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http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Bobby_and_Jemima

Gosh I'm finding Wikipedia confusing! Not being that experienced technically it's all a bit mind boggling! I've submitted my first article and it has been declined a couple of times. Now the problem seems to be in the format of writing, that it's not neutral enough. I have really tried to do that but wonder if anyone can help me identify the phrases that are causing the problem. Thank you Kelly LiebermanKellylieberman (talk) 05:26, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

At first glance I can see a major problem - your draft contains material for three separate articles - one about the group and two biographies. If you're writing about the band that's what you should write about - detailed biographies of of each of the members should be separate articles. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:47, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why my article is not selected?

You have to give us a bit more information - what draft are you talking about? The link in the heading should be to the actual page - "Why my article is not selected?" is not the title of a current draft. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:51, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The draft is Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Swami Shree Haridas Ji. As the reviewer explained, it was rejected because firstly it does not cite any reliable sources that are independent of the subject, such as newspaper articles or peer-reviewed scholarly papers, and secondly the tone is hardly neutral and it uses peacock terms - in short, it reads like something written by an adoring follower, not like a neutral summary of the facts. Huon (talk) 12:31, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Getting editors to fix articles

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Yeah, I'm kind of new to this project, and I was wondering, well, you're allowed to ask the creator to improve things in the article during your review, right? Thanks! smile-- (T) Numbermaniac (C) 06:33, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sure you are, though if it's just minor issues such as style edits, those should not be grounds for declining the submission. Huon (talk) 12:16, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks :) -- (T) Numbermaniac (C) 01:47, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I don't know how to get the collum on the right hand side of wikipedia on my article. It mostly has a picture followed by some information. if the article is about a song it will mostly have a picture of the album cover and under it the name of the album/genre/year etc. �how do I get a collum like that on my own page?����

(Joshua1202 (talk) 09:28, 3 July 2013 (UTC))[reply]

I think what you're looking for is Template:Infobox company. -- Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 10:30, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]