User talk:Springboys

Your submission at Articles for creation: William Middleton (Journalist, Author) (November 15)
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— Bilorv ( talk ) 22:31, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: William Middleton (journalist, writer) has been accepted
 William Middleton (journalist, writer), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Thanks again, and happy editing! ReaderofthePack (formerly Tokyogirl79)  (｡◕‿◕｡)  10:48, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I did some editing to the page - Middleton is notable, but there were some issues that was likely keeping the page from getting accepted the previous time around - or may have stood in the way depending on who else may have reviewed it. For one, you had too many links to primary sources - ie, links to the things he's written. Links like that are generally unnecessary other than a single link for each publication. Not all outlets really need to be listed per se, at least not until the article fleshes out more and can be seen as more than just a list of workplaces. I also created a bibliography section for the books, so that the reviews could have a little bit of a better place to live until an article is made.
 * I also removed the links for trade publications like Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus. They aren't explicitly unusable as sources but their brevity makes them weaker when it comes to establishing notability. They're not ones I'd rely on, to be honest. Other than that, the article was generally good and I mostly just streamlined it a bit to make it a little easier to read.


 * Since you're interested in book and author related articles, the following brochures may interest you. This one covers creating articles on books, while this covers creating biographies. They give a good overview of the process as a whole. As far as other resources go, these training modules were written for college students but are still generally pretty helpful and these videos cover editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor. The videos are from a prior version of Visual Editor, but all of the basics are still the same - it may just look different in some areas. ReaderofthePack (formerly Tokyogirl79)  (｡◕‿◕｡)  10:55, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh! Also check out WikiProject Books, WikiProject Literature, and WikiProject Journalism. These are WikiProjects devoted to improving Wikipedia's coverage of certain topic areas on Wikipedia. I saw that you want to edit on authors who aren't on the platform, so you should also check out WikiProject Women in Red, which is specifically aimed at improving Wikipedia's coverage of women and narrowing gender gap on Wikipedia, as there are often more articles about men than of women and women targeted topic areas - authors are one area where there's always a large need for more articles, if this interests you. They even have a whole list. Not that you should feel pressured! I just want to make sure that you have as many resources as possible! ReaderofthePack (formerly Tokyogirl79)  (｡◕‿◕｡)  10:59, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Welcome!
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Happy editing! ReaderofthePack (formerly Tokyogirl79)  (｡◕‿◕｡)  10:59, 19 November 2020 (UTC)