Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Bobby Cohn were:
This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies.
The comment the reviewer left was:
Per WP:BLP, personal information must be cited, currently the "Early life and education" section is entirely unreferenced.
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Hello, Alichtenstein1!!
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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by SafariScribe was:
IMDb, Letterboxd, Tribeca, e.t.c. are not reliable sources. See WP:RS for a guide.
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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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's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and 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:
Please calm down so as to avoid mistakes. We need sources that are not trivial mentions of Adam J. Minnick. For example, assuming a source says, "Buzzard is a 2014 film and has many wonderful editors. Adam J. Minnick was the cinematographer and the film was shot in America. The film is noted for its simplicity and gave goals to all the supports it received during the screening." This statement above doesn't show any notability about the director. If it had narrated a bit good directing and praise, then, we can consider. Most of your sources are purely mention and neither way can I tell you that he meets WP: CREATIVE nor WP:ANYBIO. Look for sources that headlines him as a notable cinematographer and how he has used his work to achieve notability. Read WP:INHERITED to avoid using unnecessary sources.
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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Thank you for the feedback, Safari Scribe! I am going to continue getting this right so eventually I can get this article published. I appreciate the guidance, and hope I can come back to you for more.
This is my first submitted article, and am running into a lot of the roadblocks that several people have also written about when I look through the "talk" pages. I originally had included several references to Minnick's work but they were turned away as not being "reliable" sources, including IMDb, Tribeca Film Festival's official website, SXSW's official website, and several other references that include the praising of Adam J. Minnick's work as a director of photography. Some notable things about Minnick that I haven't included yet are that he is repped by one of the biggest talent agencies in the world (Gersh); he has shot more than 13 feature films over the past decade, all of which have had major distribution; and just the sheer fact that someone behind the camera is so regularly mentioned in movie reviews is definitely an exception to the norm. It is difficult to find specific articles only about a director of photography, as you may notice. He has his own Google search panel, and his work is well-documented, clearly.
One question I have for you is would it help at all to include more video interviews of Minnick discussing work and process? There are several of those online from various sources in which this is the case. There are interviews with Minnick alongside directors talking about the work as well. If I include that kind of thing, would it be helpful? Thanks.
Hopefully, I can attempt to use some of your suggestions to steer this article to the right place for acceptance. Thank you again for the feedback. I'll keep trying.
