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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:01, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Jack Harlow moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Jack Harlow, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Praxidicae (talk) 18:56, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

• Thank you Praxidicae! Lbl229, here are some notes I have:

1. When referring to a person in an article, always use their last name unless they have a stage name that they're widely known under. For example, while the article on Taylor Swift refers to her using the last name "Swift", the article on Snoop Dogg refers to him by his stage name, with Snoop used to refer to him in the article as a whole.
2. The citations need to be in-line so we can tell what claim is backed up by which source. Also, where did his moniker of Handsome Harlow come from? I see where that's the name of an EP, but it was put in the lead as more of a moniker, which is why I merged it into the lead.
3. Be careful with citations, as not all sources are seen as reliable. It's good that you marked the interviews as primary, however make sure that you're aware that not all websites are usable. I'm not sure that Never Nervous would be seen as a reliable source on Wikipedia unless you can show where it's routinely cited as a reliable source. I'm not saying that it shouldn't be used, just that it's always good to be careful of the sources that aren't more mainstream, like XXL. Also, one of the citations you marked as secondary is actually primary. The Broadway World source is actually a reprint of a press release, which are always released by someone who is affiliated with the person in question. (IE, like a marketing person for Harlow or a venue he may be appearing at.) You don't have many local sources, but just be cautious of these as well, as local sources are depreciated on Wikipedia since local papers are more likely to cover local people. This is more of an aside, to be honest.

A lot of this is more nitpicky, however the main thing I'm concerned about is whether there's enough non-primary, non-local coverage in reliable sources to establish how Harlow meets notability guidelines for musical performers. Other than coverage, the easiest ways to establish notability would be for him to have a charting single or album on a chart like Billboard or for him to win a major award or competition. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:51, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

• (Admittedly offhand, I'm not terribly worried about notability - there seems to be enough out there - the main thing is making sure that it's on the article. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:54, 13 November 2018 (UTC) )

Your submission at Articles for creation: Jack Harlow (December 25)

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) 18:25, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

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Your draft article, Draft:Jack Harlow

Hello, Lbl229. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Jack Harlow".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. CptViraj (📧) 00:46, 26 June 2019 (UTC)