User talk:KarenDaltonSingsTheBlues1

Help me!
Please help me with..."Jenifer Zilm" (draft article) -- female Canadian poet "Jennifer Zilm" (she is listed in the Pat Lowther award: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Lowther_Award)

draft article for Jennifer Zilm: I created this under a slightly different user name (minus the 1) as I forgot my password. It has been declined a third time for "sounding like an advertisement." (I'M STUMPED...HOW IS THIS LIKE AN 'ADVERTISEMENT'??? UNLESS YOU KNOW LITTLE ABOUT CANADIAN POETRY???)

And before that, for not being "notable" e.g. not being able to find the poet in "Reader's Digest." (AGAIN, I'M STUMPED: I feel this is an example of the severe problems Wikipedia has with a) minor/marginalised artists and genres who may have real status in their field, but don't show up in Amazon.com etc. AND b) female artists, AND c) from countries other than the USA.)

A Canadian poet (beyond e.g. a Leonard Cohen) would NEVER show up in a Reader's Digest, People Magazine etc.

Zilm has notable credentials in significant Canadian literary journals.

NONE of the cited sources for this article come from private/personal/blog sources.

CREDITABLE SOURCES:

The Walrus Canadian Literary Studies the League of Canadian Poets

are all vetted, peer-reviewed, significant literary journals.

Zilm has TWO books published, and a lengthy publishing and critical history.

What else does she need to do to be "notable" enough for this web page (and other Canadian female poets??) ? Kill herself? I'm trying to create new pages for various female Canadian poets, and yet again come up against the Wikipedia WALL.

Any assistance you can provide would be great.

KarenDaltonSingsTheBlues1 (talk) 02:46, 18 April 2020 (UTC) KarenDaltonSingsTheBlues1 (talk) 02:46, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Its considered to be an advertisement because it does little more than tell about the person and, as you were told in the draft, the poet does not seem to meet Wikipedia's special definition of a notable creative professional at least based on the sources you provide, or the more general notable person definition. Any article must show how the person is notable. Merely publishing a work isn't enough. 331dot (talk) 07:30, 18 April 2020 (UTC)