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Good evening MurielMary. I was hoping to clarify the source content requirement with you.

After reviewing the links that you attached, I think that the only two questionable sources on the article would be the patents that Dr. O'Hara is featured on. Since peer-reviewed articles make up the bulk of the sources, and those are considered non-self published, I would think those are fine.

My question would be: if I remove the two sources from her patents, are the rest of the sources ok?

Is the format correct to be published, as well? Want to make sure it will upload correctly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rs923 (talk • contribs) 03:03, 31 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Endlessnapalm (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:Michelle Browder (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hello! I'm really unsure why this page was denied. She is a foremost figure in the Mothers of Gynecology Movement which has it's own wikipedia page. As an artist, her work was literally called notable by the New York Times: "Browder’s work has been featured in The New York Times as a notable representation of Montgomery’s complicated past[27] and as a representation of the evolution of civil rights[28] as well as commemorating the centennial ratification of women’s right to vote.[29]"

I do not understand, especially when other not-as-notable people seem to get stub articles approved. Is it because Black Lives Matter etc doesn't seem to interest people? Please advise.

Re: decline due to lack of sources.

I'm just so confused because the page has sources from USA Today, PBS Newshour, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe. These are independent and reliable and objective news sources. Please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Endlessnapalm (talk • contribs) 04:26, 11 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Endlessnapalm (talk) 11:58, 2 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, the reason I declined the draft is that there is not enough evidence of notability in independent, objective, reliable sources - the article needs at least three sources. You are welcome to re-submit the draft again and wait for another reviewer to look at it. MurielMary (talk) 12:12, 2 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello. Help cleanup. Thanks you. Jdmfs (talk) 06:46, 7 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello there! I once made a draft for American singer Draft:Gabi DeMartino in July 2021 and you declined it (I totally understand why) but I think since I added more sources could you re-review it? Also both members of the Niki and Gabi duo has gone solo in 2019 so I think they need individual articles so it would be more organized and understandable, just like the Chloe x Halle members, if you could help me with making the Gabi DeMartino draft much better to become an actual article it would mean a lot, thank you and have a great day! Gabriella Grande (talk) 07:04, 7 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi @MurielMary - I see that you declined Draft:Nina_Krajnik who is a public intelectual whose work is covered in several international media without giving precise information what is missing from the page as proposed. I also noticed you were the author of Ella_Cooke (nurse who was killed in an accident while on active service in Egypt in World War I)... So I wonder if you are maybe able to explain how these two can compare in terms of visibility, notability and relevance considering also diverse reference sources? I hope it is not the anglo-centric bias on your side, as Wikipedia is global project in different languages. -- Zblace (talk) 11:03, 18 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 18 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rita Humphries-Lewin, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rita Humphries-Lewin, a former chair of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, entered the industry as a secretary? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rita Humphries-Lewin. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Rita Humphries-Lewin), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:02, 18 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On 22 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sibella Ross, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when George Ross went bankrupt in 1867, his wife Sibella Ross started a school to sustain their large family? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/George Ross (farmer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sibella Ross), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 22 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 15:10, 31 January 2022 (UTC) via MassMessagingReply[reply]

Hi MurielMary, thanks for joining the Pacific art Aotearoa project. It would be wonderful if you can work on biographies. Please check on the project page before you start on a bio so you are not working on articles the Wikipedian in Residents are intending to create a draft for, and add what you are doing / what you do. I suggest using the Arts Pasifika Awards and the Pacific Legacy Project to find subjects.

There are lots of red links! Many thanks Pakoire (talk) 02:14, 13 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• 125.238.241.141 (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:Jessica Urlichs (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi MurieMary, thanks for getting back to me about my article.

You made two comments on why this article was not accepted, which I hope you can clarify. The first one was for me to make a statement of my conflict. (i was to believe that this was resolved previously with another reviewer and since has not come up" so please let me know why you have flagged this and they dit not since my first review.) Second comment was about the subject not meeting the notability criteria for a write. Can you please confirm where I can find this criteria as the "subject" is a known author across the world (yes small) but has 3 poetry books, 1 #1 best selling "published" children's book in New Zealand, with two additional books coming out. Can you confirm how they do not meet the criteria?

Any assistance to get this approved would be appreciated. Many thanks :)

125.238.241.141 (talk) 08:16, 13 February 2022 (UTC) Hi, apologies, I should have drawn your attention to the relevant Wikipedia policy, in this case on conflicts of interest, in order to make it clear for you what you need to do in respect to editing an article about your wife. Please read the policy here and follow the instructions on how to disclose the COI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest#How_to_disclose_a_COIReply[reply]

With regards to why another reviewer didn't mention this, I don't know! Maybe they weren't completely familiar with the requirements of the COI policy.

With regards to the question of the notability of the subject, I'll put my comments over on the article. MurielMary (talk) 09:36, 13 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi MurieMary, thanks for coming back to me on this and noting the information for the criteria. Just so you know, Jess is regarded a notable writer here in New Zealand. Her children's books reached number 1 best seller within the first week of its release, and it's included in school curriculums and ECE learning centres, she has been contracted to write another two as well. Her poetry books have remained in the top 20 family poetry chart for the past year on Amazon, her work has featured in Mindful Parenting Magazine, one of Australia's biggest parenting magazines for 4 months running, and had a two page spread in Woman's Day magazine in NZ. Her Instagram following is 182,000 and her Facebook is 82,000. She has featured on many podcasts, one is to be released this week on The Motherkind Podcast which is the top family podcast in the UK. There are a lot of external links I initially included to support her notability, yet I was told to remove them as they were external links and just have them as references. Can you please explain if this doesn't meet the criteria then what else do we need to meet it? Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DrewUrlichs (talk • contribs) 03:58, 14 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Drew, please look at the list of criteria for notability of a writer on Wikipedia (the link is in my comment on the draft). You need to show evidence that the subject of the article meets those criteria. I don't think the evidence is sufficient. You are welcome to re-submit the draft if you wish to get the opinion of a different reviewer. MurielMary (talk) 04:54, 14 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks MurieMary, I will resubmit for approval soon as I do believe it meets the criteria, especially for the work that has been done in this part of the world, with the largest following in the US. I would like to point out a comparison for you to assist with your decision making. Can you clarity how this wiki with little information or evidence of the person was approved as what I have put in looks like it has plenty compared. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Brent_Findlay Thanks again for everything. Drew — Preceding unsigned comment added by DrewUrlichs (talk • contribs) 21:16, 17 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Drew. There is limited value to comparing a published biography to your wife's draft. There are some biographies published on WP which have gotten past the usually rigorous checking systems for new articles and have been published when they probably shouldn't have. That doesn't mean that more biographies of subjects who don't meet the notability criteria should be published as well. But, in this case, Findlay is a cricketer and he appears to meet the notability criteria for cricketers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)#Cricket If you don't think the page (or any other page on WP) should remain in the encyclopedia you are welcome to nominate it for deletion here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion MurielMary (talk) 08:30, 18 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.

• AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
• The template ((db-afc-move)) has been created - this template is similar to ((db-move)) when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello MurielMary

I am still finding my way around the Wiki system, so I hope this is the correct way to contact you.

I have submitted a biography about a woman and I would be grateful if you could tell me if I need to make any changes, please. I have endeavoured to demonstrate that she was pioneering and influential; developing and teaching her own mime technique, plus speech, drama, movement, and voice.

I appreciate that NZ is your main area of interest and there is a brief connection, in that two of her pupils went on to open their own school of dance and mime in New Zealand (1922 onwards).

The subject is Irene Mawer.

Thank you in advance. Janet Fizz Curtis JanetFizzCurtis (talk) 09:50, 24 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:38, 27 February 2022 (UTC) via MassMessagingReply[reply]

Hi there, MurielMary, and thanks for all your efforts to improve our coverage of women and for encouraging the involvement of new contributors. I am however a little concerned about the Start rating you have given to some of the short articles you have recently created. I see that Rachel Buckland has only 111 words of running text and Minnie Izett only 65. Both ORES and Rater clearly advise a Stub rating. As a result I've now rerated them. There is sometimes a case for allocating a stub rating to historical people for whom there is little chance of an article being expanded. For these two artists who died in the first half of the 20th century, I would be surprised if no more useful information exists, although it might not be immediately available on the internet. It often helps to allocate stub status to an article as many editors seem to prefer working on existing articles rather than creating new ones. By the way, I'm happy to see the successful outcomes of Wikipedia:Meetup/Aotearoa New Zealand Online/International Women's Day 2022 which has just been completed. Keep up the good work and let me know if ever you think I can help you along.--Ipigott (talk) 10:52, 6 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Kia ora and thank you so much for your message! You are absolutely right of course about the incorrect rating on those articles. In my haste to create articles during this weekend's editathon I very lazily copied + pasted the talk page of another new article onto the talk page of those, and didn't notice that I was using the talk page of an article which had already been rated! Thus, copying over the rating (start) in addition to the list of projects! Thank you for the re-rating and corrections, much appreciated. Cheers, MM MurielMary (talk) 14:20, 6 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Glad to hear it was only a copy and paste error. It happens to us all. I must say I'm really impressed with the considerable number of new biographies of New Zealand women created during your weekend event.--Ipigott (talk) 16:43, 6 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, I'm Ipigott. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Gwyneth Richardson, and have marked it as unreviewed. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

(Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

Ipigott (talk) 07:57, 7 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:45, 22 March 2022 (UTC) via MassMessagingReply[reply]

On 25 March 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Wira Gardiner, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 04:18, 25 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello! Thank you so much for taking the time to review my draft. I had some questions about how to improve it for possible resubmission. If these questions should be put on the helpdesk instead please let me know!

Regarding the filmography and theatre sections, I will definitely update with references. The reason I had not done so before was that looking at other actresses Wikipedia pages, a lot of them did not have references for everything in their filmography etc, so I assumed that if the item in the list had a reference in the main body then it didn’t need one in the filmography etc. I am now assuming that is not the case?

In terms of notability, the subject’s short film that she wrote, produced, directed and starred in has won several awards at international film festivals. I have used interviews with her and two of those film festivals as references. Are these not notable enough? Is there a certain level of publication/magazine/awards body etc that she needs to have engaged with to be considered notable? Or is it that the quality of referencing that I have to support these facts is not strong enough?

Finally, do you think that this page would be better placed on the German Wikipedia platform? I realise that most of my sources and references are for German TV/film/theatre etc, so do you think she would she be deemed more notable on that platform?

Sorry for the amount of questions! I just want to try and understand as best as I can, so that I can make good Wikipedia articles :)

Thank you again for your time. --Daisycat32 (talk) 11:35, 26 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there, I've put your questions on the talk page of the article and answered them as best I can. All the best! MurielMary (talk) 11:42, 26 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks so much! :) Daisycat32 (talk) 12:44, 26 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:54, 30 April 2022 (UTC) via MassMessagingReply[reply]

Hello. Please see this draft. There were objections about the sources. As a result, dubious sources were removed as well as some fragments of the text. Thanks. Валерий Пасько (talk) 17:49, 1 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, hope this message finds you well. I was hoping to approach you with a question regarding the declined submission notice I received dated from May 7th. In regards to Maya Gelfman's Wikipedia draft.

I wanted to ask what else can I offer as proof that Mrs. Gelfman is notable enough to earn her a Wikipedia page in English? Thus far I've provided multiple references to independent sources that covered Mrs Gelman's artistic work and professional achievements; including - TedX talks, Newspapers' websites, lists of exhibitions she took part in many different countries across the world, and more. I wonder if there's anything else I can submit to vindicate her as a notable person. I would just like to add a few notable, extraordinary things about this artist, to name a few.

There is an Wikipedia page in Hebrew that already exists for Maya Gelfman. She has exhibited in numerous national galleries and museums. Mentioned in multiple newspapers and articles which can be found online. She has taken part in many, many group exhibitions globally. And has left her mark in many places, whilst creating images and works that have become synonymous with her name (such as her works with red yarn which are presented in many public places around the world). Her works have been published in four different books in Colombia, France, the UK and Germany.

I feel that in light of this plethora of activity and achievements, as can be found in the draft, and the fact that the Hebrew Wikipedia team has already seen fit to allow this to go online on the site, that it would be ok for this draft to go online as well. Clearly this is not enough - so I wanted to cordially ask - what else can I add in here. Any suggestions or guidance will be highly appreciated! I am certain that once you are presented with sufficient data, you will be able to approve the draft. Her career and life are split between Israel, the US and Europe.

I believe that we should encourage female creation and presence online and wiki English is a very important place for artists.

Here are a few links as an example, out of 40+ references in the draft.

https://www.jpost.com/arts-and-culture/arts/lighting-the-spark-334274 and https://www.jpost.com/metro/not-so-easy-street-482394 https://www.israel21c.org/florentin-israels-unofficial-street-art-capital/ https://houston.culturemap.com/news/arts/02-19-18-art-houston-places-mind-the-heart-project-comes-to-texas/#slide=0 https://streetartnyc.org/blog/2018/01/06/maya-gelfman-and-roie-avidan-on-their-worldwide-public-art-project-mind-the-heart/ https://www.israel21c.org/florentin-israels-unofficial-street-art-capital/ http://www.itraveltelaviv.com/articles/talking-tel-aviv-street-art-maya-gelfman-pt-1/

Thank you kindly, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michalgitnik (talk • contribs) 19:54, 10 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A year after the Performing Arts Aotearoa project started and as we are coming into winter (a busier editing time for many) here is an update.

The Performing Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject now lives on the WikiProject New Zealand page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_New_Zealand/Performing_Arts_Aotearoa

I have added new articles created as part of the Pacific Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject. These articles by new editors include Lusi Faiva, Suli Moa, Edith Amituanai and Amanaki Prescott-Faletau, who was interviewed on Radio New Zealand last Sunday. The reporter let me know the article was valuable for the interview research – great feedback for all of us creating and improving content in Wikipedia.

On the project page is highlighted plenty of articles to create or improve. I invite you to have a look and contribute if you can. There are many long-standing festivals in Aotearoa without articles such as the Hawkes Bay Arts Festival, Tauranga Festival of the Arts, Taranaki International Arts Festival, Nelson Arts Festival and the Christchurch Arts Festival. Creating these Wikipedia pages or Wikidata items allows links to biographies and strengthens the weaving of Wikipedia.

Other suggestions for new articles:

• Notable women - Jane Yonge, Amber Cureen, Eleanor Bishop (director)
• Director of the Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival and musician - Tama Waipara
• Notable theatre companies - Prayas Theatre, The Conch (theatre company), Barbarian Productions

Reach out to me if you want guidance on any aspects of Wikipedia, or a collegial conversation about writing encyclopaedic entries on performing arts. I can set up a zoom, or direct you to places for help.

Please try to remember to add any relevant articles improved or created to the lists on the project page so the impact can be seen. Take your name off the project page if you don’t want to get these sporadic updates. I will keep an eye on new articles and I have an ongoing campaign to get more images uploaded so we can illustrate the articles too. I have resources on Wikimedia Commons if you are interested. Feel free to contact me on my talk page.

Pakoire (talk) 02:21, 12 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please review the Draft page Draft:Lubna Marium.Ayatul nish (talk) 14:42, 22 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello MurielMary,

At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.

Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.

In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently 796 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 870 administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.

This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.

If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, do suggest they help the effort by placing ((subst:NPR invite)) on their talk page.

If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.

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On 23 May 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Aroha Reriti-Crofts, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Spencer^T•C 05:40, 23 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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News from the West Coast

Development West Coast have kindly agreed to support another short Wikipedian at Large contract on the West Coast, to cover areas that were missed the first time around: Lake Brunner, Te Wahipounamu, Ōpārara Arches, and Punakaiki. From June 20th to August 26th I'll be improving articles, Wikidata, and photo collections on these areas, and would love some help. I'm inviting you to sign up on the project page; there'll be a fortnightly "postcards from the Coast" of to-dos and updates, and prizes for the most and best contributions by volunteers. Hope to see you there! —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 22:49, 4 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Postcard from the West Coast Monday 20 June, 2022

Kia ora koutou and thanks for joining the West Coast Wikipedian at Large project! I hope you enjoy helping improve coverage of the beautiful country of Te Tai Poutini over the next ten weeks • First, bookmark the 2022 project page to keep up with which topics we're working on • For questions and suggestions, use the project Talk page (and watchlist it) • There's a Useful tools section on the project page that's worth checking out • We're doing something different this year: instead of the daily reporting of 2020, we're compiling a weekly report: just edit the Weekly Progress page with what you did when you did it, no pressure to do something every day! • There are prizes for both quantity and quality • Online training for newbie editors (Mon 27 Jun) and Commons contributors (Mon 4 Jul)—see the About page and feel free to recruit friends • The focus for the next couple of weeks is Punakaiki: the pancake rocks (which need their own article?), Paparoa Track (a stub with no photos!), Cave Creek (much work needed, and photos of the track, creek, and memorial), and Barrytown, subject of a Wikiblitz but still with plenty to do • I'll be visiting the Punakaiki area and hopefully presenting on Wikipedia to the DOC team around the 29–30 June (depending on weather), and will take photos of tracks, river, points, islands, and caves–requests taken • Note: there's a West Coast Reptiles Wikiblitz on Sunday 3 July if you want to help improve articles about native lizards • Right, that's plenty! Maybe people would be interested in an online team chat? I could post a Doodle poll… • So looking forward to working with you all on this! • Mānawatia a Matariki, — Giantflightlessbirds

Hello MurielMary,

Backlog status

At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000^[a] at the end of May.

Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.^[b]

In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).

While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).

Backlog drive

A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here. Barnstars will be awarded.

TIP – New school articles

Many new articles on schools are being created by new users in developing and/or non-English-speaking countries. The authors are probably not even aware of Wikipedia's projects and policy pages. WP:WPSCH/AG has some excellent advice and resources specifically written for these users. Reviewers could consider providing such first-time article creators with a link to it while also mentioning that not all schools pass the GNG and that elementary schools are almost certainly not notable.

Misc

There is a new template available, ((NPP backlog)), to show the current backlog. You can place it on your user or talk page as a reminder:

Very high unreviewed pages backlog: 9589 articles, as of 08:00, 17 February 2024 (UTC), according to DatBot

There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.

Reminders

• Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
• If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, suggest they help the effort by placing ((subst:NPR invite)) on their talk page.
• If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.
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Notes

1. ^ not including another ~6,000 redirects
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Postcard from the West Coast Tuesday 5 July, 2022

Kia ora koutou and thank you all for your hard work over the last couple of weeks! We've had a cold snap here on the Coast, but at least the rain's slackened off and I've been able to get out on the blue sunny days and take snapshots • Schwede66 has been sorting out the Paparoa Range, cleaning up mountain wikidata, and expanding the Pororari River • We have a new article about the Truman Track, and a great photo selection for Cave Creek • Our hardest worker has been Marshalc, creating new articles on the Pancake Rocks, Bullock Creek, and the Inland Pack Track amongst others • I took a field trip to Punakaiki and sorted out the Wikidata and photos for every scenic spot between the Strongman Mine Memorial (Q112859334) and Hatters Bay (Q32217346) • If you're still thinking about helping, we could do with expanding the Punakaiki article, and sorting the best Pancake Rocks photos into a Commons gallery • Greymouth photographer Jase Blair donated some beautiful photos of Paparoa National Park which need using • The Avatar moth from Denniston Plateau (with its newly-improved article) will be RNZ's Critter of the Week on Friday • New resource: Mark Pickering's book The Coastal Journey (2010) (Q112841717) is free to download and a great reference • This coming weekend I'm off to Moana on Lake Brunner (to photograph the bays, walks, and especially the Kotuku Model Bungalow (those are all Start-quality icons, hint hint) • Check out the Project page to see jobs there are to do, and how you can help out! Ka kite ano. — Giantflightlessbirds

Please do not introduce links in actual articles to draft articles, as you did to 2016 Birthday Honours. Since a draft is not yet ready for the main article space, it is not in shape for ordinary readers, and links from articles should not go to a draft. Such links are contrary to the Manual of Style. These links have been removed. Thank you. - Arjayay (talk) 21:22, 11 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Postcard from the West Coast Tuesday 19 July, 2022

Kia ora koutou and once again thank you for all your mahi over the last fortnight • We've been working on articles on the Lake Brunner area; the lake's article is looking heaps better, and it's in the queue for DYK • Marshelec, Swede66, and Turnagra have been the putting in lots of effort, with new articles on the Croesus Track, Mount Te Kinga, and the Pike19 Memorial Track amongst others • We've rescued lots of great photos from Flickr and other public collections • But these weren't enough: I did two field trips to photograph up and down the Punakaiki coast, and halfway around the Arnold Valley and Lake Brunner; numerous new Commons categories and Wikidata images resulted • Progress at the lake was derailed by having to be filmed for the evening news, editing Wikipedia in the open air while being attacked by sandflies (our project mascot is well chosen) • Over the next two weeks the focus shifts to Karamea, all the caves and walks of the Ōpārara Basin, and the Heaphy Track • There is plenty to do: the Wangapeka Track, Honeycomb Hill Cave, and Kahurangi National Park need massive work, so I'm stoked that Marshall and Lyn are joining me for a few days this weekend at Karamea to help • This is an area that critically relies on tourism, and it's embarassing the coverage is so bad in Wikipedia • Check out the Project page to see jobs there are to do, and how you can help out! Ka kite ano. — Giantflightlessbirds

Kia ora Muriel, I'm not sure if you know about this, but I've put together a list of requested articles at Wikipedia:GLAM/Auckland Museum/Articles to work on#People for New Zealand-related figures, mostly for ideas for future edit-a-thons. If you're looking for any new articles for #1day1woman, most of these should pass WP:N and they all have Wikidata entries. Feel free to make any articles of people on these lists, if any catch your eye! --Prosperosity (talk) 02:35, 26 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Oh I love a good red-list!!! Thanks, I'll definitely take a look! MurielMary (talk) 03:12, 26 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

She helped create a print making technique called viscosity printing. I believe that is notable enough for a wikipedia article. Helene Wiki User (talk) 16:30, 27 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Helene, you can add more sources to the draft and more detail to show her notability. However as it stands at the moment it doesn't appear to meet the notability standards for a biography on Wikipedia. MurielMary (talk) 11:50, 28 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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An article you recently created, Roberta Thornley, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Shirt58 (talk) 11:35, 30 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

MM - I have not forgotten how well we worked together at Lyra Taylor - pete au aka --Shirt58 (talk) 11:49, 30 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Shirt58. I've added a couple more citations and moved it back to article space. Cheers. MurielMary (talk) 12:13, 30 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Roberta Thornley, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Postcard from the West Coast Monday 1 Aug, 2022

Kia ora koutou and thanks for helping with this project • It's been a busy fortnight: I visited Karamea with Marshall and Lyn, and we spent the day on the Fenian Track, which now has its own article and over 100 photos of the valley, the local flora and fauna, and the three caves we explored • Yes, there were cave wētā and spiders • I also got to meet with local historians, photographers, and nature buffs who are keen to share photos and deluged me with print materials • The double hook featuring the Paparoa Track and the Pororari River articles appeared in DYK on 25 July and they got 3000 readers between them, but the accompanying DOC video clip got over 400,000 views! • The newly-created Copland Track article was in DYK the next day, and Lake Brunner will feature soon • Great work, everyone • Coming up: Te Wahipounamu and the Haast Pass—I'll be spending three days exploring and photographing the area, and could definitely do with help fleshing out the skeletal coverage of the lakes, localities, rivers, and wetlands of that beautiful part of the world • Check out the Project page to see the north-to-south list for South Westland, and pick something to work on; ask me for a job if you don't have one! Ka kite ano. — Giantflightlessbirds

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I'm requesting assistance on articles of creation: Isabelle Boemeke. The submission has been declined, but I believe the subject Isabelle Boemeke passes WP:BIO but am having issues removing the clutter properly. If another user can clean up the page, I think it could be resubmitted. Please advise on how to request assistance with page creation or removing the clutter requested by users who have reviewed the page. I tried to do it, but don't think I did it correctly. Thanks!

Taylorisodope (talk) 18:22, 12 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, I don't agree that the subject of this draft article passes WP:BIO. There is insufficient in-depth coverage in notable, reliable sources. MurielMary (talk) 07:41, 13 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Postcard from the West Coast Monday 15 Aug, 2022

Kia ora koutou; we're coming up to the home stretch! • I got back from South Westland with about 400 photos to upload and categorise into Commons • The DOC team down there are very excited about our project; they're busy reopening the Haast-Paringa Cattle Track with a new swingbridge, and I promised we would create an article with photos of all the huts • Archives New Zealand have a wonderful collection of tourist publicity photos on DigitalNZ; you could search them for pics of West Coast places for articles (see the ones I used in Pleasant Flat) • There's still plenty to do over the last fortnight of the project—if you could find some time to pick one of the biggest gaps and have a go at filling it, that would be great • in Haast, we need articles on Okuru (currently a redirect), Hannahs Clearing, the Roaring Billy and Thunder Creek Falls, and Ship Creek; I have photos of all of them • You could also check back through the Punakaiki, Lake Brunner, and North Westland lists for anything that needs expanding • In other news, I'm running an online workshop 7 pm August 23rd on Adding Photos to Commons; enrolment's free, share with any keen photographers you know • We're also having a Wikiblitz this coming Sunday to try to improve the articles about West Coast reptiles, and could use help • Thank you for all your hard work; I'd like to organise an online meetup on Zoom at the end of the project to look back at what we've done and have a think about next steps; will send some possible times • Ka kite ano. — Giantflightlessbirds

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Postcard from the West Coast Monday 29 Aug, 2022

Kia ora koutou; well, it's time to wrap up this project • What a wonderful and short ten weeks it's been; I've really appreciated all the mahi people have put into improving articles about the West Coast • There's a summary of what we've managed to achieve in the final report • Briefly: 24 new articles, 5 of them in DYK, 974 edits to 193 articles, adding 73,800 words and 653 citations • We uploaded 1126 photos into numerous new Commons categories • Standouts for me were Schwede66's sorting out all the Paparoa mountains named after famous scientists, Marshelec's work on Karamea and Bullock Creek, and Turnagra creating the Copland Track article • There are small prizes going out to those three, but I also want to acknowledge all the effort of Paora, Chocmilk03, and Gertrude206—great stuff • I'm about to head off to Europe for a month, to attend the Wikimedia Summit and learn what European Wikipedians are up to, but despite time zones would like to have an online catchup with participants soon • Thank you again for all your hard work; ka kite ano and I hope we'll have another bash at the West Coast again soon. Don't be strangers. — Giantflightlessbirds

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(t · c) buidhe 21:17, 23 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, thanks for reviewing my draft, I'd like to understand which changes are rzcommended to implement in order to move forward with it. The reason cited in your feedback is about notoriety and the article as submitted has multiple awards pages as well as reviews from specialized media, I have not relied on information produced by the artist themselves. What would be the solution? Do you need more media articles to justify clear facts about the albums published? Is it an issue with the quantity or the nature of the sources ? Thanks in advance for your reply and have an excellent day Bent G. Arrowni (talk) 12:28, 25 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'll put some comments on the draft to clarify. MurielMary (talk) 00:14, 26 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi Muriel,

I was browsing through some recently declined draft articles about women writers and saw that you declined to create this one. I'm quite surprised, as it appears to easily pass WP: NAUTHOR#3 and is well written, well referenced, and well formatted. I don't do new article reviews, so I'm not familiar with all the criteria reviewers apply. I was wondering if you could elaborate on why this article was rejected? pburka (talk) 13:57, 2 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'll put some comments on the draft page. MurielMary (talk) 08:20, 3 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, I moved Drew Neemia to Drew Ne'emia as he announced that this is how his last name should actually be pronounced/spelled on final episode of The Masked Singer NZ, which aired on Sunday. I've now added a reference supporting this to the lead. Would you support moving it back? Should I start a Requested move? Ollieinc (talk) 08:28, 3 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Kia ora Ollie, oh that's quite tricky, isn't it! All the secondary sources list him as "Neemia" but you say he's said on air that it should be "Ne'emia"? I think the page name could be "Ne'emia" with a note somewhere in the lead about this being the correct name according to him .... I think do that, and then let's see what other editors think. Maybe put a note on the talk page as well, inviting discussion of the best way to handle it? Cheers! MurielMary (talk) 09:36, 3 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey MurielMary, a heads up that a draft you reviewed (about author Gwenda Bond) is getting discussed on Twitter at the moment. You might see additional activity due to that thread. Thanks for being an AfC reviewer! Suriname0 (talk) 01:40, 6 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you very much for notifying me, that's so interesting to know! I hope the article can be developed enough to be published! MurielMary (talk) 04:52, 6 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi MurielMary, I noticed you declined the submission for the draft on the California designer Kim Gordon. I was wondering if you checked all of the sources, because I'm quite confident that multiple sources feature in depth, reliable, and independent coverage. For example:

https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-himi-kim-gordon-20181007-story.html

https://www.mydomaine.com/kim-gordon-healthy-home-design-ideas-5119866

https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hp-0507-kim-gordon-20160507-story.html

https://www.argonautnews.com/news/designer-extraordinaire/article_a903948b-22e2-5420-82bc-d87b2d015008.html

https://www.snyderdiamond.com/blog/Interior-Diviner-Kim-Gordon

https://csq.com/2020/06/designer-kim-gordons-market-defying-residential-havens/#.Y0BNHnZBxPY

https://www.californiahomedesign.com/house-tours/a-place-in-the-sun/

https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/house-interiors/a8690/glass-house/

All of these articles have multiple paragraphs about the subject. The Los Angeles Times is regarded as reliable as per WP:RSP. ELLE is not listed, but the discussion on the notice board suggests editors so far have considered it as reliable. As for C Suite Quarterly, Snyder Diamond, Argonaut News, MyDomaine, and California Home & Design, there has not been enough discussion by Wikipedia editors to form a consensus on their reliability, but all of them have in depth coverage and on first glance some of them seem to have decent editorial standards.

Maybe the issue is that most of these articles had quotes from the subject, so you read them as interviews? I'm sorry to bother you about this, it's just that with all of the coverage in national publications, I'm having trouble seeing how this wouldn't meet WP:SIGCOV. In the notice you left on the draft, there were no details about what the specific issues were, so I'm just trying to better understand your thought process.

Thanks.Chagropango (talk) 16:25, 7 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Number 1

I suggest the article be moved to Elizabeth Glinka the name used in English speaking countries:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Elizaveta_Glinka#Suggested_move_to_Elizabeth_Glinka

See Talk:Elizaveta_Glinka#Suggested_move_to_Elizabeth_Glinka

Number 2

I need a plot summary that meets the draconian rules of Wikipedia. Here is what I have written thus far:

The plot is of one day in the life of Elizabeth Glinka who is the head of Fair Care Foundation in Moscow in 2012. As the day starts, Elizabeth and her husband Gleb Glebovich Glinka are going to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary. Elizabeth is waiting for her three sons and close friends to arrive.

Before the party, the last thing she needs to do is drop by Moscow Paveletsky Railway Station to check on weekly patients at the Fair Care fund and to send humanitarian supplies to people in need.

At the clinic, a man calls Doctor Lisa. In a hospital in the Moscow suburbs his five-year-old girl, Eva, who is dying. The doctor on duty has to discharge Eva. Due to medical formalities the child, who suffers from cancer, is left without painkillers. Doctor Lisa agrees to help.

This request results in Doctor Lisa breaking the law for this girl.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

My Russian is bad so it is difficult for me to write a proper plot summary on Doctor Lisa. Thanks in advance. Metro2fsb (talk) 05:28, 10 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hello,

I am working on a project to publish pages for several important periodicals, but despite my best efforts I have not been successful. I noticed you reviewed the page for Kazoo (magazine) and I was hoping you could provide some help with the drafts I've been working on for similar periodicals, Draft:Honest History (magazine) and Draft:Ditto Kids (magazine). Although I've tried to include similar sources as used in the Kazoo page, these two pages have not been published. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am hoping to publish many great independent periodicals and publications as I believe they are important for the Wikipedia archive. Thank you. Stcksht (talk) 03:55, 9 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hello Muriel, thank you very much for all the work you bring to Wikipedia. I would like you to check the article "Boukari Laouali Chaibou" that I created and improve it as you can, because it is proposed for deletion, so it needs to be improved, I beg you. Thanks Wikipedien28 (talk) 11:32, 22 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hello @Wikieditor019! I rewrote the article about the scientist, could you re-check it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Agneta 92 (talk • contribs) 11:36, 26 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Dear @MurielMary.

Thank you for your previous comment on the Draft:Vera Shabshai. I took your feedback into consideration and have since revised the language and clarified the draft. I kindly ask you to take a look at the updated draft and let me know if there are any further improvements i can make. Your contribution to improving the quality of Wikipedia articles is highly appreciated.

Best regards, Luxury Muxury (talk) 13:05, 29 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dear Muriel, I saw that you declined Tatjana Ostojic. I am not sure what do you mean when you say leader. However, being The first designer in Serbia who made a collection from which proceedings goes to children with cancer, also designer of inclusive fashion for people with disabilities, founder of The first online archive of Belgrade socialist modernism, but also winner of awards for the best designer, having a lot of press and fashions shows sound pretty ok to me. Maybe the problem is that you dont understand Serbian. I will paste you one translate from the article in which Tatjana is just "mentioned" (Story). And there is a lot of similar articles. "Tatjana Ostojić is one of the most influential Serbian fashion designers of the younger generation, known for her characteristic visual language in which various inspirations such as architecture, comics and science fiction are intertwined. She won several awards at the Belgrade Fashion Week, and she is finishing her postgraduate studies at the prestigious Politecnico di Milano university. During 2019 and 2020, he cooperates with the Italian house Versace, where he works with Marco Colagrosi to create the new Versace Jeans Couture line. She is the founder of the website Belgrade Social Modernism, which examines the meanings of the architectural phenomena of New Belgrade through archives and documentation. He lives and works between Belgrade and Milan." 162.253.182.30 (talk) 12:57, 2 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I just hope it's not the case that you think women from this region are not important, since I've seen her turn down a couple of very important ones. 162.253.182.30 (talk) 13:00, 2 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The reason given was "There is not enough evidence from the cited sources that the subject meets the notability requirements for a biography on WP." This is confusing because 18 citations were used, including articles specifically about Ojo in major publications such as Variety and Adweek. The citations clearly indicate that Ojo is one of the most decorated female business leaders of African descent currently alive. Combined with her recognition from outlets such as Forbes, Fortune, and Financial Times (also cited clearly on the draft page), her profile seems to compare favorably, at minimum, with other women whose pages you have approved, such as Stacy Shortall or Theresa Gattung. I understand that Shortall and Gattung are from your region, whereas Ojo is not, but can you please explain what other criteria factored into your decision to approve their pages while rejecting Ojo's? Emmagoldhuman (talk) 17:17, 2 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The Julius Family were slave owners in the Caribbean - you can delete all you like. It’s a fact. 180.150.36.48 (talk) 09:52, 12 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, the statement was deleted because there was no reference to support it. All statements on Wikipedia must be referenced to a reliable source. MurielMary (talk) 10:59, 12 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Can you give me some more feedback on why you declined my Draft:Elizabeth Diggs AfC? Your stated reason was not meeting the inline citation requirements. But the inline standard specifically says that inlines are required for only four categories, the only one relevant here is a statement "likely to be challenged." The list of most of the plays and corresponding awards in my draft are already extensively cited in the body of the article. "For all other types of material, the policies require only that it be possible for a motivated, educated person to find published, reliable sources that support the material, e.g., by searching for sources online or at a library." The list of plays would also meet this test. Unless you feel that someone might challenge whether or not Elizabeth Diggs wrote one of the plays she said she wrote and is distributed on her behalf by a playwright rights agency? In addition, the guidance for reviewing Articles for Creation state: "Articles that will probably survive a listing at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion should be accepted." I think its reasonable to say that my draft would not be deleted, as it doesn't seem to me to meet criteria for deletion. The number one error to avoid for AfC review is "Avoid declining an article because it correctly uses general references to support some or all of the material. The content and sourcing policies require inline citations for only four specific types of material, most commonly direct quotations and contentious material (whether negative, positive, or neutral) about living persons." Justinkrivers (talk) 14:45, 15 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi MurielMary! I just saw that you declined Draft:Athena Vas. Sorry, but I don't understand why when it was already reviewed by Onel5969 last April 19 and went live for almost three weeks until someone moved it back to draft due to COI on May 8. Athena Vas was the grand winner of The Bachelor (Greek season 2), which makes her notable. Please review the draft. Thank you.Bmjc98 (talk) 14:26, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hello, I have multiple citations that meet wikipedia's requirements for Secondary Independent Sources (including books, ISBNs, Poets & writers directory listing, other companies, reliable magazines and books where work by the subject has appears), please advise why these sources continue to fail reviewer's requirement as 'reliable' and 'independent'. Thanks! Here is the draft page: Articles for creation: Sara Cahill Marron (July 15) Filipoet (talk) 13:53, 19 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Filipoet (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:Sara Cahill Marron (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Filipoet (talk) 13:59, 19 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for evaluating Draft:Awilda Rodríguez Lora and providing feedback. You declined the draft. I have added references from El Nuevo Día, which is the leading newspaper in Puerto Rico; from the peer-reviewed journal Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora, published in the United States, and from a forthcoming scholarly academic book from the University of Michigan Press. I have also added a scholarly source from the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña Magazine, and created a section indicating the scholarly and media attention that Awilda Rodríguez Lora has received during her decades-long career in Puerto Rico and the United States. I have included the ISBNs for the scholarly books featuring this artist. I hope these additional sources show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article.----Lawrlafo (talk) 05:54, 21 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello @MurielMary, I made substantial contribution to the draft Draft:Mariette Teisserenc since your last review of 10:51 , 14 May 2023 (UTC). The page exists in Mariette Teisserenc and Mariette Teisserenc. Could you have a look to see if it can be promoted ? Thanks a lot ! Olmathie (talk) 09:48, 23 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I contributed to the draft Draft:Leca Araujo since your last review on 14 May 2023. You left a comment that she won any national and international awards. Yes, she already won an international award called "The Future We, Want, United Nations 75th anniversary" and I already added the awards and cited with the source.

Could you please look at it? Thanks Goldabrun (talk) 20:01, 20 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Your reason for rejection of this article submission as stated

The content of this submission includes material that does not meet Wikipedia's minimum standard for inline citations. Please cite your sources using footnotes. For instructions on how to do this, please see Referencing for beginners. Thank you

makes no sense to me. Minimal standard for inline citation is never defined or given in the Wikipedia rules and recommendations Bocin kolega (talk) 20:27, 31 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I would really appreciate it if you explain why this draft Julia Church was declined. Regards TheChineseGroundnut (talk) 10:45, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

See the explanation on the page itself. MurielMary (talk) 11:07, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have seen it. I have added more sources also. May I re-submit? TheChineseGroundnut (talk) 11:40, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You can resubmit at any point for another review. All the best, MM. MurielMary (talk) 01:22, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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--Lajmmoore (talk) 20:17, 28 December 2023 (UTC) via MassMessagingReply[reply]

Hi @MurielMary I wanted message this is the second time you have declined this page. I wanted to add some context to the artist notability. The notability for this artist is the fact that she is also a Somali painter and artist. There is much representation for contemporary art world. For that fact alone I think it’s is important for Wikipedia being a platform to show the understanding of the wider world especially African/black artist which are not as represented on Wikipedia. They are akin to Gagosian and Zwirner which are considered blue chip galleries : high-value artworks by well-established artists – artists with a solid reputation for creating art that increases in value over time. Also the fact that she has represented by one of the biggest and successful art galleries in the world Hauser and Wirth who represent artist on Wikipedia such as Avery Singer, Paul McCarthy, Roni Horn, Alexander Calder, Rashid Johnson, and George Condo Charles Gaines, Glen Ligon, Mark Bradford, Sonya Boyce, The fact that there even isn’t a representation in the Wikipedia artist page by nationality is an issue. Would you reconsider declining the page? Nabil vega (talk) 23:40, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, drafts are considered in comparison to the agreed Wikipedia criteria for inclusion. The subject needs to meet these criteria. You are welcome to edit and resubmit the draft at any point for another review. All the best, MM MurielMary (talk) 01:21, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I see it was declined based on her notability as a prominent figure. However, I have updated the draft to include the following pertinent information: her Jesus Calling Series (which already has its own Wikipedia page) has sold over 45 million units worldwide, as referenced by global publisher HarperCollins. This makes Sarah Young one of the most successful female Christian authors in all of history. I believe this makes her well within the requirements for her own posthumously published Wikipedia entry.

Thank you for your reconsideration, and for working to make Wikipedia an accurate, amazing resource! Boygary (talk) 17:26, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I see the draft has now been accepted. All the best with your future editing, MM. MurielMary (talk) 09:59, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you MurielMary! I’m excited to have my first Wikipedia page published. Thank you for helping me improve the page!

JMC Boygary (talk) 18:20, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi MurielMary, I want you to take a look about my recent articles in draft Draft:Mister Supranational and it is declined by Mr. Maximilian and as I looked to your accepted articles you have a good reviews in terms of accepting new articles. And in my recent articles I provide a lot of verified news media outlet and website to support my article in each statement just like your recent and previous accepted articles reviews and thought you could help mine to get back in the main space thank you.Rc ramz (talk) 09:37, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, this draft isn't on a topic I'm familiar with. I'll leave it to another reviewer to comment on. All the best, MM. MurielMary (talk) 09:52, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Okay thanks for the response I hope you'll help me regarding this matter I will wait until this things resolve. Rc ramz (talk) 16:08, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey MurielMary, I received a notification that Draft:2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup was reviewed by you; but the draft page still shows as review waiting and it hasn't been moved yet. Can you please clarify about this, thank you. Cric editor (talk) 12:35, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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