Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk/Archives/2014 August 16

= August 16 =

11:18:44, 16 August 2014 review of submission by Dcgreene88
If a duplicate page is submitted. and one of users agrees to request deletion on one of the pages so that the other page and it's content is eligible for publication, is that feasible?

Dcgreene88 (talk) 11:18, 16 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes. If the page to be deleted has only had significant content added by its creator, then that creator can implicitly request deletion by blanking the page. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 07:14, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

17:08:08, 16 August 2014 review of submission by ZhenyaEva
Dear Help Desk,

I have submitted a new article but it was declined. I would like to ask for the reasons why it was declined, and how I can improve it so it will be accepted?

Thanks in advance for your answer!

Best, ZenyaEva

ZhenyaEva (talk) 17:08, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
 * The reviewer left comments on the draft. Long story, short: none of your sources are independent. Wikipedia needs to see what others (like newspapers, periodicals, etc.) say about the subject, not what the subject says about itself. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 17:58, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

21:58:06, 16 August 2014 review of submission by Anthrohoward
At the top of the article it says "Not yet submitted for review"; at the bottom it says "Waiting for review." This seems contradictory.

Anthrohoward (talk) 21:58, 16 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes. Due to bad web design on Wikipedia's part the submission process does not remove the outdated "not currently submitted" message box, but as long as there's a "waiting for review" message box anywhere on the page, it is correctly submitted, no matter what other message boxes may say. Huon (talk) 14:00, 17 August 2014 (UTC)