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Archive 1

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (November 4)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by David.moreno72 was:

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage (not just mere mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject—see the general guideline on notability, the golden rule and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners and Help:Introduction to referencing/1), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

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David.moreno72 10:48, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Center Parcs Sherwood Forest (December 29)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by KJP1 was:

This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.

The comment the reviewer left was:

A number of issues. We already have an article on Center Parcs UK and I'm not at all sure the separate sites warrant articles of their own. If they do, I don't think this is it. The first issue is that it is more a travel guide than an article, and Wikipedia's not a travel guide. The vast majority of the article is a table that indicates the various activities/attractions available. I don't think the choice of sweet or savoury pancakes at the pancake house can be considered Notable. Then, there is the concerning section on the 2006 virus, which is completely uncited. Such a claim should not appear without a, good, citation. Then, some of the citations, 1,3, are about the company, not this site, while others are links to the company's own materials.

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KJP1 (talk) 14:24, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

October 2018

Hello, I'm L293D. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to 25th Armoured Engineer Brigade Royal Engineers— because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help Desk. Thanks. L293D (☎ • ✎) 18:34, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Really sorry, that was my bad. L293D (☎ • ✎) 18:45, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Right-o, thanks for the quick response. I don't suppose you could possibly explain to me what "self-closing the nowiki tag" means? Wodgester (talk) 18:51, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

The <nowiki/> is an HTML tag that disables MediaWiki automatic formatting. The idea of a HTML tag is that you wrap text between, say <small>....</small> tags that looks like Text instead of Text. There's an opening tag (<small>) and a closing tag (</small>). a self-closed tag is a tag that closes itself (<nowiki/>), notice the difference in the placement of the /. I know I don't explain very well but its complicated. PS: the wikicode I've typed to explain is full of nowik and code tags to try and make it clearer, don't try to understand it from the code view. L293D (☎ • ✎) 02:12, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Paul Gitsham (June 26)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by John from Idegon was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

The comment the reviewer left was:

You have not shown this individual meets either WP:ANYBIO, WP:NAUTHOR or WP:NPROF.

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John from Idegon (talk) 16:58, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

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Law of triviality

Re: [1] can we spend six months and involve a hundred editors in discussing whether that's the right image of a bike shed to use? Maybe we can go to arbcom with it! :) --Guy Macon (talk) 08:21, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Take it all the way to the Supreme Court, I reckon. Reading that article, talkspace tomfoolery suddenly makes a lot more sense...! Merry Christmas, friend (if that's your cup of tea). Wodgester (talk) 14:51, 17 December 2020 (UTC)