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{{help me}} I really think that the Narrows Center for the Arts should have its own entry on Wikipedia, so I would like some pointers on making my draft article less apt to be considered "unambiguous advertising and promotion." The local region is making an effort to promote cultural awareness of the arts in the area.

Hello Skatoulaki we have moved the article to Draft:Narrows Center for the Arts so it can undergo an article review. If the submission is accepted, then this page will be moved into the article space as it was before. If the submission is declined, then the reason will be posted on the "Draft" page. In the meantime, you can continue to improve the article. I suggest you find third party sources. Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL. For info on how to improve the article see Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia. -- Moxy (talk) 16:52, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Hi Skatoulaki - I got an edit conflict, but here's my response to your help request, so now you have two '-) You've done the right thing by submitting it for review via Articles for Creation. I am an administrator and I have declined speedy deletion so that that process can run its course. The people who review there are more experienced than I am at helping make articles less promotional, but I notice praise for what the center offers that is not supported by footnotes, or (presumably) is supported by its own site: things like "The Narrows brings to the city of Fall River an accessible and rich variety of art" and "Although it is housed in an open, high-ceiling early 20th century mill, the Narrows manages to provide an intimate setting for patrons, with tables and donated church pews surrounding a small stage. A state-of-the-art sound system and lighting offer a one-of-a-kind cultural experience for the enjoyment of everything from folk to blues to rock." If there are third-party reviews of it that say some of these things - for example, newspaper reports, even if they are not online and even if they are in a small, local newspaper, just so long as they are not based on press releases - describe the feature from such a report and footnote it. (You have the awards to establish notability, but at least one newspaper, magazine, or TV treatment of the topic would be good for that reason, too.) Or cut it out (summarize much more briefly); or rephrase it neutrally - usually this involves taking out the "how it benefits people" message. For example: "The art center includes a variety of art by local, regional, and national artisans." and "The performance space has a small stage surrounded with tables and donated church pews, to provide an intimate experience." (Ideally you would footnote the intimacy to an external source; newly installed sound and lighting systems are usually up-to-date, so unless a third-party reviewer mentioned how cutting-edge they are, I would personally leave that out.) Please take those as just my personal suggestions from experience writing for the encyclopedia - we aim for a rather dry and factual tone, and that does tend to make articles shorter than you might otherwise write, but you or a reviewer may find a very different way to do it. I hope it helps a bit anyway. Yngvadottir (talk) 17:03, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Thank you both so much for your comments! I will definitely seek out some more third-party sources. As a patron of the place, I had written it from my personal experience there, and some of the wording suggested here probably works better for that. Thanks again, and I will keep on working on my article. --Skatoulaki (talk) 18:00, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Skatoulaki/Narrows Center for the Arts

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A tag has been placed on User:Skatoulaki/Narrows Center for the Arts, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Draft:Narrows Center for the Arts (June 30)

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Your submission at AfC Narrows Center for the Arts was accepted

Narrows Center for the Arts, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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