Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk/Archives/2023 March 24

= March 24 =

Request on 06:22:08, 24 March 2023 for assistance on AfC submission by Catboy628
Hello, I had written this article with lots of sources and references but then, it is being declined for many times, this director is awarded in films festivals truly, I DID used the newspaper and many websites from internation films associations to prove it right... I really don't know why it's still not reliable... looks I need to give up writing in wikipedia, I am exhausted and really frustrated... can anyone give me a hand please? 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 thank you, much appreciated.

Catboy628 (talk) 06:22, 24 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi @Catboy628: if you read the comments the reviewers have left, they're saying that there is too much unreferenced content: the first three paragraphs and the the infobox don't have a single reliable source (note that IMDb is not reliable, as anyone can edit it) yet they contain private personal details such as DOB which must be clearly supported. It's not enough that you cite some reliable sources in some parts of the draft – in simple terms, everything you write should only ever come from reliable sources, and should be referenced to tell us what those sources are. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 07:25, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
 * hi DoubleGrazing,thank you for your advice, but i don't know what else could Catboy628 (talk) 12:39, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
 * ￼hi DoubleGrazing,
 * thank you for your advice, but i don't know what else i could do except giving up, since Catboy628 (talk) 12:46, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
 * @Catboy628 The issue is, "where did all of the other information come from", or "how do you know all of that?".  Cite where the info came from. David10244 (talk) 06:45, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

15:29:53, 24 March 2023 review of submission by Alessandrogribaudo
Hi I'd like to know how to add external links for the italian wikipedia, because the english template for it is not supported on italian wikipedia and how to add sources also on that italian wikipedia

Appreciate

(presumably?)

Alessandrogribaudo (talk) 15:29, 24 March 2023 (UTC)


 * @Alessandrogribaudo: sorry, I'm not sure I understand... what exactly is it you want to do?
 * I notice that the draft is in Italian. Just to clarify, this is the English-language Wikipedia, and we can only accept articles in English. If you're trying to submit to the Italian Wikipedia, you will need to go to https://it.wikipedia.org/ -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 15:43, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Request on 15:54:44, 24 March 2023 for assistance on AfC submission by Ventura R. Alves
What is the main reason for my page to be delated and can it be fixed ?

Ventura R. Alves (talk) 15:54, 24 March 2023 (UTC)


 * @Ventura R. Alves: because there is nothing there, but the title of a paper and an external link; these do not add up to a viable article draft, and could be seen as promotional. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 15:58, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

What can i do to see my " in risk of deletion page" being published ? can it still be fixed ?

Ventura R. Alves (talk) 15:57, 24 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Please don't start a new thread with each question, just add to the existing thread.
 * And please don't put your questions inside the section heading.
 * Thank you, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 16:00, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
 * @Ventura R. Alves If, as experienced editor DoubleGrazing says, your draft is just a title and a link, then it cannot be published. And it's hardly worth retrieving  either. David10244 (talk) 06:47, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

18:35:19, 24 March 2023 review of draft by Alfa137
My submission was rejected with the only negative comment being, "The content of this submission includes material that does not meet Wikipedia's minimum standard for inline citations. Please cite your sources using footnotes." I had references for anything I claimed to have done in the way of a publication. It would help me if you could give one example of a citation or footnote that should have been put in. I do not know of any statement I made that would need a footnote. Please help me with one example.

Alfa137 (talk) 18:35, 24 March 2023 (UTC)


 * the purpose of references in Wikipedia is to make it possible for the reader to verify the information in the article. A list of references is not a list of a person's publications, but a list of the independent, reliable sources used to support the content in the article. An example of a statement in the draft that has no footnote is "Jerrold Franklin graduated in 1948 from Stuyvesant High School, where he was awarded the algebra award." All information in a Wikipedia article, especially a biography about a living person, should be supported by a citation, although if the same source supports multiple claims that are presented together in the article, there is no need for multiple citation markers.
 * In addition, adding citation markers manually with square brackets doesn't follow Wikipedia's Manual of Style; you need to add the inline citations in a way that creates footnote links to the reference list, like this: The blue text in the comment you quoted is, as you probably know, clickable links, and if you follow those links you will find more information about the relevant policies, as well as guides to how to insert inline citations in the text. Regards, --bonadea contributions talk 18:53, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
 * You may want to see Referencing for beginners for more help. As editor Bonadea said above, "the purpose of references in Wikipedia is to make it possible for the reader to verify the information in the article." Putting numbers in square brackets like this [2] doesn't create a citation. To do that, you can use the "cite" button in the VisualEditor or use  tags in source mode. Here's a basic source mode example:
 * That code generates a citation and a formatted reference, that looks like this:
 * I hope this helps. Edward-Woodrow (talk) 23:58, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Edward-Woodrow (talk) 23:58, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Edward-Woodrow (talk) 23:58, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

19:25:12, 24 March 2023 review of submission by 90.255.61.154
Do not reject this draft page. Or decline it. Just accept it. 90.255.61.154 (talk) 19:25, 24 March 2023 (UTC)


 * It has been rejected. David10244 (talk) 06:49, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

19:35:51, 24 March 2023 review of submission by Twodonotsimply
I submitted this article and it was marked as being 'under review' about 11 days ago. The banner at the top of the page says to contact the live chat for help if it has not been reviewed within 12 hours which I did and I was redirected here. Just wondering what's going on with why it's the review still hasn't finished yet. Thanks! Twodonotsimply (talk) 19:35, 24 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Courtesy ping to who marked it as under review. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 08:47, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I apologize, and have marked it as no longer under review. I evidently was planning to review it, and was then distracted, and have forgotten about it, so I will leave it to another reviewer.  Robert McClenon (talk) 07:03, 26 March 2023 (UTC)