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Your submission at Articles for creation: Eleonora Kopalinsky (August 2)

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:

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Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 08:19, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Rsfisher132! 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! Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 08:19, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Dorothy Pile has been accepted

Dorothy Pile, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

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Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 15:15, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red

Hi there, TheResilientEngineer, and welcome to Women in Red. It's good to see you have already created three biographies of women engineers and now intend to cover many more. You should be able to improve your biographies by following the guidance in our Primer. In particular, you should base your articles on reliable independent sources rather than on links to items closely associated with the subject. Please let me know if you run into any difficulties or need assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 07:04, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Ipigott thank you for the guidance. I'm an academic and the style of referencing is different to what I'm used to. I'm trying to get better. I have two observations/questions. 1)people don't write "secondary sources" about women because....the way the world is. and 2) the criteria for notability particularly for academics is systematically exclusive to women because they don't get to be head of departments for example. Particularly historically. I'm not sure this means that they are not notable, but I'm not sure how to navigate this issue.

Perhaps I need to be more specific about screening which women to look into? I was trying to do all of the past presidents of the Women's Engineering Society but there are very few "reliable secondary sources" for these women because they are not deemed to be relevant beyond the society's own journal.

Any advice would be great. Thanks! TheResilientEngineer (talk) 19:00, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I sympathize, TheResilientEngineer, with the difficulties you express. You will see the same points have frequently been made in press reports and research papers. There has fortunately been some recent progress in awareness of the need for women to be covered more extensively in biographical dictionaries, critical assessments and specialized journals but much more needs to be done. One of the reasons Wikipedia looks for secondary sources is that many individuals, both men and women, are keen to promote themselves and their colleagues on the basis of their qualifications and achievements but if these are not covered independently, there may indeed be a lack of notability. As you gain experience, you may find support through The Wikipedia Library but for now I think you should try to concentrate on women who have received informative coverage in at least three recognized independent sources. Women engineers certainly deserve further attention. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 07:31, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ipigott thank you for the guidance and encouragement! TheResilientEngineer (talk) 22:13, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

September 2024 at Women in Red

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Veronica Milligan has been accepted

Veronica Milligan, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as C-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. This is a great rating for a new article, and places it among the top 20% of accepted submissions — kudos to you! You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

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Thanks again, and happy editing!

Zeromonk (talk) 10:03, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]