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Your submission at Articles for creation: Kenpō kai (January 9)[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 Drmies was:

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 passing mentions about the subject)
reliable
secondary
independent of the subject

Make sure you add references that meet 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.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Sorry, but the formatting here is wildly out of touch with Wikipedia's guideline--from the first line to the External links section. Briefly, the first line should establish the topic, and it doesn't; the second line does but the meaning of the term follows a wordy explanation of the meaning of the words before we get the actual meaning. In between are disorganized chunks (please read WP:LEAD), a huge section of detail that I cannot parse, and LOTS of information of the organizational kind--and organizational websites is also where the references (really, just links) come from. The External links section does not meet WP:EL, the references need to be to proper secondary sources, the list of countries just needs to go, et cetera.

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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Drmies (talk) 17:36, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Drmies,

Thanks a lot for the time you have spent in reviewing the draft. I truly appreciate it. It is the first time I am submitting an article and I am going to follow your comments as a lightning guide.

The article is about the martial art I do practice. My master has asked me to translate the original article in spanish to English. Although I personally agree with the writting style details you have mentioned in your comments, I tried to modify the less from the original article. I guessed that if it has been accepted in Spanish (and German, among others), it may also be in English wikipedia. Same for the references.

I am going to edit the article trying to apply your comments. For the references, I am bit concerned. The trasmission of knowledge has been mostly oral, so there are very poor references with deep explanations of the terms that are mentioned in the article. I think the best approach will be to shorten the list of references as much as I can just providing a few significant links. Will it be ok? Is there a low limit for the number of references?

Thank you very much in advance. Hope the second try is better!

Best regards,

Sofía Sofia009 (talk) 15:37, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Sofia009! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering 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! Drmies (talk) 17:36, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy editing! TSventon (talk) 16:28, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New article[edit]

Hi, I would recommend reading Help:Your first article to get a general understanding of how to write an article. The first thing to do is find in depth coverage in several sources that Wikipedia accepts as Wikipedia:Reliable sources, which don't need to be in English. Then you can write an article by summarising those sources. If there are no reliable sources, then the subject lacks Wikipedia:Notability and should not have an article. The Spanish and German wikipedias have their own rules so an article there may not be suitable for English Wikipedia.

As discussed at the Helpdesk it seems you were not randomly assigned a mentor. You can still ask questions at the WP:HELPDESK or the WP:TEAHOUSE for new editors. Helpdesk questions are archived after a few days, so if you want to continue the discussion you should start a new topic rather than replying to the archived copy. TSventon (talk) 16:55, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]