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05:02:30, 19 April 2016 review of submission by Mohit Rajani8

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Hi, Can you please tell me minimum how many reference links should be there for new article creation? Is there any terms or conditions for this? I have seen some other articles which have very few links but still it'll be there on space. for example: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingenta". So, can you please explain me this how and why? And also please guide me if someone like me want to create article which have very few sources or one could not find it but whatever information and knowledge individuals have they want to go with that then what are the suggestions from your end? Mohit Rajani8 (talk) 05:02, 19 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mohit Rajani8. There is no fixed number of references that will guarantee inclusion of a topic in Wikipedia. Novice editors are often advised to cite at least three independent, reliable, secondary sources that cover the topic in depth. The quality of the sources is much more important than the quantity. The article in The Economic Times is a good source, and the one from Digital Book World might be okay. I've added other good sources to a "Further reading" section.
Press releases and other non-independent sources are like huge pimples on the nose of the draft. So that reviewers can see the beautiful independent sources that are available, get rid of contec-colombia, globenewswire, finance.yahoo, and dnaindia. There is some doubt about the quality of CIO Review as a source, so it may be best to avoid it as well. Replace them with sources from the "Further reading" section. --Worldbruce (talk) 22:22, 19 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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