User talk:MediaCat525

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 11:43, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

References

Hello Excirial --

I attempted to make a new page for an author: Richard C. Kirkland. I did include references/in text citations. I am unsure why it said there were no references. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Richard_C._Kirkland_(Author)&action=submit

Can you please let me know how I can remedy this situation?

Many thanks, MediaCat525 (talk) 16:18, 10 June 2012 (UTC)MediaCat525

Hiyas there Mediacat,

Before anything else i think i have to be honest, and say that i completely managed to miss the entire references section when reviewing the article. I have no clue how i managed to do so as it was quite clearly (and correctly) labeled as "References", but somehow i did manage. Now i got that out of the way, i would have to say that the article still needs a few things before its ok to go, so let's dig into that.

• References and inline citations:' The first issue with the article are, perhaps surprisingly, still the references. Five out of eight of the references are self published, and therefor don't count as reliable. Why? Since technically taken everyone can publish a book about him or herself, and thus they are in control of the content. Another issue is that the article does not use inline citations for its content. Inline citations "Link" a reference to a certain section of the text, so that one can see which reference is used for each section of text. Besides being convenient, it allows for quick-glance checking which sections are properly sourced.

• BLP compliance:' Since the article is a biography of a living person, the BLP policy comes into play. The BLP policy is an exceptionally strict policy which more or less states that every autobiography of a living person must adhere to the highest possible standard as far as sourcing content goes. Why it is in place? Because incorrect biographical content can have rather serious repercussions compared to other article's. If i were to falsely change the start date of some random war in history it would be inconvenient, but it wouldn't have too many repercussions. Were i to change the Richard C. Kirkland article to state that he has been interdicted for treason, or that he has been arrested for child molestation it could have some rather serious consequences. In short: Every line in a BLP article must have a reliable reference attached to it. If it doesn't have a reference, it shouldn't be in the article since it cannot be reliably checked.

• Wikifying:' The last issue - wikification - is really the most minor issue, and it technically won't stop an article from being approved. Wikification means that the content of an article is linked to other, relevant article's so that readers can browse trough it. Since the linked page contains a whole lot of text it is probally easier to put it like this: Link context-relevant words to other article's so editors can browse trough. This can be done by adding double brackets around a word. For example [[West Virginia Route 98]] would create a link to West Virginia Route 98.

Hope this helps, and with kind regards, Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 18:13, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Richard C. Kirkland (Author) concern

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Your article submission Richard C. Kirkland (Author)

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