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lew sid
dear waggie: most of the publicity in the rap business is internet based. there are many outside references to this artist on these magazines. at least a half dozen have been listed. since there are no links to any of lew sid's websites and blogs how on earth can this be called promotional. this artist has been liked by usher and has opened for the top rap artists of the day. he is certainly worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia and no I am NOT related to this artist in any way. I simply feel he is worthy of mention. what else can I do to convince you??? I guess I would like to just go ahead and publish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Helplord13 (talk • contribs) 22:04, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi there, . I'm sorry, but we simply do not allow unsourced biographies of living people on Wikipedia under any circumstances. If this draft were to be published to mainspace now, it would be deleted outright very quickly. Statements that say positive things about an article subject, without citing reliable sources are promotional. Blogs, social media, etc., are not reliable sources because they do not have any kind of meaningful editorial oversight, and it's extremely easy to buy views/followers/etc. on social media. I mean, what proof do we have that "Whole Squad was also well received by critics: recognized by Norfolk, VA’s 103 Jamz radio as the number 3 record of 2016...". One of the core principles and policies of Wikipedia is that information be verifiable. Frankly, if mainstream reliable sources haven't reported on Lew sid and he hasn't charted on any national record charts, then he's clearly not ready for a Wikipedia article at this time. Please review our inclusion guidelines for musicians. I'm sorry this isn't what you want to hear, but these are our policies that we can't make exceptions to for one person that you feel is important. Waggie (talk) 23:17, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.12 30 July 2018
Hello, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

Overall the June backlog drive was a success, reducing the last 3,000 or so to below 500. However, as expected, 90% of the patrolling was done by less than 10% of reviewers. Since the drive closed, the backlog has begun to rise sharply again and is back up to nearly 1,400 already. Please help reduce this total and keep it from raising further by reviewing some articles each day.
 * June backlog drive


 * New technology, new rules
 * New features are shortly going to be added to the Special:NewPagesFeed which include a list of drafts for review, OTRS flags for COPYVIO, and more granular filter preferences. More details can be found at this page.
 * Probationary permissions: Now that PERM has been configured to allow expiry dates to all minor user rights, new NPR flag holders may sometimes be limited in the first instance to 6 months during which their work will be assessed for both quality and quantity of their reviews. This will allow admins to accord the right in borderline cases rather than make a flat out rejection.
 * Current reviewers who have had the flag for longer than 6 months but have not used the permissions since they were granted will have the flag removed, but may still request to have it granted again in the future, subject to the same probationary period, if they wish to become an active reviewer.


 * Editathons
 * Editathons will continue through August. Please be gentle with new pages that obviously come from good faith participants, especially articles from developing economies and ones about female subjects. Consider using the 'move to draft' tool rather than bluntly tagging articles that may have potential but which cannot yet reside in mainspace.

Go here to remove your name if you wish to opt-out of future mailings. —  Insertcleverphrasehere (or here)  00:00, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
 * The Signpost
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