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Your draft article, Draft:Dominik Finkelde


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Dominik Finkelde moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Dominik Finkelde, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) In addition, since it is a blp (bio of a living person), it needs significant footnoting to verify the assertions in the article. Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page.  Onel 5969  TT me 14:24, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Dominik Finkelde (March 29)
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 QueerEcofeminist "cite! even if you fight"!!! [they/them/their] 18:37, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Dominik Finkelde has been accepted
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Todd McGowan moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Todd McGowan, is not suitable as written to remain published. It appears there is a WP:UPE or WP:COI conflict. Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, and have addressed the UPE/COI issue, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. As per WP policy, please do not move into mainspace yourself.  Onel 5969  TT me 17:32, 25 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi @Onel5969 why do you think that there is WP:UPE or WP:COI conflict? someones (talk) 17:38, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Because there are obvious indications that you are connected to the subject somehow. We don't give hints to editors on how we can spot UPE/COI editors.  Onel 5969  TT me 01:11, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, in that case, you are making baseless accusations, which is highly disrespectful. I will give you the hint, so your illusions may be cleared, I asked the author via email to send me a photo of themselves a while after creating the page, so it wouldn't have copyright issues. And they sent me a selfie, which I uploaded afterwards, that has probably triggered your detective intuitions, of how somebody else may have taken that photo? I will remove that photo accordingly since it doesn't count as my own work. Please stop making Wikipedia such a toxic place before making up your mind, and contact your superior, since I don't think asking for a photo constitutes WP:UPE or WP:COI. The author is pretty well known you can find citations to his work from other Wikis such as this one:
 * Psychoanalytic film theory
 * You can take a look across the internet as to see whether he's really well known, I've known this author via Slavoj Žižek who has recommended and reviewed many of his works.
 * I hope this finalizes your guesswork episode. someones (talk) 03:23, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Todd McGowan (March 7)
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Todd McGowan moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Todd McGowan, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more in-depth coverage about the subject itself, with citations from reliable, independent sources in order to show it meets WP:GNG. It should have at least three, to be safe. And please remember that interviews, as primary sources, do not count towards GNG. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Onel 5969  TT me 12:19, 29 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi @Onel5969 I've added the AFC comments back to the page Draft:Todd McGowan, have you checked them already? there are at least three instances of sources for GNG, including reviews from Cambridge University Press, which meet at least four of the important criteria 1. "Significant coverage" 2. "Reliable" 3. "Independent of the subject" 4. "Sources", and other publications and awards. Have you already assessed all of those? someones (talk) 16:46, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't see any reviews from Cambridge University Press. What #'s are those?  Currently there are 13 sources, none of which are in-depth and non-primary.  Onel 5969  TT me 01:41, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi @Onel5969, I haven't mentioned the reviews in the primary article but in the AfC section on top, there's one review from Hegel Bulletin (Cambridge University Press) https://doi.org/10.1017/hgl.2020.10, and one from American Imago (Johns Hopkins University) https://www.jstor.org/stable/26305079. I can add those perhaps in a separate "Views" section if necessary. someones (talk) 15:04, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi @Onel5969, I think you keep forgetting to check on this, as a reminder would you mind taking another look? someones (talk) 13:27, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Todd McGowan has been accepted
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minor edits
Hey, just FYI, Wikipedia has a technical definition of "minor edits", which is basically restricted to typos. You can have a look here: Help:Minor edit. Cheers, Patrick J. Welsh (talk) 17:27, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

January 2024
Hi Khashmashi. I was wondering what was your rationale for removing spaces, from infobox templates, across multiple articles? Many thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:58, 23 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi Martinevans123. Mostly I was looking for removing unnecessary spaces (double, extra spaces etc.), some of them turned out to be inside infoboxes, frankly didn't see any rationale for keeping them either, so went for 1) lower real state (both visual and storage-wise), 2) more uniform spacing across the board (compared to variable length spacing). So I leaned towards removing, but do you think keeping them as is, is visually more pleasing? someones (talk) 14:11, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I find it easier to edit infobox templates if all the "=" symbols are aligned and all the data entries are left aligned. Removing the "unnecessary spaces" destroys this. But I realise this is just a personal preference. It makes no difference to the visual appearance of the article, of course. I'm really not sure we need to worry about saving storage space. You might want to get a wider view of this issue? Thanks for listening, anyway. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:17, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Yup, I agree, thanks for pointing that out, the alignment argument sounds more palpable. Best. someones (talk) 14:28, 23 January 2024 (UTC)