Stltigga

Julius_Penson_Williams

As discussed; the draft is, now, in User:Stltigga/Julius Penson Williams. I've removed the previous messages on this page, and I'll try to help.  Chzz  ►  02:00, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

The best way to contact Chzz is IRC (text-chat), here  · Second-best is my talk page · Third-best is email Chzzlive.co.uk

Hi, you can sign your comments automatically using four tildes ~~~~. Another editor has moved the deleted text to your user page. You can recreate the article at any time, but for it to survive, you need to make sure that

• It is written in a neutral, encyclopaedic tone
• It needs independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. It is now wikipedia policy that biographical articles about living people must have references. Although you technically gave references, it would be better to give web references we can check, preferably in-line so we can see what facts each reference is verifying. Please see this information

Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:15, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Some more advice

The reason your article was considered promotional is probably to do with its tone. An encyclopedia article is different from most other short biographies such as personal web pages, which generally have the aim of promoting as well as describing their subject. Because Wikipedia is vulnerable to being used for advertising and promotion, it is extremely resistant to any suggestion of that.

Your article says: proud father, skillful author, formidable upbringing, numerous awards, etc. In Wikipedia-speak, those are "peacock terms", unsupported adjectives of praise. One of Wikipedia's fundamental policies is WP:Verifiability, which requires that "any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source." When writing for Wikipedia, you should imagine a hostile critic looking over your shoulder constantly asking, for each adjective or indeed for each claim, "Who said so? Can you prove it?" A Wikipedia article should be drily factual, just neutral statements supported by reliable sources.

Lack of references was also given as a reason for deletion. The first of the two books you cite (John Smith, Some example Book, Aardvark Press) doesn't exist - it looks as though you have copied a specimen given to show how to lay out a book reference. The second book probably lists some of Williams' works, but does it describe the rest of his career? Does his college web-site have a page for him which could be used to confirm some of what you write? Referencing and verifiability are particularly important for biographies of living people.

There is good general advice at WP:Your first article and WP:Writing better articles. You can ask for comments on your draft at WP:Requests for feedback. Before returning the article to the main encyclopedia, you should check with user Jimfbleak (talk), the administrator who deleted it.

I am sorry you are finding the process frustrating, but if our standards seem more demanding than you expected, that is in order to get a better encyclopedia. Without the Wikipedia:Verifiability policy, it would soon be hard to tell Wikipedia from Myspace. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 10:51, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Reference help

Named references

Chzz was born in 1837. <ref name=MyBook>
"The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. 
</ref> 

Chzz lives in Footown.<ref name=MyBook/>

Note that the second usage has a / (and no closing ref tag). This needs a reference section as above; please see user:chzz/demo/namedref to see the result.

Citation templates

There are lots of ways to do references, some are simple, some more complex.

Personally, I like using citation templates, and fill in as much as I possibly can; maybe a bit more work, but I think it looks better. You have a <REF> at the start, then a suitable cite tag, then </REF>. An example usage is;

<ref>
{{Citation
 | last = Preston
 | first = Peter
 | title = D. H. Lawrence in the modern world
 | last2 = Hoare
 | first2 = Peter
 | publication-date = 1989
 | place = [[Cambridge]], [England]
 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]]
 | page = 125
 | isbn = 0-521-37169-4
 | url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=J5nRoaOwkPMC&printsec=frontcover#PPA125,M1
 | accessdate = 2008-05-11
}}
</ref>

For all the possible things to include, see Template:Citation

Of course, you don't have to put everything in, just whatever you can. The above example is a book, but I've included a 'convenience link' to a website that displays it.

Then, at the end of the document (but before any 'category' tags), you need a references section. You just put,

== References ==

{{reflist}}

Hard work? - help is at hand. There are lots of tools that create cite tags automagically. Personally, I use Zotero for the web links, and the cite book generator for books.

I also recommend you look at other articles and copy from them - especially featured articles, which should have good refs.

Hope this help, cheers,  Chzz  ►  23:30, 30 May 2011 (UTC)  Chzz  ►  23:30, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Promotional content

The material you added to your userpage contained an overwhelming amount of peacock terms and was far from the neutral-tone required by an encyclopedia; it has been deleted in accordance with Wikipedia's policy regarding promotion. Please don't recreate it.--Jezebel'sPonyo^{bons mots} 20:40, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Mickey Thomas Terry (October 4)

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— CutestPenguin^Hangout 07:10, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello! Stltigga, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about 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! — CutestPenguinHangout 07:10, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Mickey Thomas Terry (January 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 Onel5969 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.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Mickey Thomas Terry and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Onel5969 (talk) 12:58, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Mickey Thomas Terry.jpg

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Your draft article, Draft:Mickey Thomas Terry

Hello, Stltigga. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "Mickey Thomas Terry".

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:06, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Could you help me so I can get his article to move in to the mainspace?Stltigga (talk) 03:15, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I restored this article. The problem is that you have not located sufficient high-quality references for the article. Who's Who books are likely not considered independent, reliable sources. That leaves us with one Washington Post review of a concert and one other publication that I cannot easily locate. This is not sufficient. (For a notable musician working now, we would expect to see many more reviews etc...) To be honest, I highly doubt that Terry qualifies for an article. I just did a check for sources, and I came up with very little additional. Perhaps if you have access to newspaper archives and can find additional newspaper articles, that would work. Have a look at WP:GNG and WP:NMUSIC, and then consider whether it is worth investing more of your time in this article. Thanks, Calliopejen1 (talk) 04:07, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

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Your draft article, Draft:Mickey Thomas Terry

Hello, Stltigga. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Mickey Thomas Terry".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation 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}} or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 18:46, 16 January 2016 (UTC)