Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk/Archives/2017 June 16

= June 16 =

14:50:47, 16 June 2017 review of submission by Bogue112
Please advise how I can change the user name at the beginning of the text.

Bogue112 (talk) 14:50, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello, Bogue. The change in the Sandbox banner has been made.  NewYorkActuary (talk) 14:56, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

17:21:37, 16 June 2017 review of submission by CptTwinkie
My submission was declined on the basis of "This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources." I've spent a few hours reading the information available about citations and reliables sources and I'm very confused. Large parts of the information seems to be about biographical information or somehow about topics with research and printed publications. Since my article is about a modestly successful video game, it's not Call of Duty but doing well for an indie game, the vast majority of sources are online articles and reviews. So my question is, how can I improve the citations? Is the issue quantity, quality, or not enough direct citations for the text? I just need a direction or two to start working. Thanks for any help. CptTwinkie (talk) 17:21, 16 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Ref #4 is a website scraper and not reliable. Ref #1 is a press release. Ref #2 and 3 says at the top of it "this is an unedited press release". If the video game is "modestly successful video game" then there must be reviews/awards/coverage by media organisations online? Back to the question at hand though, your section entitled "game play" has one reference- compare that with Civilization_VI where every paragraph has a citation. Similarly- in "development" you claim that "Medieval Engineers remains in active development, with a new update introducing bug-fixes and new elements every week, including an updated video posted to YouTube generally on Tuesdays."- is there a source for this? Quite simply put, I think the reviewer meant that there are too many claims in the article that are not backed up by a source.


 * Hello, Captain. Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia.  You might also want to take a look at the various materials assembled over at WP:WikiProject Video Games, especially their reference library.  You might also want to work through our WP:Tutorial.  Although your draft's layout is reasonably well done, you really need to add some "Wiki-links" to the draft (see the "Links" section of the Tutorial).  I hope this response is helpful.  If you have any further questions, feel free to ask.  NewYorkActuary (talk) 17:36, 16 June 2017 (UTC)