Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk/Archives/2015 January 26

= January 26 =

08:32:24, 26 January 2015 review of submission by Ctechroyston
An article I wrote that has just been approved has picked up the history from my sandbox with content not relevant for this submission. Is there any way this can be removed by a Wikipedia user? (Thank you!) The historical sandbox data is from 2013. The history for this article is only relevant from 2015 onwards.

Ctechroyston (talk) 08:32, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
 * It sounds like a WP:HISTSPLIT situation, which requires an administrator to fix. can you help?  Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 15:32, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

09:03:24, 26 January 2015 review of submission by Boglarnemeth
Dear Reviewer, my article submission has been declined, could you tell me about detailed what was the problem, what should I modify? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:The_Swaen_(malt_house) Regards, Boglarnemeth

Boglarnemeth (talk) 09:03, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Your draft lacks the independent reliable sources needed to make a claim of corporate or general notability. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 16:35, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

13:48:46, 26 January 2015 review of submission by Janani.Jayabal
Janani.Jayabal (talk) 13:48, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Find newspaper articles about the subject. The sources you cite are insufficient. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 16:38, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Request on 21:43:35, 26 January 2015 for assistance on AfC submission by Kingston451
I have been working on my first article titled Boris Townsend which I submitted for review. I had not proved that I own the copyright for a photo in the article, but thought I had deleted the photo. I can no longer find the article or any record of it in my sandbox or anywhere else. I understand the restrictions on copyright and I am sourcing a different photograph. But where is the rest of the article?

Kingston451 (talk) 21:43, 26 January 2015 (UTC)


 * It seems very unlikely that User:Alexf would have deleted your entire draft, which was at Draft:Boris Townsend, just because of a copyright issue with the photo. It appears there was also a copyright issue with the text of your draft, namely that the text already existed elsewhere on the internet, without any indication that the text was freely licensed. You need to write draft articles in your own words ... you cannot copy and paste from other material on the internet. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 10:32, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

22:14:29, 26 January 2015 review of submission by PeaceofHistory
PeaceofHistory (talk) 22:14, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

I have a few questions about the article I have submitted. I am volunteering for an archive and we are hoping to provide more information to some of the locales that are listed on an already existing wiki (in my case it is locations in the county of Grande Prairie in northern Alberta). Is there a way that I can do this without having to wait for the article to be approved?

We are hoping to expand on a number of these old sites, and are wondering if we do a number of them, how long it may take to have them actually posted.

Thanks--PeaceofHistory (talk) 22:14, 26 January 2015 (UTC)


 * You can if you wish add information directly to the existing article County of Grande Prairie No. 1 without needing to wait for any approval process. You would do this by clicking Edit at the top of that page, and saving your changes, preferably including an Edit Summary. It's fine to do this while also waiting for your draft to be approved. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 10:27, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

22:58:21, 26 January 2015 review of submission by Kinderdeo
Hi there my article on "Chaheru" was accepted on Jan 2, 2015. Since that time I have received feedback from the affected persons. Hence I have edited the article, in a very minor way, dated January 26 and now would like to 1. change title of the Article to "Chiheru"...which was indicated as aka in the accepted article. It is much more known as Chiheru rather than Chaheru. 2. Move the article to "Chiheru" from the name "Chaheru", 3. Have the article reviewed and accepted. Thx. kinder deo (talk) 22:58, 26 January 2015 (UTC) kinder deo (talk) 22:58, 26 January 2015 (UTC)


 * To change the title of a page you WP:Move it to the new title. The article has already been reviewed and accepted, AFC has no further interest in it. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:19, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

23:12:15, 26 January 2015 review of submission by Thomaspeck8
Hello, I tried to write an article the other day about a locally known rapper. It got declined due to copy write issues and I was wondering why. Thanks

Thomaspeck8 (talk) 23:12, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
 * You've answered your own question. Copyrighted content is not allowed on Wikipedia. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 23:35, 26 January 2015 (UTC)