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= October 10 =

00:51:10, 10 October 2021 review of submission by Blackforces1
I am completely understanding of your decision, but I would like to ask why my article was declined. Blackforces1 (talk) 00:51, 10 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, creeks are generally not notable and you haven't shown why it would otherwise be notable in the sources. Gorden 2211 (talk) 09:41, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

03:51:33, 10 October 2021 review of submission by Abhi sikka
Abhi sikka (talk) 03:51, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Draft has been deleted as blatant and irreparable advertizing or promotion. —A little blue Bori  v^_^v  Jéské Couriano 11:41, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 * And looking at the last deleted version, it most definitely was "blatant and irreparable advertizing or promotion". Wikipedia is no place for self-promotion, . Please read the autobiography policy. I'd recommend following this tutorial to help you learn more about Wikipedia. -- The SandDoctor Talk 18:14, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

05:22:09, 10 October 2021 review of draft by Scottporad
I'm trying to get an article published and it continues to be rejected for reasons that don't make sense to me. The reviewer says that there is not sufficient coverage from reliable sources, yet I have cited 11 references from sources including Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune and Geekwire.

The article is Draft:Dolly.com (company).

Could you help me understand why this is being rejected?

Scott (talk) 05:22, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 * The problem is not the sources themselves, but their content. A Wikipedia article must summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about the company, showing how it meets the special Wikipedia definition of a notable company. Sources such as press releases, announcements of routine business activities(like the raising of capital which several of your sources are), staff interviews, the company website, and other brief mentions do not establish notability. A basic company profile(like the Bloomberg one) also does not establish notability.
 * If you have a connection to this company, please read conflict of interest and paid editing for information on required formal disclosures. 331dot (talk) 09:55, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I think you'd have more luck doing an article on Updater, with a section about its subsidiary Dolly. The notability sourcing requirements for a section aren't as high as for a standalone article. But please heed the COI advice given above. TechnoTalk (talk) 21:04, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Problems to link a Template page to my article namepage.
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{{Hello, I created a Template page named "Template:ChongBlia Yang" under my namepage which is "Ban Phou Pheung Noi". I have problems to link it to my article. I followed instructions as following by typing in my namepage (article page) {{tl|ChongBlia Yang}}, then click to Save + Published changes, and then I get the content of the template including "ALL" lines ===> to my page. To my understanding, it should showing only the "template:ChongBlia Yang" page, not the content. Do you know what I mean? And do you know what I did wrong? Why I don't get the template:ChongBlia Yang showing in my article page, when I wrote "ChongBlia Yang"? Could you help me please? Thank you.NruasPaoYPP (talk) 16:22, 10 October 2021 (UTC) -->}} {{ -->}}

NruasPaoYPP (talk) 16:22, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 * {{re|NruasPaoYPP}} WP:TEAHOUSE is a more suitable location for this issue. Moving this to there per WP:TALKOFFTOPIC. – robertsky (talk) 18:19, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

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16:45:41, 10 October 2021 review of submission by Alysheba
"Not news" is the comment left by "DGG." Not news?

It's rather inconceivable to me that a Recall Election that is literally "in the news" could not be "news." The link pinned to the word "recall" in the first paragraph of the article is literally the "news" story with the headline "Recall Effort Launched Against Shannon." Not one single sentence in the article points to anything other than a "news" article or video evidence of the principal players literally "making news."

Please look at the links. The Recall of Brian Shannon is most definitely news. We are living it every day in Newberg, OR.

I could understand if "DGG" stuck on phrasing he found biased and I would be happy to reword problematic passages. But to dismiss the RBS article on the basis of it being "not news" is absolutely mind-boggling. I have to conclude that he's either A) having a bad morning and didn't even properly read it; or B) has political biases that have caused him to inappropriately dismiss our article.

Neither option reflects well on Wikipedia. So please help me understand how my article is "not news."

Sincerely,

Matt Moriarty "Alysheba"

Alysheba (talk) 16:45, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 * "NOT NEWS" refers to WP:NOTNEWS, a Wikipedia guideline. There is no enduring notability for this local recall election based on local issues. 331dot (talk) 17:07, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 * You're better off adding a sentence or two to Newberg School District. TechnoTalk (talk) 20:56, 11 October 2021 (UTC)