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00:06:35, 1 May 2015 review of submission by Changingfilm22

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Please review and help me tweak the article for Johan Matton according to the guidelines, Johan's recently won 2 big International awards for his film Till We Meet Again.

Changingfilm22 (talk) 00:06, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Changingfilm22: I've done a little cleanup and formatting of the article. I suggest you take a look at WP:REFB, which explains how to properly insert references into an article so you don't have to manually write [22] after sentences. Also, make sure you have references that are reliable, independent of the subject and that discuss him in significant detail. Edit: Also, it's worth noting that IMDb is generally not considered a reliable source of information, and you should attempt to minimize reliance on primary sources like the subject's Twitter account where possible. It is occasionally okay to use primary sources, but independent coverage of the subject is preferable. Thanks, wia (talk) 00:10, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Request on 09:24:03, 1 May 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by CosmicEmperor

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I created this article Duck face, but it has some edit history. can somebody delete the previous redirect, so that my article can exist.


C E (talk) 09:24, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@CosmicEmperor: I'm not sure what your request is. Duck face was turned into a redirect to Gurn back in 2008 here, but you've expanded it into a full article that cites the New York Times, amongst other things. I don't think we need to do anything on the article now, the edit history is useful and should be left alone. However, if another editor reverts it back to redirect, claiming previous consensus at the AfD, you shouldn't be surprised. Still, if we can have articles on pink cats.... Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:57, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

10:53:03, 1 May 2015 review of submission by Atcny

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HI, Can you tell me how to edit references in my article? When I go to the edit page for the article I don't see a way to edit the references.

Thank you Atcny (talk) 10:53, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Atcny. The references are generated automatically in the reference section, so you can't edit them there. You have to look in the body of the article, where you will see the text in between <ref> .... </ref> tags. Make the changes there, and they will appear in the reference section after you save. You can use the "Show preview" option to see if you are getting the expected result. Yes, you should make some changes there; you've made it look as though Mr. LeBon is the author of the articles. The draft is more likely to be accepted if you make it clear that the references are about Mr. LeBon, rather than by him.—Anne Delong (talk) 11:43, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Of the two Miami Herald references, one does not even mention LeDon at all and the other only briefly interviews him, thus neither help to establish his Notability. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 22:58, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

12:24:05, 1 May 2015 review of submission by Crimsontidealabama

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Crimsontidealabama (talk) 12:24, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

After three rejections, I need some guidance. I have provided 15 references to support the article. They are independent of the subject as required. The person, the subject, has appeared on national TV, Fox News, has had weekly TV and radio programs, has authored/published four books, published in two magazines, pastored one church for 25 years, baptized over 1000 people, etc. There are far less notable personalities on Wikipedia. I wonder if I am dealing with some kind of discrimination here against a black man. Is that possible?

Ethnicity is not a criterion in any Wikipedia notability guideline. There is nothing to suggest that any of the declining reviewers were even aware of the ethnicity of the subject, still less that it should affect their decision one way or the other. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 12:53, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Request on 16:10:48, 1 May 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by Jsbatbirchbark

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Message says material is copyrighted but it is not. The website listed from SEARHC talks about the program but is not the same information. The listing on that website is no longer viable.

Jsbatbirchbark (talk) 16:10, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Jsbatbirchbark: The draft in question is User:Jsbatbirchbark/LEO Network. The sentence "Monitoring the environment is important for understanding the risks and benefits and for adaptation" has been copied from SEARHC, as has "LEOs are the eyes, ears, and voice of environmental change". wia (talk) 16:17, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Jsbatbirchbark - Another serious problem with the draft is the "question and answer" format of the sections. It's simply not how encyclopedia articles are written, an encyclopedia article is not an interview transcript. A heading such as "Who developed LEO?" should be rewritten as "Development". The subject name/title/acronym is also not stated in section headings unless it is really necessary; the entire article is about "LEO", it's not neccessary to tell the reader that with every section heading. BTW section headings are formatted with two = symbols befors and after the heading text, ==Like this== and subheadings use three = symbols either side of the heading text. Headings must also be alone on a line, the section text begins on the next line below the heading. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:53, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

17:50:35, 1 May 2015 review of submission by Arthurlmd

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Arthur Zilberman (talk) 17:50, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I was trying to submit an Article for LaptopMD, a New York IT service. I attempted to closely follow the guidelines of neutrality and didn't add any adjectives or adverbs that weren't verified by citations. I looked at the page of a competing service in the same field and I'm not quite sure what I did different from that page. Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

I'm not quite sure how this works, but the submission was for LaptopMD.

@Arthurlmd: There are two reasons that articles need citations: notability and verifiability. You claim that your citations verify the information in the article, which seems to be the case, but I don't see your citations showing that the company meets the notability standards of WP:CORP. Per WP:CORP, your article needs citations to significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article. In my opinion, the brief mentions in the mainstream press that your article cites don't really qualify as significant coverage. --Ahecht (TALK
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22:41:18, 1 May 2015 review of submission by Jsbatbirchbark

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The line in question that you say is copied "We are the eyes, ears and voice of a changing environment" is the motto of the LEO Network, not any one person's words. The other sentence is part of the organizations description not the original words of the referenced article. These are part of the organizations description.

Jsbatbirchbark (talk) 22:41, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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