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Thank you! Funkygronk (talk) 20:31, 17 January 2026 (UTC)
Your submission at Articles for creation: Aimée Walsh (March 18)
Draft declinedThank you for contributing to Wikipedia. Your draft submission to Articles for creation has been reviewed but not accepted at this time.
FeedbackThe reviewer, LEvalyn, left the following feedback:
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.
Please add references that meet all three of these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia.
This draft is not written from a neutral point of view. Wikipedia articles must be written neutrally in a formal, impersonal, and dispassionate way. They should not read like a blog post, advertisement, or fan page. Rewrite the draft to remove:
Typically, for an an author to meet our criteria to have an article, they need to have 2+ books that meet our book criteria by having 2+ reviews. Exile clearly meets those criteria. If her monograph has also gotten 2+ reviews (and many do!), adding those would show she qualifies for an article. You'll need to search academic journals for those; you may find my advice on finding book reviews useful.
Additionally, please rewrite the sections with the existing reviews to focus on explaining the main content and features of the book, rather than just giving praise. I have some advice on getting information from book reviews that may help.
I also suggest cutting the list of her individual news articles, unless other people have written about how they are important.
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Edit Draft:Aimée Walsh to address the points above, making sure to publish any changes.
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Hello, Funkygronk!
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! ~ le 🌸 valyn (talk) 01:58, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
Please avoid using AI
Hello! Your draft article about Aimée Walsh is promising, and I think it could be published after some revisions (assuming there are reviews of her monograph) -- thanks for writing it! But it looks like you used ChatGPT to find some of the sources. You should know that Wikipedia advises against using AI, and asks users to declare (in their edit summary) when it's been used. Wikipedia is a collaborative project, so we prefer imperfect authentic contributions (which other edits can then improve on!) rather than non-human content. Let me know if you have any questions, and happy editing! ~ le 🌸 valyn (talk) 02:17, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
Hi Levalyn! Thank you for your feedback - so helpful! I've now made those changes and resubmitted - let me know what you think! Funkygronk (talk) 16:04, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
The additions are great finds, thanks for adding them so speedily! Walsh certainly qualifies for an article, though a bit more polishing of the prose tone would be helpful. For example, it would be great to write something more like "Her monograph, Writing Resistance in Northern Ireland, was published by Liverpool University Press in 2024. Reviewers praised the breadth of materials used as evidence; Walsh discusses [in your own words, combine all the things McCann and Hopkins mention]"(citations to McCann and Hopkins). That gets out of the promotional-sounding framing; we want to avoid having the article read like a back cover collection of blurbs.
It would also be good to format the references are proper citations rather than as external links (ie, so the numbers are little superscripts) - this guide may help. I have to dash now but I can take a closer look again later. ~ le 🌸 valyn (talk) 16:59, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
Hi! Thank you for this! I've now made those little edits - hopefully that works better now! Funkygronk (talk) 21:14, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
Looking better! There were still several moments that were much too promotional in tone, which I have edited to be more neutral and encyclopedic. However, I think some AI had led the article astray, and now the barrier to publishing is our policy on verification. While trying to tidy the prose a little, I noticed that this source was used with major inaccuracies -- the title of the article was wrong within the citation, and it was being used to support several specific facts that the article absolutely didn't mention at all (like her attending Belfast Royal Academy and Queen’s University Belfast, or the fact that her PhD is in Irish Literature and Cultural History. It is your responsibility to confirm that all information is not just true. but clearly stated in the cited source. Please review the rest of the article to ensure no similar errors remain elsewhere. When you have done so, I will take another look to make sure it is verifiable enough to accept. ~ le 🌸 valyn (talk) 01:31, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
Hi! I'm using the 'automatic' option when I'm inserting citations in the sandbox - very new to this! So sorry for those mistakes. I've gone through all the citations now, and backed everything up with links using that automatic citation option to drop links in. Let me know what you think - still very much learning how to do all of this. Thank you! Funkygronk (talk) 09:57, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
Using the 'automatic' option is fine. It looks like all the info in the 'early life' section is appropriately supported by its citations now, which is great, but when I was checking the rest I noticed that the review in the Irish Independent was a broken link, and when I search for it separately the review does not exist, suggesting that the link and the quotation were hallucinations. Using AI isn't what will get people into trouble on Wikipedia -- misrepresenting AI use, and introducing factual errors into articles, will get people into trouble.
I can verify that reviews do exist in the Irish Times and the Irish Examiner (to meet our criteria for book articles), so I'll accept the article now. If you want to re-add the quote I removed from the Irish Times, feel free to do so, just double-check that you have the wording exactly matching the source (it's paywalled so I couldn't check it myself). ~ le 🌸 valyn (talk) 01:03, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
thank you! really appreciate you publishing this - my first! I've added the wording from The Irish Times back in, as I can confirm it is correct (i have a subscription) Funkygronk (talk) 08:28, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
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