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Your submission at Articles for creation: John Greening (poet) (November 25)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Amkgp was:

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— Amkgp 💬 03:08, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Retching Swallows! Having an article 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! — Amkgp 💬 03:08, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and no worries. I was not expecting the article to be reviewed so quickly. I am planning to add references/citations shortly. Thank you for not deleting my draft. Retching Swallows (talk) 16:22, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What you need is really two things. The draft needs to be less like a resume, and it needs reliable secondary sources. Instead of scouring the internet for fellowships and awards, you are better off finding professional reviews of his published works. I have a few examples for you, of articles that are by no means great--but they pass notability standards, because of coverage in secondary sources: Elizabeth Meese and Margaret J. Kartomi. For Meese, that's mainly academic reviews--that's the kind of thing you need to find for your poet. For Violet Dias Lannoy it was a bit easier to find sources, so I had enough to flesh out a decent biography. But I can't stress this enough: secondary sources, and for poets and writers and academics that often means reviews of their work. Good luck, Drmies (talk) 17:03, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, in regard to your revert: the more promotional material you have in there, and the more inline URLs that we really just count as spam links, the less likely it is that your draft is accepted. Drmies (talk) 17:06, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: John Greening (poet) has been accepted

John Greening (poet), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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SL93 (talk) 03:29, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Retching Swallows (talk) 04:26, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

January 2022

Hello, I'm Tacyarg. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Andrew Waterman (poet), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Tacyarg (talk) 20:38, 18 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, thanks for your reply. The Twitter source is not a reliable source - I'm assuming an obituary will appear some time soon, which would be helpful for the article in general. Best wishes, Tacyarg (talk) 10:03, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]