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• EdwardsBot (talk) 22:14, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Declined Article

Matt,

Thanks for taking the time to review the article I submitted. I'm wondering why it was declined, and what I can do to improve it for resubmission. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eknigge (talk • contribs) 22:06, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Eknigge! Thank you for your submission!

I'm assuming you're referring to this submission? If so, there are two major problems with the article. The first was that your article had no context whatsoever. I had no clue what it was talking about, and I'm normally good at figuring out what articles are about. The article needs to be written in such a way that everyone can understand it, not just academics.

Second, the article needs to be sourced properly. For information on how to cite sources, please see our referencing guide. Also, it would help if you found more sources.

Good luck on your article. Feel free to reply below if you have any other questions. ~ Matthewrbowker ^{Talk to me} 21:59, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

afc

i did not delete the article on Paul Hendrix . In its current state, it is adequately documented to show notability. it just needs addition of some references for the routine bio. In the absence of problematic material, this is not a significant BLP violation; AfC articles are there to be worked on & improved--if we deleted all AfC bios because they need more references, we'd delete almost every one of them. . If you disagree, let me know. Similarly for David Diem. I'm not sure there is enough documentation to accept it, and I just declined the speedy and left it for another reviewer. DGG ( talk ) 06:36, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

for Harvey Hess, I deleted the quoted material with an insufficient license, and moved it to mainspace, because he is notable and the article is sufficiently referenced. We do not delete via speedy unless the entire article is copyvio, or the copyvio is so pervasive it can not be cleaned. See WP:CSD for the alternatives.

If you disagree with any of this, let me know on my talk p. DGG ( talk ) 06:45, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

That's fine. I'm using a script, so it auto-tags BLP stuff for speedy deletion. They shouldn't have been tagged. ~ Matthewrbowker ^{Talk to me} 22:01, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 23:19, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Harvey Hess

Thanks for your input on the Harvey Hess article. This was my first and a real learning experience. Jerré Tanner 03:26, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Awesome, I'm glad to help ~ Matthewrbowker ^{Talk to me} 03:43, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

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And a Merry Christmas right back at you, sir! ~ Matthewrbowker ^{Make a comment!} 06:32, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

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Hello Matthew

Will respond back to your nomination soonest. Thanks in advance for your feedback and support. Look forward to getting my first article off the ground with your help. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours.

Delnavaz Mehta (talk) 07:19, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm glad to have helped, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you, too! ~ Matthewrbowker ^{Make a comment!} 21:52, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

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