07:46, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Logeswar M (talk) 07:46, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The onus is on you to find sources. We require references from significant coverage about the topic of the article, and independent of it, and in WP:RS please. See WP:42. No sources = not a topic we will accept. IT has not just been pushed back to you for sourcing. The latest reviewer has suggested it is an advert. You may wish to visit that issue, and ought to open a dialogue with them. Fiddle Faddle 23:13, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

13:59:12, 8 April 2015 review of submission by Imanumem

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Could you please let me know how to improve my submission so that the article can be accepted.

Imanumem (talk) 13:59, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

15:11:54, 8 April 2015 review of submission by Jasprogis

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I made a page about The Echo, a student-run newspaper at Western Connecticut State University. I cannot find any sources other than primary ones -- the university website, the university Wikipedia page, and The Echo's webpage itself. For this reason my article got declined. It's an existing publication so I want to make a page for it. Any advice?

Jasprogis (talk) 15:11, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Jasprogis: Well, if there aren't any independent and non-primary sources, then the subject most likely does not meet our notability guidelines. Even if it is an existing publication, not everything gets an article on Wikipedia - we only cover subjects that are considered noteworthy through significant coverage in independent, reliable sources. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 15:33, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Jasprogis: Even if there aren't enough sources to show that the subject is notable enough for its own article, you could flesh out the Student newspaper section of the Western Connecticut State University article. --Ahecht (TALK
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21:20:31, 8 April 2015 review of submission by 3Wolves

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The draft entry "Bioss" was declined on March 31 with the explanation "This submission appears to be taken from http://www.bioss.com/about/our-history/. Wikipedia cannot accept material copied from elsewhere, unless it explicitly exists under a compatible licence and is written in an acceptable tone".

Since I had submitted a compatible license (following all instructions including a page archive at webcitation.org) I'm assuming that the issue was "acceptable tone", but I'm not exactly sure what part of the article was unacceptable. If possible, I would like to cut the unacceptable elements, even if it means removing entire sections, rather than having to rewrite the entire article from scratch.

However, when I click through the link to "ask the reviewer that declined your submission", I note that that reviewer has been blocked: "(6 April 2015 Beeblebrox blocked SD0001 with an expiry time of 2 years (account creation blocked, email disabled, cannot edit own talk page)"

Is there any way to request another reviewer to view the page and advise more specifically what elements should be removed or rewritten?

Many thanks! 3Wolves

3Wolves (talk) 21:20, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@3Wolves: I've undone the blanking and put the appropriate template on the page. It's back in the queue for a second opinion. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 22:01, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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