Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 January 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cindyjill/Jeffrey_Hirschberg
Is this sufficient to be posted on Wikipedia? Much thanks.

Cindyjill (talk) 03:29, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I noticed that there are no references. Consider re-reading Your first article, especially point 4 dealing with sources and demonstration of notability. As that article says, "Articles that do not meet notability guidelines and do not cite reliable published sources are likely to be deleted." Tkotc (talk) 04:57, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Communicationcrunch/Sandbox
I would appreciate feedback regarding the following profile.I followed the Article Wizard and would like to know if further updates may be required. Thanks in advance.

Communicationcrunch (talk) 04:10, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * It's start class, but it's fine. It has at least one reliable source and meets Wikipedia's notability, and verifiability policies WP:N and WP:V. Go ahead and create the article. --Airborne84 (talk) 22:46, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Cheers for the feedback Communicationcrunch (talk) 06:35, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Williams_%28Announcer%29
Just hoping to get some help on getting this article up to par. I'd really like to get it going. Please help! Deliveryreviled (talk) 05:00, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Iamany/Springpad
Created a new article in my user space on the site/web application Springpad that I would like to run by an editor with more experience to ensure it follows guidelines. One of the questions I have about the article is that I am using the website infobox, but I noticed several other similar articles use the software infobox instead. Diigo, Delicious (website), Grooveshark use the website infobox, while Evernote, Remember the Milk, and Google Calendar use the software infobox. I am unsure of the release version and several of the other boxes that are used for the software infobox so I opted to use the website one instead.

I have not added any images yet, but I want to add their logo and/or a screenshot. I still need to read and understand the guidelines on using commercial logos and uploading images to make sure I don't break copyright guidelines.

Based on my understanding of notability and reliability, I think my article is fine in these aspects, but I admit I am not 100% sure especially with regards to news sites and sites that are like news sites that have correspondents and editors but might or might not qualify.

Iamany (talk) 05:41, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Miles Tinker article.
Miles Tinker. New article. Reliable sources. Request tag removal.

Airborne84 (talk) 06:00, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Huntgather/Hell%27s_Backbone_Grill
Please review for suitability. I may have entered my references incorrectly, as they are showing up only as [#]. This is my first article, and I'd really appreciate some experienced guidance! Thank you.

Huntgather (talk) 07:14, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * It's fine. You just need to format the references. You can use the citation templetes, or just type the reference in, making sure you meet Wikipedia's verifiability requirements. The New York Times article, for one, is fine.
 * Don't type your references directly into the "reference" section. Use the "ref""/ref" (with the <> symbols) and place your source in the article itself after the text it supports. As long as you have the "reflist" templete in the references section (you do), that tool will take care of the rest. If you'd like an example, go to a B-class or better article, open up an edit box, and see how others have done it (then close the edit box). :)
 * Just make the ref changes and start the article!
 * If you have trouble or any further questions, feel free to ask at my talk page. And thanks for your interest at Wikipedia. --Airborne84 (talk) 22:58, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Usingfree/Using_A_Bug_Free_Mind
Usingfree (talk) 07:49, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Creatingabug/Creating_A_Bug_Free_Mind
Creatingabug (talk) 08:06, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ABugFreeMind/A_Bug_Free_Mind#
121.97.59.91 (talk) 08:09, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Andrewmshaw/Andy_Shaw_%28Andrew_Malcolm_Shaw%29
Andrewmshaw (talk) 08:22, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

User:Krain Court/ADMAP GAS
Krain Court (talk) 09:57, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Krain_Court/ADMAP_GAS
Is this article ok to be published? I would really appreciate some feedback / comments.

Krain Court (talk) 09:59, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaelan_Joyce
What do you guys think?

Is the evidence provided in the references good enough or do I need to do more research on the guy??

Do you think the article will meet the wikipedia criteria and be left on or not? Any help is welcomed and appreciated.

Thank you so much :)

Manolo1234 (talk) 12:09, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The article seems well constructed. The notability of your subject is going to be the issue. Unless your subject is in fact notable, no amount of research will help. Let's look.


 * Notability (sports) has no specific guidelines for boxers. For college athletes, the guidelines say "College athletes and coaches are notable if they have been the subject of non-trivial media coverage beyond merely a repeating of their statistics."


 * One possibility is where such an athlete "[has] won a national award". This might work, but I think you would have to say a bit more to describe the award. (British Universities Sports Association champion of weight class). I'm not really a "sports person" nor from GB, so his award is unfamiliar to me. Also, if this is an award of some importance, is it documented only on the boxing club's web site? Can you find a newspaper source, or source the awarding association somehow?


 * Also, your subject would qualify if he "gained national media attention". This goes to the issue of "non-trivial media coverage" -- I don't think the boxing club's web site's listing would work.


 * In general, "A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has been the subject of multiple published non-trivial secondary sources which are reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject." Looking at your references, three of the eight are clips from Youtube, from what appears to be your subject's own channel. No independence. One relates to a dancing competition -- doesn't really go to the basis of your subject's asserted notability (boxer). The Gibralter paper merely mentions him in passing. Not knowing Spanish I can only guess that the coverage in the Spanish item is also only a mention in passing. A couple of sites are simply statistics-type sites.


 * Possibly you can find better documentation that will establish your subject's notability more clearly. At this point I see notability as a problem. However, as it says on the Wikipedia Notability page mentioned above, "the failure to meet these criteria does not mean an article must be deleted; conversely, the meeting of any of these criteria does not mean that an article must be kept. These are merely rules of thumb".Tkotc (talk) 21:18, 5 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm not suggesting the removal of any references. Nice external links in my opinion. I was just trying to assess how well they prove your case for notability.Tkotc (talk) 21:22, 5 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Perhaps if the subject here fits the criteria of notability under Notability_(people). As a television personality with a questionable notablity as a boxer, he may fit the criteria as an entertainer under point #2 "Has a large fan base or a significant 'cult' following." It can be argued that A national TV show that requires people to call in votes to support and retain the shows contestant is analogous to a "significant cult following." Kjmonkey (talk) 01:33, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

HI GUYS - M here.

Thank you for finding the time to assess my article guys! Feedback is required and very welcomed!

Tkotc- The subject did indeed get National Media attention. He is the only Gibraltarian to date to win a British National title and most local papers covered this achievement. I even have an issue of the Gibraltar Chronicle (gibs oldest and most prestigious paper) December 31st 2003 were the subject appears on the front page together with a write up.

I am just finding it hard to gather relevent information online. As his most notable achievement, BUSA (National title) was won by the subject over 8 years ago! A long time in the internet world. LOL

Kjmonkey - Thanks for the heads up on the entertainer categorisation! I shall add the user under this category now. The user incidentally did have a large following and still has a Facebook Fan club with over 500 members. Though not sure if this would be seen as a valid reference. None the less I will take everyhting into account.

I will now take heed of the advice given and keep searching for more articles etc to support everything I have written.

Once again I thank you for finding the time to assess my article and respond accordingly.

Very much appreciated--Manolo1234 (talk) 10:59, 6 January 2011 (UTC). :)
 * It's always frustrating when you think you have the substance and then have to suffer through the process of finding the proof. I know that feeling all too well. I have about eight articles half written where I have the facts (through unreliable sources) but am having the darnedest time finding good sources. At least your subject lives and works during the era of the internet! I'm hoping you can turn up something in the papers. but it may take a bit of scrounging because articles aren't online or are behind paywalls etc. A good library with an archive of old papers would be nice, but we don't all have convenient access to that. Good luck!Tkotc (talk) 16:53, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks alot Tkotc! If you want me to check out any of your articles let me know. I might be of use :)

I have added many more links now to the subject page and have even questioned the subject in an attempt to get more information. BUSA no longer exists and is now known as BUCS but this is stated in one of the wikipedia internal links so at least this is not somehting I need to worry about. I have provided a direct link to that page - British Universities & College Sport. The subject won the gold medal at national level - British Universities (this means Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland). Though not sure if this merits him being on wiki. I have also provided many more links to his Lets Dance (Gibs version of Dancing with the stars)televison appearences. For Gibraltar standard's the subject does qualify, but I'm not sure if he qualifies for wiki. Any thoughts on this? Thank you for all the help so far guys! Any additional comments or feedback are always welcomed! Even negative ones! Goodluck to you to Tkotc, if I am having issues validating info for a LIVE subject it must be dreadful doing so for one that has already passed away or do so many years ago! Though I must state I do enjoy the CHALLENGE. :) -->Manolo1234 (talk) 12:07, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cindyjill/Jeffrey_Hirschberg
I added some references and an external link. Is this sufficient? Thanks for your help.

Cindyjill (talk) 13:19, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bep2147/Charuvi_Design_Labs
This is the info page i created for Charuvi Design labs as i"m not able to find any third party page reference for it. So i had to reply on info provided by companies current employees and blog, official pages. Please help me in publishing this content.

Bep2147 (talk) 15:29, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

User:NancyEwa/System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting
Just getting started with a new article related to environmental and economic statistics and would greatly appreciate helpful comments!

NancyEwa (talk) 17:16, 5 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I've done some re-wording and made a few grammatical corrections. I've also moved it out of user space. Maybe someone else can comment on the substance of the article. --ChrisSteinbach (talk) 19:45, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

User:Cjuans/DataCore_Software
Hello! I just want to make sure that this article is acceptable for posting. Thanks!

cjuans (talk) 17:32, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:PREMIS2010/Pathogen_Reduction_Using_Riboflavin_and_UV_Light
I would appreciate some feedback in regards to verifying that the article I am attempting to post meets the requirement of being Notable. I respect what Wikipedia stands for and feel it is a great resource to many categories and topics. I believe the subject matter and content I am attempting to create has a purpose and place in Wikipedia and comes from an informative point of view and is both neutral and verifiable. The subject/content I wish to add is based on a scientific process that I believe would serve an educational function on Wikipedia. I am trying to stay consistent with other pages/ edits I have seen throughout Wikipedia and use the same foundation they use. With that said I have had some issues in the past with adding content that has been flagged as having a promotional tone. I now believe the new content I am adding meets the requirement and has been toned down to simply provide useful informative on this scientific topic. I would very much appreciate feedback if you believe there are changes that can be made before I attempt to move this article to the live space to ensure it will not be deleted. Thank you.

PREMIS2010 (talk) 19:43, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dvyhnz/Alpha_Male_Gorillas
I'm looking to create a page for independent band Alpha Male Gorillas. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Dvyhnz (talk) 22:41, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sjgarver/Greater_Philadelphia_Philosophy_Consortium
I'm just looking for general feedback on items such as having sufficient sources, overall encyclopedic tone of neutrality, whether anything seems to be obviously left out or unnecessarily included, etc.

Sjgarver (talk) 23:01, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * First of all, it's ready to go. Go ahead and start the article. Since it doesn't exist yet, no one else can contribute yet.
 * As far as your other concerns, your sources (at first glance) seem to meet Wikipedia's policies: WP:V, WP:RS, and others. You can review Wikipedia's key policies, they are linked at WP:V. However, if you want information on how to make your article as good as you can for an encyclopedia—specifically Wikipedia—check out the standards for Wikipedia's best articles. Good articles have to meet certain criteria to be promoted, and Featured Articles represent Wikipedia's best work. Feel free to strive for these objectives, but I'd recommend getting the article in mainspace now. Others may want to help.
 * Hope that helps. If you have more questions, feel free to ask at my talk page. --Airborne84 (talk) 23:09, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dye_Solar_Cell_(DSC)_manufacturers
Please review...

BinFlo (talk) 23:15, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_mental_roots_of_sexual_orientation_and_sexual_arousal
Please review for acceptability to WP. Thanks

YeDesalu (talk) 23:45, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kjmonkey/Golda%C5%9F
There are existing products from Goldas in the marketplace and a lack of information on the company. I decided to research the company and found that it has been involved in several financial dealings of scale with notable companies like Société Générale, Bank of Nova Scotia, and Commerzbank. However, there is a lack of other reliable sources for me to expand the entry for this topic beyond the information included in the article.

Kjmonkey (talk) 00:11, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Swaine
This is my first full new page, and though I have endeavored to follow all of the guidelines for notability and diverse sources, I would appreciate any feedback you could provide.

Resplin.odell (talk) 01:21, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_H._Paal
I am new at this, and this is one of my first new full pages. I have read through all of the guidelines for new pages related to notability, sources, etc., and I have endeavored to comply with them, but I would appreciate any feedback you may have on my effort.

Resplin.odell (talk) 01:23, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Balacrosse/JJ_Heller
First article. I'm having some trouble with the coding and getting the links and sources to show up at the bottom. Thanks for your help.

Balacrosse (talk) 05:34, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * To get EXTERNAL links to show at the bottom of your page, you need to put single square brackets around the URL, like this:


 * Your internal inline references need a somewhat different treatment. You need to surround the single bracket stuff with "ref" tags, like this:, and to put the references in where they verify a fact asserted in your article (end of sentence or paragraph). But ideally use a citation template from Citation templates, fill in the blanks, and stuff the result between the "ref" tags.


 * For general formatting help see, Cheatsheet.


 * I admit I gave your article only a quick glance, but it seems to me you are going to face other problems. Notability is always the first consideration, especially in a biography of a living person. You should scrutinize WP:MUSIC. If your subject is in fact notable, you need to provide citations which verify that conclusion. You should consider WP:RS and Verifiability in that regard. When these issues are thoroughly addressed, you might want to review WP:LAYOUT to make sure your article looks right.


 * Good luck on your project. Feel free to come back here for additional feedback.Tkotc (talk) 06:59, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

User:Tkotc/Charles Albert Murdock
Wikipedia has a project to provide "missing articles" for, among other things, Project Gutenberg authors who as yet have no Wikipedia page. See, Project Gutenberg author list. This is yet another attempt to provide one of those articles, this time for San Franciscan Charles Albert Murdock (1841-1928). Comments welcome. Tkotc (talk) 06:37, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Neri
This is my first article so any suggestions on formatting to make it easier to read will be helpful (maybe like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Jones).

Also, I didn't know how to add this picture: http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/70/8b/66c80279e4230ad8986c75.L._V189497146_SL290_.jpg

Mkusenba (talk) 11:19, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * You can add pictures by first uploading it to the Wikimedia Commons and then referencing the picture in your article using the formating they mention following the upload. Be aware that you can only upload the photo if you have the appropriate rights to it or have permission from the copyright holder. Read the information on the specifics to adding media to your article located on the Wikimedia Commons page. Kjmonkey (talk) 12:55, 6 January 2011 (UTC)