User:Noyster/NPP messages

=Messages to creators of new articles=

With acknowledgements to .

A cleaned-up article
''Note that this is obviously a form text. You can remove bits that don't apply.''

Hello, thanks for writing this article! I’ve just "patrolled" it, meaning marked as OK. I've added a few things to it:

Links

 * I've added some links to and from other articles so people can find this article. If you click on "What Links Here" when viewing your article you can see the links I've created.

Categories

 * I've added some categories so people can find this article. I recommend HotCat for this as a tool that can suggest categories.

WikiProject banners

 * On the article's "talk page", I've added tags of "WikiProjects" (working groups) who might be interested in taking a look at the article to see how they can improve it further.

Picture

 * I've added a picture from Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia's sister project that stores images that are donated by their creators or free to use.
 * As this person is no longer alive, I've added a small "fair use" picture. You can do this here, which also explains when it's OK to do this under Wikipedia policies (in this case as they're no longer alive).
 * I've added a small "fair use" picture of this company's logo. You can do this here, which also explains when it's OK to do this under Wikipedia policies.
 * I've added a small "fair use" picture of the book's cover. You can do this here, which also explains when it's OK to do this under Wikipedia policies.

Reflist
Hope this is OK. Let me know if you have any thoughts or questions about this.
 * I've added a reference list, so the references are placed in their own section after the end of the article.

Notability and citations
Hello, thanks for writing this article! I’ve just read it and I’m a bit concerned that it has no citations. That worries me since without proof that this topic is notable, meaning covered enough in media for it to be possible to write a fair article on the topic, the article may get deleted.

Are there any reliable sources on the topic that you can add? If so just edit the article and add citations using the cite tool, or if you have any thoughts or questions just let me know.

Only self-authored citations
I'm a bit concerned that the only sources are self-authored.

Insufficient citations
Hello, thanks for writing this article! I’ve just read it and I’m a bit concerned that this topic might not be notable, meaning covered enough in media for it to be possible to write a fair article on the topic for Wikipedia's standards.

Are there any reliable sources on the topic that you can add showing that the facts in the article are true? If so just edit the article and add citations using the cite tool, or if you have any thoughts or questions just let me know.

BLP
Hello, thanks for writing this article! I’ve just read it and I’m a bit concerned that it has no citations. That worries me since without proof that this person is notable, meaning covered enough in media to write a fair article on them, the article may get deleted.

Are there any reliable sources (ones not written by or for this person) you can add? If so just edit the article and add citations using the cite tool, or if you have any thoughts or questions just let me know.

You could add
 * (here's a specific guide for authors)
 * (here's a specific guide for artists)
 * (here's a specific guide for actors)
 * (here's a specific guide for politicians)
 * (here's a specific guide for musicians)

Some citations but all or most self-authored
Hello, thanks for writing this article! I’ve just read it and I’m a bit concerned that that this person may not be notable by Wikipedia standards, meaning covered enough in media to write a fair article on them.

Are there any more reliable sources (ones not written by or for this person) you can add demonstrating that the facts in this article are true? If so just edit the article and add citations using the cite tool, or if you have any thoughts or questions just let me know.

Probably notable but article is totally under sourced and may use inside knowledge
You may want to remove any text you can't find a published citation for.

Consolations - person article
This is good for cases where people seem to have uploaded articles on topics that are own research, such as some local worthy or person researched by the local history society.

I'm sorry about this. One of Wikipedia's guidelines is that articles must be on people who are notable by Wikipedia's standards. That links to a guide, but for a person to be notable, they need to have been discussed in in-depth sources, like book chapters, interviews and obituaries, or have occupied a prominent position, for example, being a bishop, a government minister or a trade union leader. It's generally considered up to the article creator to have sufficient sources before deciding to post the article, although you can ask for help. I realise that this may sound frustrating; creating articles is generally considered the hardest thing to do on Wikipedia due to this standard, and generally I recommend to new editors that they rack up a couple of hundred edits improving pre-existing articles, getting used to the writing style, getting feedback and reading the notability guide before creating new articles. If you find this topic interesting, perhaps you might want to host this content on your own blog or website?

Company
Hello, thanks for writing this article! I’ve just read it and I’m a bit concerned that this company might not be notable enough to qualify for a Wikipedia article. That link goes to a guide, but basically any coverage of a company on here is supposed to be based on being covered in reliable sources, like newspapers, in the form of full articles and not just things like business listings.

Are there any extra citations you can add about this organisation showing it's notable? I'm concerned since the article may get deleted otherwise. If so just edit the article and add citations using the cite tool. If you've got any questions just let me know.

Company blatantly non-notable
I put a COI template below these.

Hello, I'm sorry but this isn't really right for Wikipedia - you're not supposed to write articles about your company. Below this I've put a message that explains this. Any questions just let me know.

Company demonstrating ownership
Hello, thank you for your interest in Wikipedia. Please appreciate that all edits must be strictly factual and not anything that could be considered promotional, and backed up by reliable sources that demonstrate them to be true. You may want to request edits in order to allow other experienced editors to give feedback on your suggestions. Please also remember that almost all edits to Wikipedia are public and on-the-record, and may be examined by journalists wishing to examine the work done by your organisation, so please ensure that if you are editing as a representative of your organisation you have been authorised to do so.

Below this I've put an explanation of the rules of editing Wikipedia for topics like your organisation. All the best, any questions just let me know and I'll try to help.

Really bad company article
Hello, thank you for writing this article! I have a few concerns about it and wanted to discuss them with you:


 * I’m a bit concerned that this company might not be notable enough to qualify for a Wikipedia article. That link goes to a guide, but basically any coverage of a company on here is supposed to be based on being covered in reliable sources, like newspapers, in the form of full articles and not just things like business listings.
 * A lot of it reads like a press release or promotional copy, not a factual encyclopaedia article.
 * This seems to copy from this company's website, which is copyrighted content - we can't use this text. For the article to be kept, you will need to delete this text and replace it with text in your own words.

Are there any extra citations you can add from reliable sources like news articles about this company demonstrating that it's notable? (Those are links to guides explaining this in more detail.) I'm concerned since the article may get deleted otherwise.

Since the article reads like you might be marketing the company, you also should look at this, an automated text on editing if you have a conflict of interest. All the best, any questions just let me know and I'll try to help.

Ripe for A1/A3
Hello, it looks like your article isn't finished. Do you need any help adding things like citations and text? I'm concerned since blank and unfinished Wikipedia articles are often marked for deletion if it looks like you aren't going to come back to them soon.

AfC suggestion
My advice when drafting articles is to read the my first article guide, draft an article and then ask experienced editors for feedback via the articles for creation project - they can help you spot and fix common problems like this and decide if something will be a good topic for a Wikipedia article.