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edit07:03:55, 4 March 2015 review of submission by AEHGriffy
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AEHGriffy (talk) 07:03, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
I still have questions....the article was redirected, with this response: @AEHGriffy: This draft was about a PreK-8 school in McCleary, Washington called "McCleary School District", which is quite a confusing name really. Unfortunately, Wikipedia typically deletes or redirects articles about educational establishments below high-school/secondary education level per WP:OUTCOMES. In view of this, I have created a redirect at the title McCleary School District and redirected the draft page to the same target. Bellerophon talk to me 21:00, 2 March 2015 (UTC)"
However, the school is a one building school district. I know that there are other K-8 school districts with Wikipedia pages. Here is one example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin_School_District
I would prefer to fix the article and have our own page, rather than the re-direct to the City page. Thank you!
09:04:56, 4 March 2015 review of submission by 213.55.73.40
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213.55.73.40 (talk) 09:04, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
- This is written too casually with a promotional tone. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:35, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
09:40:42, 4 March 2015 review of submission by Sumethg
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Hi, I'm authorized to use content of W. Patrick Murphy from his linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/pub/w-patrick-murphy/62/982/8a1) as I'm one of his staff. What can I do to have this page approved and published on wikipedia ? Please help.
Many thanks.
Sumeth
Sumethg (talk) 09:40, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
- To editor Sumethg: In the vast majority of cases, we do not accept material from LinkedIn or similar social networking sites. This is because Wikipedia requires independent, reliable sources of information; these are things like newspapers, magazines, and books (unconnected to him). If he has not been discussed in those sources, then he cannot have a page on Wikipedia. Anon124 (+2) (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 20:51, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
11:46:06, 4 March 2015 review of draft by MozzazzoM
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I am creating a new page Draft:Portal: Tuvalu
several boxes do not have the header and footer - I cannot work out what is the fault MozzazzoM (talk) 11:46, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
MozzazzoM (talk) 11:46, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
15:55:14, 4 March 2015 review of submission by Trippcocreative
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Hello, the page I was submitting for Intoximeters got denied, so I just want to know what specific areas I should adjust to make it acceptable. Thanks!
Trippcocreative (talk) 15:55, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
- Hello Trippcocreative. Have you read the decline reason given in the pink box at the top of the Draft, and also clicked on the links in the decline reason? What needs improvement is providing high quality references in order to meet Wikipedia:VRS. Patent registrations are not useful in proving notability, one of the links you give gives a 404 not found error, and a number of the others are either limited local coverage or do not even mention the company. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 07:40, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
16:57:49, 4 March 2015 review of submission by SusanG17
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I have submitted my article twice (Sports-based youth development) with no success and a lot of confusion as to why. After the first edit, I removed as much transitioning/essay-like language as I could. I'm hoping for some guidance on what is a "peacock" term (specifically in my article) and how to make it more encyclopedic. The advice keeps suggesting I use independent or even secondary (as opposed to primary??) sources - there are many independent high-quality sources used in the article and correctly cited. I mentioned existing negative evidence and the benefits of sports but there isn't much evidence about the negatives of SBYD because the topic is generally one that isn't terribly controversial so not a lot of negative evidence is published. Would taking out some of the research about the benefits of sports help the article sound more neutral? What else can I do to make this more neutral? Thanks.
SusanG17 (talk) 16:57, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
- Hi SusanG17 The referencing is rather thin, there are even entire paragraphs that have no cites at all. The word "should" is a major red flag for neutrality, it appears rather often in the draft. Wikipedia articles only describe, they are not allowed to prescribe or promote. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:36, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
21:36:55, 4 March 2015 review of submission by Scrape666
editMy article keeps getting rejected owing to the references. The problem is that the only sources available are the sources I listed. My article relies on local metal websites announcing meet and greet dates. If I cite each individual posting for each date I will end up citing about 100 or more postings on a few different websites. What should I do? Scrape666 (talk) 21:36, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
- Scrape666, you need to find in-depth sources, like news or magazine articles about the store. Meet-and-greet dates are not appropriate anyway (referenced or not): Wikipedia is not a directory or program guide. Anon124 (+2) (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 17:53, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
Request on 22:08:00, 4 March 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by 203.111.224.56
edit203.111.224.56 (talk) 22:08, 4 March 2015 (UTC)can an equilateral triangle be a right triangle?
- @203.111.224.56: This is the help desk for help with the Articles for Creation process. General questions like that should be directed to the Reference desk (but no, an equilateral triangle has three 60° angles, while a right triangle needs to have one 90° angle). --Ahecht (TALK
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