User talk:Alexduwright

Feedback on Draft:Kelly Wanser
Hi Alex. Thanks for writing the this informative, interesting article. It's always good to see coverage of people in science and climate change.

You're probably wondering whether the article qualifies for inclusion in Wikipedia, and I'm afraid I'm not sure at this point. Wikipedia's rules are, to most people, weird when it comes to deciding whether an article should be included are not. The way it's generally determined (described here) is to look at what's been written about the person (in this case Kelly Wanser), in published sources that are "independent of the subject". There generally have to be at least two such sources and they both have to describe the subject in some depth. I'm not seeing sources that fulfill this criteria, so if you were to submit the draft for approval, I'm guessing it would be declined.

That said, there's quite a large grey area when it comes to determining whether biographies can be included or not. If you'd like some help from people who have a lot more experience with biographies than I do, the people at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red are awesome. You can introduce yourself there anytime and ask for help.

In terms of the draft itself, it has lots of great information about a remarkable person. There are a couple of issues that caught my eye. One was the statement that she "advised" the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory "on commercialization strategy for fusion energy." The cited sources for this statement say that she was working with the lab but (unless I missed something) not that she was advising them on commercialization strategy for fusion. I imagine that you learned this information from a different source, which would need to be cited.

Another issue is that the article presents mostly a pro-marine cloud brightening point of view. It would need to describe opposing points of view as well to comply with Wikipedia's Neutrality policy.

If you have time to contribute further to our existing articles on climate change or anything else, that would be awesome. Creating new biographies can be very tricky, but contributing to existing science articles is much more straightforward. Again, thanks for your efforts and good luck! Clayoquot (talk &#124; contribs) 05:22, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Kelly Wanser (June 17)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by MapleSoy was:

The comment the reviewer left was:

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.


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MapleSoy (talk) 03:56, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Kelly Wanser (December 1)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Missvain were:

The comment the reviewer left was:

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.


 * If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Kelly Wanser and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Kelly Wanser, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "Db-g7" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
 * If you do not make any further changes to your draft, in 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
 * If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:AfC_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Draft:Kelly_Wanser Articles for creation help desk], on the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Missvain&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:AfC_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Draft:Kelly_Wanser reviewer's talk page] or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Missvain (talk) 06:37, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Kelly Wanser


Hello, Alexduwright. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Kelly Wanser".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. ✗ plicit  07:06, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Kelly Wanser


Hello, Alexduwright. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Kelly Wanser".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 19:52, 8 September 2023 (UTC)