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April 23

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Ryonet

Hey guys, I'm kinda new here. Any ideas of what can I do to improve this article?

http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Ryonet

Thanks! JohnQB (talk) 00:24, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That draft is heavily based on primary sources such as Ryonet's own website or press releases, and interviews aren't quite the independent sources we're after. Entire sections are based on such sources; we prefer articles published in newspapers or reputable trade magazines, written by third parties. The tone is also not as neutral as it should be; for example, "unfortunately" is not a word we should use. Huon (talk) 01:55, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Marc Thorpe Article

I have been trying to post this article on Marc Thorpe for the past month and continue to be declined.

I received this last Comment from LionMans:

Comment: Although I cleaned up the article a lot and made it more readable, it is still lacking in third-party reliable sources. Most of the sources are a copy of the biography he sends out to others or form sites selling (or advertising) his items. A lot of the references barely mention him or only in passing or are interviews with him. Article needs more reliable sources about him but unaffiliated with him or his work. Other than that, I think he would meet Notable Person standards. LionMans Account (talk) 03:49, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

I would like to know, how many more references do I need to get approval, there are already 14 plus for links to articles and interview??

Can post printed magazines as references from his website? If so, how do I submit printed magazine references to Wikipedia?

Please help! Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by ClairePijoulat (talk • contribs) 00:28, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's not the number, it's the quality. Wikipedia content should be based on reliable sources that are independent of the subject, such as newspapers or reputable art magazines. To establish that Thorpe is notable, we require significant coverage in such sources - multiple good sources writing at least a paragraph each about him. Your sources largely are primary sources such as his own or his mother's website, and many don't mention him at all.

You can cite print magazines as references; you'd have to provide enough bibliographical information to allow our readers to look up the source in a library - the name of the magazine, the publication date, the page number, the author, the title of the article and so on. You don't need to link to a scan of the magazine - there may even be copyright issues with that. Huon (talk) 02:11, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/አሉምኒ ፖርታል ዶችላንድ

Dear Sir or Madam,

thank you for commenting my input. What I actually was tying to do with the alumniportal Deustchland page was translating it. Not editing but translating it into my mother language. How do I do that so that the page could be available in Amharic also?

Thank you for your assistance!

sincerely,

FinifineFinifine (talk) 05:14, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You do it on the Amharic Wikipedia, not here. This space is only for articles in English. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 06:33, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Robert Esperti

I am attempting to add a picture to this entry, but I have used both the "insert" type icon at the top of the page and have typed out the code in longhand, neither of which successfully made the picture appear in the preview setting of the page. Is there something I am missing?

Thanks! AbbeyCharles (talk) 14:54, 23 April 2013 (UTC)Abbey[reply]

I'd strongly advise you to concentrate on adding sources for your article. There aren't any at the moment and, as it reads like someone's CV, it's unlikely to get very far here.

See Wikipedia:Picture tutorial for advice about adding images. Sionk (talk) 16:09, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The problem was a little more subtle: You once tried to close a footnote with a <ref> tag instead of </ref>. I fixed that; now the image appears (along with a paragraph or two of text that had also gone missing due to the wrong tag), but it's a photo of the wrong Bob. More descriptive image names would be helpful... For all I can tell you haven't uploaded a photo of Esperti yet; such a photo would have to be available under a free license such as the CC-BY-SA License. Wikipedia cannot accept non-free images of living persons. Huon (talk) 17:42, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Portuguese sources need to be checked

Some of the sources cited in WT:Articles for creation/Júlio Resende need to be checked for WP:RS by someone who can read Portuguese, to see if the Notability requirement is met. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:10, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Test Construction Strategies

I was wondering if there were any specific recommendations for areas that sound that they are not neutral. I have added a few sources to support the critiques, but am unsure if there are any other areas. Any other specific feedback would also be very much appreciated, as this is my first article.Raak1jd (talk) 19:58, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the issue wasn't so much that the draft sounded non-neutral, but that it looked like original research that hadn't been published before. All Wikipedia content should be based on reliable published sources such as newspaper articles or papers in peer-reviewed scholarly journals. I haven't looked up your sources (I'm not at a library right now), but they seem to be just the kind of sources we'd want to have. However, it seems as if parts of the draft still aren't based on sources. Huon (talk) 02:11, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That makes sense. Thanks for the feedback!68.188.226.29 (talk) 21:13, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]