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02:08:32, 27 February 2016 question: When is the AFC process necessary and appropriate?

• Darkfrog24 (talk · contribs)
  • No draft specified!

I've submitted Draft:Helicase, POLQ-like but my question is general. I've created articles before but never through the submission process. Most of my work on Wikipedia has been elsewhere; I just felt like sandboxing first this time. Is AFC principally for new editors or for articles that we suspect may not merit inclusion? Are we supposed to do this every time? Darkfrog24 (talk) 02:08, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Darkfrog24, if you're an experienced editor, and you definitely are, there's no need to go through AfC unless you have a conflict of interest with the subject of the article. Simply create the article in your sandbox and then move it to article space. I'm going to move it now, it's on a suitable topic and suitably referenced. Voceditenore (talk) 06:36, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll save you guys all some time next article. Darkfrog24 (talk) 13:27, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

15:24:13, 27 February 2016 review of submission by Juliogarciapr

• Juliogarciapr (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:Ervin A. Gonzalez (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

I used footnotes and citations to independent sources throughout the article. Please let me know if I used them incorrectly or if I need to add more or delete some of them. Thank you. Juliogarciapr (talk) 15:24, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Hello Juliogarciapr. I looked at your draft and I too am puzzled by the reason for rejection given: "includes material that does not meet Wikipedia's minimum standard for inline citations. Please cite your sources using footnotes." Just about every sentence in that draft has a properly formatted inline citation. Perhaps the reviewer, kikichugirl, checked the wrong reason for rejecting the draft and meant something else. kikichugirl, any thoughts on this? I have to say though, that the article currently reads like an advertisement for this attorney, and could be justifiably rejected on those grounds. Are you connected in any way to Gonzalez or employed by him? If so, you have a conflict of interest, and one of the reasons why editing with a conflict of interest is so heavily discouraged here is that it's virtually impossible to see the PR-speak/advertising tone in your own work. But the advertising tone is very obvious to a neutral observer. My advice would be to shorten the article considerably, and write it as a biographical narrative—not as a CV designed to attract future clients or enhance the subject's reputation. Trust me, that's what it currently reads like. I also suggest that you read our guidelines at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest very carefully, and especially the section on paid editing if you think it might apply in your case. Voceditenore (talk) 17:48, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi there, Juliogarciapr and Voceditenore. I probably should have declined that under Advertisement-promotional instead, I'm not sure why it went into inline citations. Although, you do have quite a bit of WP:CITEKILL going on there. Hope this helps! — kikichugirl ^oh hello! 05:32, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

18:36:36, 27 February 2016 review of submission by Afgemb

• Afgemb (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:Mohammad Taqi Khalili (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Afgemb (talk) 18:36, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Could you please explain what you have done with the article and why?--Ymblanter (talk) 18:53, 27 February 2016 (UTC)