User talk:Bodicacia

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Red Paw Emergency Relief Team (April 20)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Oo7565 was:

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability—see the general guideline on notability and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing, so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia.
What you can do: Add citations (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners) to secondary reliable sources that are entirely independent of the subject.

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Oo7565 (talk) 05:47, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! 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! Oo7565 (talk) 05:47, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Red Paw Emergency Relief Team (April 21)[edit]

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

The principal problem is that this is a promotional article, intended for prospective supports, not to provide information to general readers. In addition, there is a notability problem, because the references, though many, either reflect trivial news reports of small incidents or are basically press releases. .

You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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DGG ( talk ) 16:22, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reply to your Articles for Creation Help Desk question[edit]

Hello, Bodicacia! I'm Timtrent. I have replied to your question about a submission at the WikiProject Articles for Creation Help Desk. Fiddle Faddle 20:47, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Red Paw Emergency Relief Team (May 26)[edit]

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

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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MahenSingha (Talk) 18:05, 26 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Red Paw Emergency Relief Team has been accepted[edit]

Red Paw Emergency Relief Team, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

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Fiddle Faddle 10:47, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry. You received a poor review. There was some point to it in that the references do feel promotional, but it passes our criteria in my view. Please ~~centime~~continue to improve the article and do not be put off. Fiddle Faddle 10:50, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I really appreciate your taking the time from a backlogged AfC to review my case. I will endeavor to improve the quality of the text and references. Thank you! Bodicacia (talk) 15:48, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You may find it useful to study Wikipedia's best articles about non-profits. Take Seacology, for instance. Note the absence of an Awards and honors section (except awards given by Seacology). That section in Red Paw comes across as promotional and giving undue weight to things that, although Red Paw may be proud of them and grateful for them, are really fairly minor. Also note how, by including sections Finances and Leadership, the Seacology article is more well rounded. Other good example articles include Living River Siam, Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore, Operation USA, and The Scout Association. You can browse Wikipedia:Good articles to find more. Worldbruce (talk) 17:05, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, WorldBruce, for the excellent examples and advice! These will be invaluable for my next revision (in which I will also strike the Awards section -- I'd thought the recognition of Philadelphia's residents and officials might bolster this org's Notability quotient, but quite the opposite it would seem). Thanks again, Bodicacia (talk) 19:38, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think you deserve a little explanation of how we are intended to review drafts. Our broad criteria are that it should stand a better than 60% (some say 50%, but I strive for the higher figure) chance of surviving a deletion discussion at the point it is accepted. As you may imagine, acceptance is not a guarantee of survival, which is why we hope for continuous improvement, and not only by the contributing editor.

Once to is as good as you can get it, walk away from it and let it take its chances in the wild. Be its father, not its mother. Fiddle Faddle 20:28, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

An interesting turn of phrase! I don't plan to hover. I just hope to spruce it up a bit more (add the logo and leadership info) and give it a decent start in life. Thanks for all your valuable help and advice, Bodicacia (talk) 23:52, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback[edit]

Hello, Bodicacia. You have new messages at Mahensingha's talk page.
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Fiddle Faddle 10:51, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your Afc submission:Red Paw Emergency Relief Team[edit]

Dear user, I am really very sorry that due to some unavoidable circumstances I could not get time to help you edit your said Afc draft and when I got time I am really happy to see that the draft has been accepted. So I congratulate you for the same, cheers!!!. Any way be it any reason but if I could not help you in due course of time, Its a great failure on my part. I sincerely apologise for that. Hope you will forgive me for my unintentional mistake. Thanks and wish you happy editing in future.--MahenSingha (Talk) 20:49, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, MahenSingha. I'm just relieved to have made it out of AfC. I learned a great deal in the process, but see I have much more to learn. Bodicacia (talk) 21:16, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]