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Speedy deletion nomination of "The Dune"

Hello Green Utopia,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged "The Dune" for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Ireneshih (talk) 11:45, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Nordguard

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I notice that you have made a number of edits to Nordguard, but none of them seem to be aimed at citing reliable sources or establishing notability. Will this be happening any time soon? DES ^(talk) 18:50, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

What are you going on about, I HAVE added reliable sources and established notability. I don't know how many references you need to add to a wiki page, but I feel almost ten is more than enough!

lets take a look, then:

• https://www.sofawolf.com/products/nordguard-ati-hc is from a vendor selling the book, or perhaps the publisher. It therefore is not independent and does not count towards notability.
• http://www.amazon.com/Nordguard-Volume-One-Across-softcover/product-reviews/1936689103/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?showViewpoints=1 is a bunch of amazon reviews. Vendor site and user-contributed content, fails reliable sources doubly. Should simply be removed.
• http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Nordguard and http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Blotch are from a wiki with no editorial oversight, therefor not a reliable source.
• http://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/Books/News/2012/07/20/An-adventure-story-starring-talking-animals/ looks like a good source, although I am not familiar with the publication and its editorial reputation.
• http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/07/27/nordguard-book-one-across-thin-ice-review also looks good, with a similar caution, as the named author is not listed on the staff page it is not clear what the level of editorial oversight might be.
• http://www.flayrah.com/3624/review-nordguard-across-thin-ice-tess-garman-teagan-gavet also looks good, and their description of their editorial process sounds good.

That is three reasonable sources (not 10). That is actually better than I thought the article had. However, there are no inline citations to any of these sources, so a reader doesn't know what statements in the article are supported by which source, and must read through all the sources to determine this. There are statements tagged with "Citation needed" for which no inline source citation has been provided. And In partucualr, there are direct quotes that are not supported by inline citations. Inline cites are required for all quotations.

If you find it awkward to place inline citations, try reading referencing for beginners. Or post to Talk:Nordguard simply saying "Statement 'such and such' is supported by source 'XYZ'" for each of the key statements of the article, and I will help format proper inline cites that convey that information. I had noticed that no inline cites had been added, and i perhaps did not look closely enough at the general references. I am sorry if I sounded aggressive or unhelpful. Such was not my intent. DES ^(talk) 20:31, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Okay then, the statements made regarding the beautifully detailed art are found in all three of the online reviews of the series. The first statement by Jim DeVries is found in the number 2 reference from ign.Com The second statement by Fred Patten is found in the number 3 reference from flayrah.com The third statement by Shaun Nordin is found in the number 1 reference from thestar.com

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Jack-in-the-Box (short story)

Hi Green Utopia, I just came across this article and notice that it appears to be a close paraphrase. I ran it through the duplication tool and it does appear to have several sections that are perhaps a little too close. I've never read the story so I'm not really comfortable trying to paraphrase it myself. If you need help though I can try to point you in the direction of someone who might be better at it. Thanks! C1776M^Talk 20:03, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

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