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Your submission at Articles for creation: South African Mineral Reporting Codes (April 3)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Robert McClenon (talk) 20:12, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, JLL87! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Robert McClenon (talk) 20:12, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Robert, Do I need to completely remove all primary source references. I think otherwise the article has enough secondary sources. How is it that this article passes, yet it seems very promotional? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venmyn_Rand JLL87 (talk) 15:44, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: South African Mineral Reporting Codes (April 7)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Heliosxeros was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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EROS ^message 09:54, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for reviewing my article. I have many third-party sources in my article, so I am struggling to understand what more can be done to improve it so that it may be accepted for submission. Please could you be more specific on which sections I need to change. Many thanks JLL87 (talk) 15:32, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Submission

Greetings. I was away from keyboard. For the question that you posted on my talkpage a few days ago, Robert McClenon has actually answered it. It was written on the submission. Your existing sources are not third party sources nor are they independent sources. There is a misconception here. Do read the link in blue about reliable sources. In essence, what you have cited are homepages and official websites, mostly in pdf files. Stay away from homepages and official websites, as they are primary sources, not third party sources. Cheers. EROS ^message 09:09, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for replying. However, how is it that homepages and websites are not deemed third-party sources when such a page as the Venmyn Rand one includes many of these and yet it was published. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venmyn_Rand JLL87 (talk) 15:08, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: South African Mineral Reporting Codes has been accepted

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Legacypac (talk) 06:34, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you Legacypac! I'm trying to add something to the Page Title but find that I can't do that - please can you assist? I'd just like to add the acronym: SAMCODES. JLL87 (talk) 07:06, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

I can't add tha to the title as it is not how we name pages. I can add it as a redirect to help people find it amd helpnwoth linking. Legacypac (talk) 10:57, 21 May 2018 (UTC)