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Your submission at Articles for creation: Ernest Ham (September 8)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by DoubleGrazing were:

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

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.

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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DoubleGrazing (talk) 09:36, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Ngraeditor! 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! DoubleGrazing (talk) 09:36, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy editing! DoubleGrazing (talk) 09:36, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sources for things that existed before the internet etc

It's more difficult to find sources for stuff that aren't in current super-hero movies, but there are some things you can try. Google only gets you so far.

archive.org
online newspaper archives and similar. They may be WP:PAYWALLED, but perhaps you can get access through a local library or friends. Or pay.
WP:OFFLINE sources are actually ok (!), so if you have an actual book or old newspaper articles on Ernest Ham, you can use them. On WP, I came into contact with an American lady who asked for help on an article about her husband. I said I'd help, and she mailed me pictures of old articles she had in a scrapbook. I'd never written a WP-article that way, but it worked.

If you stick around, The Wikipedia Library will become available.

Hope this helps some! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:10, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help Ngraeditor (talk) 18:01, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Ernest Ham

Hello, Ngraeditor. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Ernest Ham, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 10:06, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]