User talk:Cynthiapass

Welcome!
Welcome to Wikipedia, Cynthiapass! I am Redblue82 and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. Thank you for your contributions. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or by typing helpme at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place helpme on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! RedBlue82 talk 21:36, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
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How do I know if the article I have written is being reviewed for publication?
 * It is currently not being reviewed; please take one copy of your article (you have made three versions, one of which I have deleted as it was made the the wrong place) and place this code at the very top:


 * If you save the page then, a big yellow box ought to be at the top of the page; someone will come along and review it soon, and please check the page every day to see if they left comments.  — fetch ·  comms   02:09, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Help with decline
My article was declined. We cannot accept unsourced suggestions or sources that are not reliable per the verifiability policy. Please provide reputable, third-party sources with your suggestions. Third party sources are needed both to establish the verifiability of the submission as well as its notability. I amn having difficulty understanding what to do. I put links all over the article to websites and wikipedia links.


 * Is this re. Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Cynthiapass ?


 * Most websites are not reliable sources - we need things such as newspapers, books, or websites such as CNN, BBC News, that sort of thing - with a "reputation for fact-checking and accuracy", with editorial control.


 * Wikipedia itself is not a 'reliable source' - you can wikilink to other articles, of course, but that does not help with showing the notability.


 * For the basic requirement, see WP:VRS


 * You added a couple of links to show that the person "received the (CSP)", for example, but most of the facts don't have references. How could a reader check that the person was "born June 24, 1960" or "graduated from University of Missouri" etc.


 * It will also help greatly if you learn how to use inline references,

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" ! How references work

Simple references
These require two parts;


 * a)

Chzz is 98 years old.

He likes tea.


 * b) A section called "References" with the special code " ";

Named references
Chzz was born in 1837, in Footown.

Note that the second usage has a / (and no closing ref tag). This needs a reference section as above; please see user:chzz/demo/namedref to see the result.

Citation templates
You can put anything you like between, but using citation templates makes for a neat, consistent look;

Chzz has 37 Olympic medals.

Please see user:chzz/demo/citeref to see the result.

For more help and tips on that subject, see user:chzz/help/refs.
 * }


 * You might also like to look at some other good articles on similar subjects, to get the idea.


 * Best,  Chzz  ► 21:07, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

I looked very closely at Jeffrey Gitomer and David Meerman articles. They use very simlilar links.


 * Notice that Jeffrey Gitomer has 23 properly-formatted inline citations to e.g. The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, etc.


 * In addition, note that the existence of other articles isn't necessarily a good argument in favour of adding more; see WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS.  Chzz  ► 21:48, 9 September 2010 (UTC)