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Happy editing! Cheers, Cicada1010 (talk) 18:16, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

David Gamarnik moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to David Gamarnik (COI review). Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing as a live article at this time because it is promotional and reads like an advertisement, you may have a possible Conflict of Interest and Almost certainly created due to the wait on the IP-created David Gamarnik. I have converted it to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. GPL93 (talk) 18:24, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: David Gamarnik (COI review) (March 13)

Draft declined

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. Your draft submission to Articles for creation has been reviewed but not accepted at this time.

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The reviewer, Paul W, left the following feedback:

This draft's references do not show that the person meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for people. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:

provide significant coverage: discuss the person in detail, not brief mentions or interviews lacking independent analysis;
are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight;
are independent: not connected to the person, such as interviews, press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content.

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Likely notable per WP:NACADEMIC, but current draft lacks references to significant coverage about him in reliable independent secondary sources. The MIT CVs are primary; Refs 3-7 are works by him, not about him; Ref 8 is just about WP:SIGCOV, but Refs 9-13 are merely single mentions.

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Paul W (talk) 10:00, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Discrete-probabilist! 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! Paul W (talk) 10:00, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:David Gamarnik (COI review)

A tag has been placed on Draft:David Gamarnik (COI review) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

duplicated AfC submission - see Draft@David Garmarnick

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March 2026

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions; however, it appears you may have written a draft for a Wikipedia article about yourself, at Draft:David Gamarnik. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – please see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. If you wish to add to or change an existing article about yourself, you are welcome to propose the changes by visiting the article's talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was the page I created deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss this with the deleting administrator. Thank you. Paul W (talk) 13:35, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi Paul - thank you for your note. I can confirm that I am not David Gamarnik himself, nor was I solicited to create an article about him. I simply work in the field of probability, and will be editing some probability articles from now on (as I have already done).

That said, I understand the issue with the David Gamarnik draft is about the references (apologies - I am new here!). I'll fix the references and replace them with neutral source and relaunch it whenever I have a moment. Discrete-probabilist (talk) 13:40, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response User:Discrete-probabilist. I will remove the COI template from the draft article. Best wishes. Paul W (talk) 13:42, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you Paul W! Where can I access the template to keep working on it? Discrete-probabilist (talk) 13:44, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi User:Discrete-probabilist. The draft article can be edited at Draft:David Gamarnik. (Do not edit or remove the AfC exchanges and comments at the top. These will be removed if/when the article is accepted.)

PS: I will see your replies more quickly if you reply to me using [[User:Paul W]]. This "pings" me a notification in my Wikipedia toolbar.

Paul W (talk) 14:08, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

User:Paul W Thanks! I have now replaced the draft with relevant sources and resubmitted. Discrete-probabilist (talk) 18:35, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: David Gamarnik has been accepted

David Gamarnik, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been accepted!

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Thanks again, and happy editing!

Paul W (talk) 12:40, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

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