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AfC notification: Draft:Chet Bowers has a new comment[edit]

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Chet Bowers. Thanks! FoCuS contribs; talk to me! 16:33, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Chet Bowers (September 21)[edit]

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

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability—see the general guideline on notability and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing, so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia.
What you can do: Add citations (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners) to secondary reliable sources that are entirely independent of the subject.

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:Chet Bowers and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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SwisterTwister talk 05:30, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! C S Chaffee, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about 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! SwisterTwister talk 05:30, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome[edit]

Hello, C S Chaffee, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the Wikipedia Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} and your question on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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My submission, Draft:Chet Bowers was rejected with the comment left by the reviewer that it "seems" notable, but that I need better resources. This despite my sources being a best selling author and physicist, educators, authors, etc within the genre. Another editor has looked at it since and said that the references are fine but that there is too much unsourced text. Yet, I have looked at numerous Wikipedia articles that include unsourced text used to define or describe the subject, as long as it is somewhat reinforced by references along the way. I have really tried to construct the article going by Wikipedia's own definitions of third party sources, reliability, etc as well as examples of pages that have already been accepted and not flagged. Is there a less subjective entity I can appeal to?C S Chaffee (talk) 18:42, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

For a response to the second part of your question/comment: there are nearly 5,000,000 articles in Wikipedia, and, yes, a great many (if not the majority) fail to meet the standards for article content. However, it is not convincing in the least to say "That article over there is a pile of garbage and so this article should remain a pile of garbage too!". -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 19:09, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You have some more responses at Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#My_article_was_rejected_despite_the_reviewer.27s_comment_that_it_.22seems.22_notable.28.3F.29. So I am going to close this to keep the conversation in one place. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 19:14, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The "precedent" that lots of other articles don't live up to the policies and guidelines doesn't matter. It just means there is a lot to clean up. And the clean up starts with each individual article where the standards have not yet been reached. And Yes, I will stand by the statement that someone proclaiming "I don't think we should clean up this pile of garbage because there is another pile of garbage over there!" will not convince anyone. Replace "pile of garbage" with "glass of spilled milk" if that better suits your sensibilities, but its the same in the end. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 21:03, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Chet Bowers has been accepted[edit]

Chet Bowers, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as C-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

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samtar ^(msg) 08:15, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A beer for you![edit]

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Much appreciated. DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 10:06, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, C S Chaffee![edit]

Happy New Year!

C S Chaffee,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 12:35, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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