Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk/Archives/2017 May 12

= May 12 =

12:01:08, 12 May 2017 review of submission by 2003:D8:8BD1:1701:8D68:A59A:474C:E88F
What has happened to Wikipedia? Years ago, pages went up immediately or within days. Now, all it takes is some reviewer who knows nothing about the subject to decline a submission, and then a delay of apparently months in some cases ensues. This is not efficient. If Wikipedia is going to say "no" speedily, then it ought to be able to respond with equal speed when concerns are addressed. 2003:D8:8BD1:1701:8D68:A59A:474C:E88F (talk) 12:01, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
 * If you have indeed addressed the concern with this draft "references do not adequately show the subject's notability", you could help save the time of whoever next reviews it by making it easier for them to find which of the references have significant discussion of the subject. The ones I've looked at just have a couple of words, e.g "nicely conducted", about him. Maproom (talk) 08:26, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

17:04:23, 12 May 2017 review of submission by 106.51.241.47
Draft: Ashwin Rao Pallakki Hi Can you please let me know on what are all the other sources I need to submit for the successful review of my draft and so that the article may be published. Thanks in Advance. 106.51.241.47 (talk) 17:04, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
 * NOTE: Response given in next posting. NewYorkActuary (talk) 17:59, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

17:06:41, 12 May 2017 review of submission by 106.51.241.47
Can you please let me know on what other sources I need to submit so that my article gets reviewed successfully and can be published.? 106.51.241.47 (talk) 17:06, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Please provide reliable sources from third-party providers independent from the subject.  JTP (talk • contribs) 20:05, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

17:08:37, 12 May 2017 review of submission by Ashwin Rao Pallakki
Can you please let me know on what other sources I need to submit so that my article gets reviewed successfully and can be published.? Ashwin Rao Pallakki (talk) 17:08, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Reply - Hi there; it appears that all your references are either not reliable or primary sources. I would follow closely the advice provided at Reliable sources to find new ones. Most specifically, you will not be able to use YouTube, social media, or a circular reference to Wikipedia itself as sources. These are not relevant, reliable third-party sources as per this site's definitions. Isingness (talk) 05:14, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

17:59:37, 12 May 2017 review of submission by TuriSteffen
I tried to submit a photo with the draft I created, but received the following error: An automated filter has identified this edit as potentially unconstructive. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks! TuriSteffen (talk) 17:59, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello, Turi. Our apologies for the great delay in response.  Could you provide a bit more information about what photo you were trying to submit?  NewYorkActuary (talk) 18:02, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! I was uploading a photo that I owned the rights to. I tried to include a screenshot of the error message below, but all the names I tried for it were blacklisted. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by TuriSteffen (talk • contribs) 17:25, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello again, Turi. Thanks for following up on this.  But I still don't have enough information to diagnose the problem.  The best I can do right now is suggest that you read through our tutorial on WP:Uploading images.  If you have any further questions, feel free to ask them on my Talk page (the thread here is going to be archived soon).  NewYorkActuary (talk) 17:34, 17 May 2017 (UTC)