Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk/Archives/2018 March 13

= March 13 =

Request on 02:42:46, 13 March 2018 for assistance on AfC submission by Michael wombacher
I am not sure why my page was rejected. Please help.

Michael wombacher (talk) 02:42, 13 March 2018 (UTC)


 * did you read the reviewer guidance left in the large Pink box at the top of your draft? The main issue is that for "Biographies of Living People" (BLPs) it is required that every fact or series of facts be explicitly cited to a specific source by footnotes. One cannot simply list a bunch of sources at the end of the article, gotta be footnotes. To see how to footnote sources, see WP:Referencing for beginners.


 * Since you are writing about an author, I strongly advise you take a look at the guidance at WP:Notability (writers) to help avoid further delays. Click "Resubmit" when you feel you have made the needed changes. MatthewVanitas (talk) 08:46, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

18:33:08, 13 March 2018 review of submission by ProvitaRLE
Hello. I work for IUCN´s Red List of Ecosystems and need to publish an English version of this page: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_Roja_de_Ecosistemas_de_la_UICN The translation has already been drafted and is currently pending review. How do I make sure it does not get rejected or deleted? it has happened before, I believe. Thank you ProvitaRLE ProvitaRLE (talk) 18:33, 13 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Hello, a couple things:
 * Please see WP:Conflict of interest since it is required that you explicitly state on your pages that you are employed by someone tied to the subject you are writing about. It's not totally forbidden to do so, but it is required to declare such.
 * The big issue is that a ton of the article appears to be directly copied from the IUCN's website. This is a violation of IUCN's copyright (even if they "said it was okay" that is not legal permission), and also why should we host just an extra page for IUCN that just says what their own website says?
 * The main thing you're missing: Wikipedia does not care what a subject has to say about itself, we care what outside experts have said about a subject. Copying IUCN's page doesn't really tell us anything about how the world sees their list. I strongly suggest you take a quick glance at the guideline WP:Independent sources. Fundamentally, our core requirement is:


 * Hope this helps! MatthewVanitas (talk) 08:43, 16 March 2018 (UTC)