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Draft:Mochi (magazine)

Hi there. Recently my draft for Mochi (magazine), was rejected with the main reason stated that the references do not establish the magazine's notability. After reading WikiProject Magazines' writing guide, I felt like it meets the notability guidelines. However, the complaint is that our article did not have enough references outside primary sources. So, how many references to independent sources is enough?

As a magazine, we have have produced award winning work, such as being cited and republished in other new sources, including an academic textbook. We're also a significant publication in the Asian American community, especially in the East Coast. Can we talk about how else to prove our notability?

Kathykpham (talk) 18:43, 5 August 2014 (UTC)kathykpham

Dustinclendenen re: Allison HUEMAN Torneros

Hello. I was wondering if Allison Torneros could just be renamed to HUEMAN, which is the name she wants to publicly be known by. Or at the very least, could the article be renamed to Allison "HUEMAN" Torneros? https://en.wikipedia.org/Allison_Torneros Even on her website she just goes as Hueman. Please advise, and thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dustinclendenen (talk • contribs) 16:52, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

AFC/Andrew P. Hayek

Hi there. Would you mind taking a look at my page for review? I would really love to have it published, and would appreciate any assistance you can give me. https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Andrew_P._Hayek

Dancer88onpointe (talk) 20:40, 30 April 2014 (UTC)Dancer88onpointe

Keaton Henson

thank you thank you thank you for submitting the page, I've been trying to finish it for ages and finally it's up. thank you so much. Keaton Henson finally gets the Misplaced Pages page he rightfully deserves.

British Isles

The geographic term British Isles is no longer used.

Randlev and Hesselbjerg

I was amazed to see that you rejected Randlev and Hesselbjerg some months ago on the grounds it was not notable. The Viking sites documented in the article are covered in both the literature and in news articles, etc. Next time you review an article from a new user, please check things out before reacting so dismissively. It must be very discouraging for keen new users to receive this kind of treatment.--Ipigott (talk) 05:52, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi User:Ipigott. I'm sorry to have slowed this article in its journey to the mainspace; I should have looked more deeply into the claims made about the topic in the original submission. Having said that however, the decline template explicitly suggests to the submitter that they should add additional sources, and this is what has now happened to make the article acceptable for mainspace.

Regardless, I am going to take a long break from reviewing Articles for Creation submissions, as this incident and a couple of others make me suspect I have become rather jaded with the process after spending just over a year consistently reviewing or dealing with enquiries about reviews. In that time I have declined some thousands of submissions, and accepted some hundreds, as well as replying to around a thousand queries. It becomes hard to see the wood for the trees, as happened here.

There are currently in excess of 14,000 Articles for Creation submissions that have been declined on grounds of notability; a significant proportion of them will soon become eligible for speedy deletion under CSD criterion G13. There are also over 2,700 Articles for Creation submissions awaiting review, of which more than 800 have been waiting for review for over three weeks. This, too, has been acknowledged as very discouraging for keen new users! You may wish to take a look at Category:AfC pending submissions by age or Category:Declined AfC submissions to see if any other submissions would benefit from your insight. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 17:30, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your useful explanations. I'm sorry to see you have taken my comments as a discouragement for your useful work on reviewing new articles. Nevertheless, I think all reviewers should take special care in dismissing out of hand the first article new editors try to put together, especially when the criterion is notability. We are losing more and more Misplaced Pages enthusiasts, often as a result of the draconian treatment they receive at their first attempt. Rather than simply dismissing their work, much could be done to encourage their progress by suggesting ways in which specific improvements could be made to their submissions. Hope to see you around.--Ipigott (talk) 17:45, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Editing Planet Earth

I've recently acquired a Blu Ray copy of this wonderful series and am doing some research into the people behind it. At present, only the Executive Producer, Alastair Fothergill is listed on the Wiki page but I would like to add a full list of credits, especially for the cameraman who did such a magnificent job. I feel the crew behind these magnificent programmes are "unsung heros". Would this be appropriate and if so what would be the best way to do it? Digidavey (talk) 19:41, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

Hello User:Digidavey. I think any Misplaced Pages article on a TV series can legitimately include details of the most important participants in making it. On the other hand, however, we wouldn't list everyone from the official credits list (otherwise our articles on some Hollywood blockbusters would be overwhelmed by their huge credits sequences).

I notice that Planet Earth (TV series) uses Template:Infobox television, but has actually left out some of the optional parameters from that template, for example "cinematography =" which might be ideal for your purposes. So you could add some of these parameters back in to the infobox and then populate them with names from the official credits shown in the TV series itself. I don't believe you would need a separate independent source for this, since the listed credits are self-verifying much as the plot of a movie can be described merely by watching the movie.

Any top quality Misplaced Pages article about a TV series would include, as well as the infobox, sections discussing who was involved in making the TV series and how they contributed to it. However, those sorts of sections would need references to reliable sources. You might look for some suitable examples in Misplaced Pages:Featured articles#Media to see how this has been done in some of Misplaced Pages's best articles. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 17:42, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Dear User:Arthur goes shopping

Dear User:Arthur goes shopping. I am intrigued by your username. Who or what is it derived from? And who, exactly, is the "19th Century military leader" to whom you refer on your user page?

Best regards Carlofantom (talk) 12:54, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Although I suspect the username came first and that connection afterwards. The modern obsession with shopping is something I find rather unusual and inexplicable, although I have recently begun to understand at least a few of the impulses behind it. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 17:47, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Editing Husab Uranium

I've recently made some changes to https://en.wikipedia.org/Husab_Uranium_Project which was reviewed by you in March 2014. I am new and would like your advise on the changes already done to the page. I would also request you to advise what is the best way to source the geo location for this mine and add to the info box I added. I would like to get this page more info rich similar to https://en.wikipedia.org/R%C3%B6ssing_uranium_mine Best Regards, Zzzatang (talk) 23:25, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Anton Milenin page to be improved

Dear Arthur goes shopping, thanks for your review. This () is my first page in English Misplaced Pages, and I am writing on a Russian director living and working mainly in Italy. All the sources I have found directly linked to him are in Italian, but quite relevant in Italian theatre publications, and I would like to be sure that the rejection is not related to lack of relevant sources because of a language/cultural problem (that is: for an Italian theatre professional, someone cited by Franco Quadri is an interesting artist, but for an English professional the name Franco Quadri can mean very little...). The page on Italian Misplaced Pages didn't meet any problems, but maybe there are different parameters. If this is the problem, how can I resolve it? Main question is about how can I point the notability of the subject. In fact, he is one of the few theatre directors using a technique called "structural analysis of text" originated by successors of Stanislavskij at the MXAT and GITIS... This is the reason of notability for this person in the theatre field, but I had no idea on how I could write it. All the theorical books about this technique are in Russian and there are no traces in wikipedia about it, except the Hermeneutic page wich I included in the "categories", and that is in fact quite general. I also cited the Italian articles in which the technique is explained, or those written by actors telling their experiences through this technique. How would you suggest to make this reason of notability explicit? Shall I go in the technical details, explaining what this technique is? Or shall I write a Misplaced Pages Article about it so that I can link the person page to the technique page? Or is it enough if I add this peculiarity in his biography, as I wrote it to you? Thanks! Silandcoreng (talk) 15:35, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

ps I am sorry, I hadn't read your post about been too much under work. I will forward my questions at the Project Article for Creation and at the Teahouse. Thanks again Silandcoreng (talk) 02:19, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

costurk article about aksa improvemnt

Dear Arthur goes hopping, thanks for your review and advice, I did some improvements hope it is okay now , Thank you for your patience and time Costurk (talk) 14:43, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

22:08:23, 17 July 2014 review of submission by Carnalito

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Draft:Don Benito Alvarez Toral (July 17)

I'm not sure why it was rejected, at least inform me why so that I can make changes and improve it. Sorry if my writing skills aren't that good. I'm hoping to improve!

Carnalito (talk) 22:08, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

@Carnalito: for the decline reason please check the draft page itself, Draft:Don Benito Alvarez Toral. Arthur goes shopping (talk) 10:35, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

What if the evidence is through the words of the people themselves? Should i create a video? or go to sangay itself to confirm it? Hmm. I've seen several posts in wikipedia that got through with insufficient references or no reference at all. But they still got accepted, I know that it's true though. The topic speaks true because I know the history of my people. That is why i'm putting it up here. What kind of reference do you need if we don't have it on the web? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carnalito (talk • contribs) 23:06, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

01:14:38, 21 July 2014 review of submission by Shoulderdoc1

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  • Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/Florida State Boxing Commission (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi, I don't know how to justify the Florida State Boxing Commission being noble but it is quoted on in the press often and a quick look at Google today shows two references, one to a fighter with Down's who is suing the FSBC to fight and another about an unlicensed fighter who fought sometime around July 5th aired on NBC. I would request that this be userfy if you think it is appropriate at this time since this is my first wiki submission and I don't understand the process. Thanks very much. Shoulderdoc1 (talk) 01:14, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

not there

Sorry, I'm not in London. But I'm available almost any time by Skype--we would need to set up a time, because I don't have it on unless I'm expecting a call. DGG ( talk ) 12:59, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

A pie for you!

One good turn deserves another ;-] Slashme (talk) 09:56, 11 August 2014 (UTC)