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Your submission at Articles for creation: AFIRE (August 23)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by SamHolt6 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 organizations and companies). 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.

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:

Possible WP:NCORP failure, and reads like placed PR, which contradicts WP:PROMO and WP:NOTADVERTISING.

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 when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:AFIRE and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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SamHolt6 (talk) 20:50, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Sccros! 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! SamHolt6 (talk) 20:50, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Editing with a possible conflict of interest

Hello, Sccros. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the COI guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you.--SamHolt6 (talk) 20:51, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm Deb. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.Deb (talk) 19:21, 5 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your request for undeletion

I've just looked at your comments on Draft talk:AFIRE and it comes across to me like a rant, saying how unfair and rude everyone else is being. But the fact is that you haven't abided by the Wikipedia guidelines. You haven't even signed your posts on my talk page or on the Draft talk page, which is pretty basic. You say that you didn't intend to promote but to "inform of real estate investments overseas"; this is pretty much the definition of advertising. So have another look at the guidelines, try and understand where you went wrong and what you need to do to avoid having your article deleted. Go to Wikipedia:Teahouse and get some advice from others if you don't believe me.

If you really want a successful review of the draft content, I recommend you start again from scratch, taking note of the following:

External links should not be included in the article text - see Wikipedia:External links, first sentence.
"Responsible for several member meetings, topic-focused summits, and exclusive gatherings every year" sounds like an extract from a holiday brochure.
"such as Henry Kissinger, Bob Dole, Colin Powell, George Bush, Condoleeza Rice, Bill Clinton, John Howard, Madeleine Albright, John Major, and others". Name dropping has one purpose only - to impress the reader. It doesn't belong in an encyclopedia article.
Also note Wikipedia:Notability. The annual survey, which seems to be the most notable thing the association does, isn't even mentioned in the article. With only 200 members, you haven't made it sound like it's a particularly important body. What does a "dedicated presence" mean? Does it just mean you have your own stall? Millions of people have a dedicated presence on Facebook, but it doesn't make them notable.

In short, the whole thing reads like a membership leaflet, and I feel certain someone unconnected with the organisation could have written it better. However, if you still feel you need the draft restored, you have the option to go to Wikipedia:Deletion review.Deb (talk) 20:14, 5 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

→→Thank you, Deb! My reasoning is not a rant but rather defending my right to submit a post and have it fairly edited. However, I will go back to the drawing board and create a better end product I appreciate your time put into the explanation.

Signing

At the end of comments on Talk pages or at Teahouse, type four of ~. That 'signs' your User name. David notMD (talk) 20:58, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sccros (talk) 20:59, 11 September 2019 (UTC) -- Just checking it out. Thank you[reply]

At the END of comments, not the beginning. Also, a colon (:) at beginning of a comment indents. David notMD (talk) 21:02, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You might be the most willing to help individual I have had the pleasure of interacting with. Thank you Sccros (talk) 21:04, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I cut some stuff that just pisses off reviewers. I will not be looking at the references to see if they are more than passing mentions of the organization the article is about. Good luck. David notMD (talk) 21:12, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You've been a great help. Some links will be removed as I have been going through them to determine quality. Thanks again. Sccros (talk) 21:15, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

Hello, Sccros. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there!
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by Nick Moyes (talk) 23:34, 11 September 2019 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template.[reply]

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Your draft article, Draft:AFIRE

Hello, Sccros. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "AFIRE".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 02:10, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]