User talk:BrettSlezak

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Village Enterprise (June 11)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by SafariScribe were:

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

in-depth (not just brief mentions about the subject or routine announcements)
reliable
secondary
strictly independent of the subject

Make sure you add references that meet all four of these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

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 after they have been resolved.

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Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 14:10, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Village Enterprise has a new comment[edit]

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Village Enterprise. Thanks! Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 14:11, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Village Enterprise (July 12)[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 Johannes Maximilian was:

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Your lead section's very first sentences are attributed to poor sources (cf. footnotes 1 and 2). This is not acceptable and presents a strong decline reason. Now, please be aware that you should have a general look at your references, i.e., whether the cited sources are really high-quality sources. Asses your sources! Check whether they are citable. Something else of note is, for example, footnote 3: It refers to a BBC radio programme, almost 18 minutes in length. In general, citing such sources is acceptable, however, I strongly recommend you add timestamps to your citation. It makes it a lot easier to asses the source. In fact, I have spent 5 minutes listening at double speed, only to figure that the important pieces of information are found at ca. 05:30 (list of countries) and ca. 09:30 ("Village Enterprise has helped nearly 300,000 people"). Despite the fact that the BBC programme is largely based on interviews, I would deem it source contributing towards (because I reckon it is safe to say that it has gone through an editorial process at BBC). In other contexts, however, interviews may not contribute towards notability. Best, --Johannes (Talk) (Contribs) (Articles) 12:43, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your review, @Johannes Maximilian. I've added timestamps to the BBC radio program as you've suggested. I've also re-attributed footnote 1 to the BBC program (note that previously it was attributed to Marketplace, a program that runs on NPR). I've removed the sentence that required footnote two about Village Enterprise's mission. That seemed to be causing problems as a primary source.

Apologies for these sourcing errors, I had looked at some other pages and saw it was common for companies and nonprofits to often have a primary source as one of their first ones to include the mission statement, including Apple Inc., Facebook, Amazon (company) — as well as other nonprofits similar to Village Enterprise such as One Acre Fund, The BOMA Project, Charity: Water.

Would you be able to review the page again now that these edits have been made? I really appreciate you reviewing the page and providing feedback. BrettSlezak (talk) 18:09, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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 after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Village Enterprise and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Johannes (Talk) (Contribs) (Articles) 12:43, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]