User talk:Badnews12

Your submission at Articles for creation: Noah Smith (journalist) (August 16)
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Greenman (talk) 21:45, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi Badnews12,

In, you asked: are all to reliable sources (national media outlets, industry-standard fora (imdb) and appear to be in line with Wikipedia policy? presumably because the AfC reviewer above mentioned the need for reliable sources. Let me try to explain the issue more clearly.

For the subject to warrant an article on wikipedia, they have to be notable, and this notability needs to be supported by reliable sources. In this case, besides the general notability guideline I just mentioned, additional criteria at WP:BIO and more specifically WP:JOURNALIST also apply. For instance, a journalist that has won the Pulitzer Prize would clearly qualify for their own article.

There are many, many journalists reporting on a myriad of topics. What make Smith particularly remarkable and worthy of note? Your draft contains claims such as first instances of front page coverage for esports and Recognized as an expert in the field. Well, these statements need to be backed up by reliable sources. (I am making no judgement regarding whether this is sufficient to make him notable or not.)

Certainly, the large amount of citations you've included of Smith's reporting work are from major reputable media outlets, but they count as sources about the subject matter that he was reporting on. They are not useful for establishing his notability, because they don't count as significant coverage about him. At best, these citations only support the fact that his work has touched certain fields or subjects. Neither does having his work quoted/cited elsewhere confer notability; this is a routine occurrence for lots of academics, journalists, and other writers.

Hope that clarifies. —2406:3003:2077:1E60:9A23:EE1E:1716:1917 (talk) 06:21, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Noah Smith (journalist)


Hello, Badnews12. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Noah Smith".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, 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. ✗ plicit  14:00, 19 March 2024 (UTC)