User talk:FoCuSandLeArN/Archive 14

Hello FoCuSandLeArN
Hello FocusandLearn, Thank you for posting links of AfC draft at WT:INB. A small suggesition, can you please give a short note after you post a link of a draft (something like; This draft needs review or This draft needs improvement etc). It will help us understand what to do. Anyways your contributions are always appreciated. Thank you again.  J i m Carter  ( talk ) 22:19, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I usually need a general review when posting unless otherwise specified. I post many of these daily, and sometimes don't have the time to leave a detailed account about each submission, especially considering I know very little about their respective topics. But I'll try and comply as much as possible with your request. Thanks! FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 22:26, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I know it is a common problem. So, I have created a template for your help. Use after posting an AfC link. You don't have to sign it. It will be automatically signed after you post a link.

example
It will show
 * [example AfC link]

You can try it.  J i m Carter  ( talk ) 12:55, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
 * [example AfC link]
 * Thank you, that's very thoughtful. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 15:12, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for using it. Please let me if you need anything else.  J i m Carter  ( talk ) 20:49, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Submission decline for Registered Agent Solutions, Inc. page
Hello FoCuSandLeArN,

Can you provide more information as to why my submission was rejected? Just a little confused, especially with the recent changes I made to the draft.

Thank you. Lockjx (talk) 17:31, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
 * There is no indication of notability for the company, as the links provided in my comment and the pink box clearly explain. Also, of the 3 references provided, one's the own company's website, the other just a company profile and the last one what seems to be a press release about the owner. The company is simply non-notable and has no encyclopaedic value for Wikipedia. Thank you for contributing! Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 18:18, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

I used the Wikipedia page of CT (company), which is a company that's similar to Registered Agent Solutions, as a model to create this page. The author for CT (company) wiki page also referenced the "About Us" section of the company's site. Can you explain why this page is seen as more notable? The company profile was of the Inc. 5000 list. I included this profile so that viewers could see the company's ranking for the past three years. Would it be better to simply include a reference to the entire list, even though it may be harder for viewers to find the company among the list? How exactly was the last article a press release? Even still, why are press releases allowed in some Wikipedia submissions and not others? I noticed references to press releases in several other wiki pages (CT company, Corporation Service Company, Legal Zoom, etc) I researched to model this one after.

Again, I'm just trying to understand the submission denial.

Lockjx (talk) 21:08, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
 * None of those went through Articles for Creation, and two of them were created by a very inexperienced editor. See WP:EXISTS. Press releases are by no means considered reliable sources, but as for your previous argument, that some articles carry references to press releases has no bearing over the notability of your submission's subject. See Articles for deletion/Corporate Creations for a typical run-down of what happens to article like those.


 * It's also very important you read WP:COI. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 21:19, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Decline of the article about ShopYourWay
Hello FoCusandLeArN,

I'm not sure I understand the reason for declining the article about ShopYourWay. I added references from well established soruces, like the Wall Street Journal, and reliable and long lived sources like Alexa showing that the site has significant traffic (translates to millions of users - the exact number is confidential due to business reasons). In addition, there's press coverage on well known affiliates like Adam Levine (which has, by the way, a reference to ShopYourWay in his Wikipedia article, as you can see). Finally, if you search for ShopYourWay in Wikipedia, you'll see it has numerous references (not to mention Google, which currently returns over 70,000,000 results for this exact match!) - how can that be not notable enough for a Wikipedia article? It could be that I'm missing something significant, I'll be happy to understand what it is, so I'll be able to add this to the page and get it accepted. One last comment: you also mentioned a possible COI - I am, in fact, working for ShopYourWay (I'm the VP of Engineering), but I'm not sure I understand why is that a problem, especially given that I added links to third party sources who rely on objective data (like Alexa, for example, which measures actual visits and page views, and with such big numbers can't be played). Thank you for your time, Gadi Gadilif (talk) 05:59, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I can't say a lot about this, but ShopYourWay has only three references, one of which just says the Alexa score, so that's not really enough to establish notability. As for the COI, anyone who's affiliated with the organization/company/whatever has the potential for that. If it makes you feel any better, Randall Munroe (creator of xkcd) doesn't edit the page on his comic due to COI. Supernerd11 :D Firemind ^_^ Pokedex 14:50, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I have added the following comment to the submission. I hope this helps.
 * Press releases are not WP:INDEPENDENT sources so not useful for establishing notability. Notability is established by significant coverage in reliable sources, not by web traffic. is potentially useful but WP:CORP does not consider regional sources such as this to be strong indicators of notability. ~KvnG 14:53, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi there, F&L asked at the AFC project talk page for outside opinions so I'm giving them
 * Alexa is a very specific way of measuring website visitors. Per WP:ALEXA, we really frown upon using a Search Engine test (or visitor rankings) to justify inclusion.
 * We need content in the submission that explains what makes ShopYorWay different than any of the other numerous internet shopping portals.
 * As you admit that you are in a position of leadership for ShopYourWay, you have a significent incentive for there to be a Wikipedia article about the site as Wikipedia typically boasts one of the top ranked spots in a Google search. Because we institute a significant amount of quality control and discretion Google ranks us high in search results. It would be highly inappropriate for you to be writing this article
 * The references you present are 2 press releases and the Alexa link. PR releases are not independent, and in fact are written by the company themselves.
 * Finally the entire submission in it's current state resembles more a blank directory listing than a viable stand alone article.
 * For these reasons I think you should reconsider reading the advice we put out about editors who may have a conflict of interest and reconsider if you want to be bound by such rules. Hasteur (talk) 14:57, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
 * (edit conflict) Agree with above, but wanted to add a little bit.  You claim there is a WSJ reference, but I'm not seeing it in the article.  Aside from the Alexa reference, which is a directory listing (thereby not helping to establish notability), the other two are press releases.  These are not independent of the article subject, and again don't help establish notability.  Although bizjournals is full of PR news releases, but the article you use in the external links section appears to not be a PR news release, could you use some information from that as a reference.  That, and a valid WSJ citation, would go a long way towards getting the article ready for mainspace.  All the best,   78.26   (I'm no IP, talk to me!) 14:57, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

eyeoncuba.org
Hello,

Regarding our recent submission for Eye on Cuba page on wikipedia, we have only 3 references from the media- the project is quite young. I don't know if it is enough though... here they are: http://www.cubanet.org/otros/nuevo-mapa-interactivo-muestra-abusos-de-derechos-humanos-en-cuba/ http://www.martinoticias.com/content/un-mapa-con-los-ojos-en-cuba/30284.html http://falcowebb.com/FreeEagleBlog/info/nuevo-mapa-interactivo-de-abusos-de-derechos-humanos-en-cuba/

Regarding your mention about our line: "The human rights abuses presented on this website are based on reliable and confirmed documentation reported by activists involved in the protection and defence of human rights in Cuba. - what kind of reference would make it reliable? could you offer an example?

Thank you for your help,
 * Hello there! If the project is quite young, then it's probably non-notable. WP:IRS and WP:IS provide a clear guideline of which references are acceptable, but newspapers, books, etc. are usually what Wikipedia strives for. I don't think those references are reliable, as they appear to contain user-generated content. You might want to ask at the help desk though. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 13:37, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

Port Blue
Hi. Could you explaing the comment on my Port Blue page submission?

Best, MariusEJ
 * As was made very clear on the pink box plus my reviewing comments, no independent nor reliable references were provided, not to mention the references that were indeed provided were not actually about Port Blue but rather other projects the person is involved with. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 21:34, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

OKay. Well to me it is full of reliable sources. If you have read the interviews provided as links you will see that Adam Young himself comments on the Port Blue project??..- How can that not be reliable? Th Tumblr links are to Adam's old official Tumblr account before he moved to his current Tumblr - ayoungblog.

The youtube video. Check 09:56 min in and hear Adam comment on the Port Blue Pacific production.

The Facebook link is to the official Windsor Airlift account. And a direct link to a picture they have uploaded and commented on??

The soundcloud account is official. This was confirmed to me by Brian Tapfar of 'Foundations Artist Management' - Adam Young's management! ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MariusEJ (talk • contribs) 09:29, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Facebook, Youtube, Tumblr, etc. are not reliable sources. Interviews are non-verifiable in general either. Insistence won't get your article accepted. If no extensive coverage in independent nor reliable sources can be provided then I'm afraid there's nothing we can do, the subject is simply non-notable. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 21:47, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Lauren
Lauren is now only the 8th us woman all time to run under 2:30 for a marathon which is a world standard. Lauren now ranks in the top 100 of the world. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Longdistance06 (talk • contribs) 08:23, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok, but you've submitted a blank page. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 12:55, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Submission declined - feedback
Hi there, thanks for your comments regarding the errors in my submission! I've added some more 3rd party sources and hope it meets the required standards now. This is my first page so please bear with me! Thanks again :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikify (talk • contribs) 21:45, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia Post
Hello, I am a student at the University of Guelph in the Bio-Medical program. One of my assignments was to create a wikipedia post, and if my post is not uploaded to wikipedia I receive a mark of 0. I appreciate your input and guidance, however is there anything else I can do to make sure this post is uploaded. Either in a different section, a sub paragraph of another page, Im not familiar with wikipedia and uploading articles. Truthfully I just want my assignment up long enough to take a snapchat that it got accepted. Are there any other encyclopaedia's you know of that I could try? anything will help me :) Thank You! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trevorhillis (talk • contribs) 01:39, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello there! Ok, let's wait for the Medicine people to give us some feedback, or if you want post your comments here. Your submission hasn't actually been reviewed yet. It could be helpful if you posted your situation as a comment in the actual article too. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 02:12, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Request for comment
Hello again, how are you? today I'm here onbehalf of WP:ORPHAN in which you are also a participant. So, we want your opinion to a WP:ORPHAN related matter. It is a proposal by. Please have a look here. Your opinion (i.e support, oppose etc) are very much appreciated there. Thank you.  J i m Carter  ( talk ) 01:55, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Templates help
Hello, I am a new user.

1. Could you please show me how to code a template to display a link that points to an article in wikipedia. Template name is {User:Medara Bassey/goto article|article name}, where 'article name' is a parameter.

2. Summary of how to code templates.

I'll be gratefull. Medara Bassey (talk) 19:12, 2 April 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what to say here. I think you should see this. When linking to any article you can also add some minute details. Example: Please click here to find about schools this will show:Please click here to find about schools. This is the format: your input . Now if you want to create your own template then copy this ( Please goto | . )   go here, paste and save the page. How to use it? when linking to an article use this:   articles name and it will show:  Please goto article name.


 * If you need any further help then you might ask me on my talk page or you may ask your questions here. Thank you.  J i m Carter  ( talk ) 03:07, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Winston's Wish
Hi there, have now added a number of references for the charity Winston's Wish so hoping you can approve the edits. Many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Winstonswish (talk • contribs) 08:32, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

I'd like to know why my topic was deemed non-notable please.
I submitted a page about one of the founders of my field and yet it was determined the topic/person was non-notable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kerryjoy (talk • contribs) 18:30, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
 * It is unreferenced. You need to establish her notability, and WP:ACADEMIC will be of great help to you. You can't just state "Taylor is recognized as a leading scholar in the fields of environmental sociology" and not provide references. Her own work is insufficient to determine whether she is a leading academic in her respective field. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 20:57, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Article Submission Question
Curious as to why the article I submitted for my beer company (which is a company description) was rejected. Any help would be appreciated. THX Anandc7 (talk) 22:24, 7 April 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anandc7 (talk • contribs) 22:22, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
 * It is non-notable, as stated in the submission's comments section. Also read FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 22:41, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Jean-Louis de Boubers
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Jean-Louis de Boubers: Revision history
Hello FocusandLearn, Is it possible to remove my oldest contributions from "Jean-Louis de Boubers: Revision history" ([Here]) which are, in fact, the history of my personal sandbox ? There is no direct relationship with the article ? Thank you.--Parsedan (talk) 13:22, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Hmm...let me ping and see what can be done. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 14:51, 8 April 2014 (UTC)


 * What you are looking for is "Revision deletion" and requires an administrator willing to perform it, which is extremely rare and you would have to offer a really good reason. — &#123;&#123;U&#124;Technical 13&#125;&#125; (t • e • c) 17:46, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * In any case, they're just article edits that happened to be in your sandbox. I don't see any problems with them being seen. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 17:54, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * It's correct. Just more than one year of diverse works from my sandbox since the beginning of my WP life. Anyway, no problem with them being seen. --Parsedan (talk) 18:48, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

PDF
Hi FoCuSandLeArN -

I am a new participant with first Wikipedia article pending, so very much appreciate your feedback and help. We think we have a good article submitted, but are new to the whole works including talk discussions like this one. We notice that you left a "comment" concerning our article on climb-and-collapse: "This is a direct copy of this book, although I can't seem to get a hold of it. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 00:03, 8 April 2014 (UTC)" (The link in your comment accesses a PDF document on the same subject)

If your comment contemplates possible matters of copyright, please don't be concerned - I wrote the article accessed by your link, and it (the PDF) is an open-courseware PDF which is intended to be free for educational and non-commercial use. Other possible matters that may be of interest - the linked PDF is not a book and not a "for sale" item in bookstores or online or anywhere else. Instead, it is a short, freely-downloadable and free-for-sharing "executive summary" of the subject matter. The subject matter in our Wikipedia submission is also treated with greater detail and rigor involving references and citations.

Hope the above will be useful.

Sustainability1 (talk) 10:46, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Marslander video game article
Hello focus and learn - thank you for reviewing my article - I can understand that there are not many references

My problem is that the game was never attributed at the time, so it is difficult, if not impossible, to get any, but as it was written for education of computer users, and has survived and flourished in various forms for 31 years, and has also been used by tens of thousands of schoolchildren both to enjoy as a game and also to learn BASIC programming, I think it is notable

But I don't know how to proceed - what would you recommend for references?

thank you Mrrash (talk) 14:11, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
 * If it's as well-known as you say then you'll have no trouble in finding books, magazines, newspapers and such that cover said game. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 14:58, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Nuria Perpinya
Dear Focusandlearn: The sources of new article about Nuria Perpinya are reliable and independent; they are, then, secondary sources. They come from the most important catalan and spanish newspapers and literary and academic magazines (El Pais, La Vanguardia, Avui, etc). There aren't any familiar or personal relationship between the writer and the critics. The notes of important literary critics and scholars from Madrid and Barcelona garantees the neutral and independent point of view about the writer. Precisely, newspapers ideologically so different as El Pais (socialist) and ABC (conservative) agree about the values of the literary work of Nuria Perpinya, very well reputed as an intellectual writer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Copiacertificada (talk • contribs) 11:20, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh, I just noticed that those "notes" were the references, presented in an awful manner. As it is, I can't verify any of those references myself, but I suggest you at least read WP:REFB and perhaps reformat them so other reviewers can make sense of them. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 14:57, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi, again. I added independent and internacional sources in References from Time Out, New York magazines, university academic papers, etc. Thank you for suggested it.--Copiacertificada (talk) 15:09, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Timothy
I have resubmitted an article for Grammy Award winning musician Timothy Bloom. Our last publicist did not write the article in the correct tone and it was rejected. I hope we can get this live. I will update it further once it is live with photos and website links.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hartmanshouse (talk • contribs) 16:30, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

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Page for Andrew P. Hayek
Hi,

My submission for Andrew P. Hayek, President and CEO of Surgical Care Affiliates, has been declined. What can I do to improve it and have it published? Please advise.

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Andrew P. Hayek

Dancer88onpointe (talk) 13:46, 21 April 2014 (UTC)Dancer88onpointe
 * If he's notable, then you need to explain why, and provide extensive coverage in independent and reliable sources. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 14:46, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Winston's Wish
Hi there, the proposed page for charity Winston's Wish has now been vastly improved with many references to national publications. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 135.196.165.98 (talk) 11:30, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Shawn Mendes
Hi There,

Just re-submitted the Shawn Mendes page you reviewed, now with additional news sources and information as he is certainly a rising star with popular publications writing about him. With him going on tour with MTV VMA winning teen star Austin Mahone this summer, and extensive coverage on popular news sites like MTV.com, USA Today, and as the winner of Ryan Seacrest's recent competiton, hoping we can add his page to Wiki.

Thanks, Matt — Preceding unsigned comment added by Musicsource87 (talk • contribs) 03:49, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

2002 Venezuelan coup article
Hello. That you have a certain amount of edits is irrelevant, and your accusation of "disruptive editing" is inappropriate. Although I emphatize with you feeling disheartened and appreciate your contributions, it was my view that the previous version was better than your version and thus I reverted it. Some of your edits were obviously biased. "Although Chávez rose to power as a populist hero, his increasing autocracy, in the view of many observers, caused his popular support to dwindle over the years.", was, for example, an extreme violation (for a sentence) which offends several principles of Wikipedia not only in one but in several ways. You also removed several paragraphs which contained information, not re-wording them to be neutral but simply making them disappear. Thank you for trying to improve the article and I hope to see you re-incorporate your edits in a form that does not seem like this is Conservapedia. Discuss changes in the coup article's talk page, not through user talk pages. Zozs (talk) 19:18, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Get off your high horse, mate, and appreciate there are more experienced editors than you. I did not accuse you of anything; if you read intently you'd understand I said you should focus on disruptive editing, which is not what I partook in. Clearly you have an agenda, given you only edit politically hot topics (and several warnings on your talk page will attest to this); you'll find no such bias from my part. Another mistake you've made: it's not my version, it's Wikipedia's, and being a collaborative effort you'll have to live with other user's edits, which I am no way close to finishing so you shouldn't be hasty to revert them. I removed certain paragraphs which were wholly unreferenced, because sometimes it's best to just blow them up and start again, a principle you'd know about if you were experienced at Wikipedia. Also, you provided one single example of a biased comment; if that's all you found then you contradict yourself. The fact that you deleted all of my edits clearly shows the biased editor was you, simply because if you had found biased sentences you should have removed those, as you explained I should've done. Removing whole sections is textbook biased editing. I will be closely following your edits, and firmly suggest you use some moderation, which also goes for your interactions with fellow users. Sometimes you have to learn a thing or two before barking, as we've all learnt with sacrifice here at the encyclopaedia. Sit back and modestly accept different opinions, it'll help you remain sane while editing. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 19:34, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I apologize for the confusion; upon more careful reading of your message I noticed that you were not accusing me of "disruptive editing", but rather saying that I should focus on working against disruptive editing. I am going to ignore the symptoms you are experiencing over your edit count and imagined superiority and the mean nature of the message. I mean, I get that you may feel bad because your edits are reverted after you've worked on them, yet that is no excuse for how you are talking now. I know about that principle, yet it clearly did not apply here; the sentences could be very easily reformed into being neutral. For example, "the media was highly biased..." could be changed into "The media was criticised by the Venezuelan government supporters for being biased", etc. You are mistaking me editing political articles I am being interested in with me being biased; I am interested in these topics and some things are misrepresented, so I aim to make them more neutral. It's good that you follow my edits so that my changes can be checked and the version which is ultimately best is kept. I will not discuss changes to the coup article here; we can use the coup talk page for that. If you need specifics, then I will create a discussion there on how your changes were not an improvement but rather the inverse. That I gave just one example does not mean that I consider that the rest of your edit is not bad. Zozs (talk) 23:32, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Just to be clear, I think that some or a lot of the stuff in that article is biased and should be made neutral. For example, "The mainstream of Venezuelan media outlets are privately owned, and which side they were on was made abundantly clear in the way events were covered." is not a good sentence; however, it contains key information, and should be reformed into: "People against the coup argued that the media outlets are privately owned so... and thus they harshly criticised the role of the media", etc, while referencing for example the "The Revolution Will Not be Televised" documentary (which may be biased but is a source which accurately tells you what the opinion of the government supporters is). You get the idea. Zozs (talk) 23:48, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

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2002 Venezuelan coup article
Hi. I have restored most of your edits, and restored the questionable parts in a different way. I think the article is more neutral now. I apologize for any disruption. I had seen a string of edits by several editors which seemed to all be making the article worse, and thus ran to revert them, but since my attention was divided between all of them I didn't notice that most of your edits were actually good. So I re-checked your edits specifically, restored most of what you added, except what seemed biased. I also edited the intro so it sounds more neutral and shortened it severely, while not removing information, sorting out one of the issues with the page. What do you think?

Thanks for your contributions. Zozs (talk) 22:27, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello again! Thank you for letting me know. I think you've done a good job of trimming the fat and making the intro more manageable. I've added some more paragraphs just now, but have a lot to do still. I'm glad we see eye to eye on this, and we can hopefully do some more work on this article together. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 17:52, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Bradley
Hello,

Are you reviewing page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Bradley_Green ?

Please let me know if you are and require anything further.

Many thanks,

angie@balifas.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.41.42.92 (talk) 22:33, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Winston's Wish charity page
Hi there, hoping you can help. We are having all sorts of trouble setting up the Wikipedia page for our charity Winston's Wish. We have extensively read up on Wikipedia policy and ensured the article is neutral and contains a large number of references from external, national publications. The user rhowarth has blocked our username so we can't log in to make any further changes that may be needed, and the page remains unpublished. Any guidance you may be able to give would be hugely appreciated! I'd be happy to discuss at lmckinnon@winstonswish.org.uk 135.196.165.98 (talk) 08:28, 28 April 2014 (UTC)Liam, Winston's Wish, 28.4.14
 * It doesn't seem you've been blocked. Why so? In any case, the article is waiting to be reviewed. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 13:30, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Operosa
Hello,

Reviewing the submitted Operosa article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Operosa#References

The references were not included correctly; kindly check if they are acceptable now.

Aulis1 (talk) 20:37, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

User:Copiacertificada/Núria Perpinyà
This was at Articles for Creation and was not updated there, but it seems to be good enough for article space now. I was hoping someone else could approve it so it could be moved to article space. It does still have problems but it's not beyond help.— Vchimpanzee  ·  talk  ·  contributions  · 19:00, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your assessment. You can install the helper script and start reviewing articles if you're interested. We could certainly use your help! FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 23:40, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't feel qualified and I don't really have the time. I can spot obvious problems, but I would probably approve articles that aren't ready.— Vchimpanzee  ·  talk  ·  contributions  · 18:37, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Suggestion
Hi Focus. When you add a comment to a draft you are rejecting, I suggest that instead of concluding with "therefore not notable", you put "therefore fails Wikipedia's inclusion criteria at this time". More of a mouthful, but more easily understandable by new editors and less likely to cause offense. They invariably do not realize that the word "notability" on Wikipedia doesn't mean the same thing as it does in the outside world. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 17:08, 2 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, I get that a lot, hence I use the WP:GNG link. But I might change the wording at some point, to include some other useful links, etc. Cheers, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 17:09, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

April 2014 drive awards.

 * Cheers! Spring in Wikipedia is lovely! Just avoid the articles on flowers... (talk) 03:08, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Pelletan
Hello, I found the first name of Pelletan, French Governor General of Pondicherry (1902). I think the page should be moved from "Pelletan" to "Louis Pelletan" but I don't how. Could you help me, please? The name "Pelletan" needs some disambiguation, too (Camille Pelletan, Eugène Pelletan). Thank you. --Parsedan (talk) 15:01, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok, moved the article! Thanks for the heads-up! Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 16:14, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Help
Why is it that every time I try to create an article its either copyright infringement or sources aren't notable?

I mean I'm trying my damn hardest here. Apparently everything I do on here isn't good enough,

very aggravating... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pjryb (talk • contribs) 20:30, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello there! Thanks for getting back to me. Well, there's nothing much I can say if those were the decline reasons. Perhaps some encouragement to work towards improving and resubmitting those articles after the issues are resolved. This page has a brief sumamry of what good sources are for Wikipedia. As for copyright infringements, make sure you create articles without copying material from any other sources. Hope this helps, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 16:20, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Stub Page Rejected Based on Non-Notability
I'm fairly new to the Wikipedia. My submitted stub was rejected for "no extensive coverage in independent nor reliable sources, therefore non-notable." It was my understanding that by submitting it as a stub rather than a full article would be acceptable because it would interest users and I cited secondary sources that are verifiable in the context of the stub. I'd greatly appreciate it if you could clarify why this stub was rejected. Cate Writer (talk) 14:09, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
 * As I said on my comments, there's no indication the app's notable, i.e. it has no extensive coverage in independent nor reliable sources. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 16:06, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Glen Olson
Dear FoCuSandLeArN:

This is what you sent me regarding an article I submitted under the title of Glen Olson. My revised article is at the very bottom of this email: This is what I did: I have removed the references that did not have dates or issue or article numbers. By the way, Glen Olson is already listed in Wikipedia under certain writing credits: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=glen+olson&fulltext=Search. Glen Olson has submitted the same article for me under the artiicle name of Rod Baker. I bring this up because all the changes I am submitting below would apply to the article of Rod Baker that was also rejected. Maybe you can work on both of them? Glen Olson and I are a US TV writing team and share all TV credits together over many years. I have also added to the links section, the actual URL so you can verify them and removed the ones that are no longer online (some of the sites have no archive section). Regarding the writing awards, I can scan and email you copies of all the award certificates that Glen and I earned. Thank you for your help. Rod Baker — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.165.79.211 (talk) 22:55, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello there. I think you'll find WP:AB and WP:COI relevant reads. Besides those issues, you've provided no extensive coverage in independent nor reliable sources. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 16:10, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

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TutorSearch article not approved.
Hi FoCuSandLeArN,

I was wondering if there was any specific reasons that the TutorSearch article was not approved? We are new at this process and just wanted to upload an article that can tell users about the TutorSearch service on offer. If there is anything we can change to help the review process please let us know!

Kind Regards,

TutorSearch team. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.139.52.123 (talk) 04:07, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
 * It doesn't pass WP:CORP with the references provided. It needs extensive coverage in independent and reliable sources. You might also want to read WP:COI. Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 12:18, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Please re-review
Hello FoCuSandLeArN,

Would you be so kind as to have another look at the entry for Kurobuta London's Scott Hallsworth, please? I've tried to adhere to the same format as the entry for Scott's contemporary and friend, Neil Perry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Perry

Any and all advice on how to have this published warmly received.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Scott_Hallsworth

Thanks and kind regards,

Subclassic (talk) 11:20, 14 May 2014 (UTC)subclassic

Article on American pianist
Hi Thank you for the review and feedback of the article that I submitted. Do you have any more specific feedback on how the article could be improved? It seems there are some editing concerns.

Thanks, Michelschoenberg (talk) 04:56, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
 * The issues addressed in the tags at the top of the page need to be tackled. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 13:07, 15 May 2014 (UTC)