User talk:MapleSoy
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Draft:Leyla Kazim
Hi there MapleSoy, regarding this draft submitted on 21 August 2020 I have added a significant amount of newspaper and magazine articles featuring the subject. Hopefully this will now fulfil the notability criteria.
Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kerr1000 (talk • contribs) 17:08, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
Draft:Kate Lord Brown
Thanks for your review of the draft article on Kate Lord Brown. Could I get clarification on "In-line citations are needed for every claim"? (I am technically adept but a very inexperienced worker bee here at Wikipedia.)
For instance, the opening sentence of the draft reads: "Lord Brown grew up in Devon, UK, and studied at St Margaret's, Exeter, before gaining a fine art scholarship to Blundell's." Arguably, there are three claims made in that sentence: that she grew up in Devon; that she studied at St. Margaret's; and that she got the indicated scholarship at Blundell's. Using the same strict interpretation (mine, I mean), that sentence and the rest of the article will be littered with in-line cites. This doesn't to me seem consistent with many Wikipedia biographies' styles. (I understand various editors' standards might differ from one another's.)
Again, not challenging, just wanting to confirm. For example, what sort of external linkable source could possibly provide evidence that she studied at St. Margaret's?
GREATLY appreciate your patience. Thanks for any further help, even if means just pointing me to a source to help me resolve these ambiguities!
FLJerseyBoy (talk) 16:30, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
- Hi FLJerseyBoy, thanks for your message. You've asked a good question. The relevant policy is WP:BLP, which describes the high standard that Wikipedia has for biographies of living people. In the example you provided, yes, I actually would provide a source for all three of the claims made in that sentence. The policy linked above says that there should be no original research WP:ORIGINAL, which means that the information does need to be found in reliable, published sources. To answer your second question, the source does not need to be "linkable"; an offline newspaper or book can also be used. And if cannot be found in any published source, it should not be included in the biography (even if you personally know the fact to be true).
- To get this draft accepted, I would focus on the author's career achievements. If you can add a citation for the claim that her books have made bestsellers' lists, and add books reviews that can be found in published sources, then she would meet the notability criteria for authors and the draft will be accepted.
Draft:Gulshan Pashayeva
Hi MapleSoy,
Maybe it's obvious but it's my first article with the English Wikipedia and I am kind of confused as what is meant by "does not meet the minimum standard for inline citations". I checked out the link and now I have two competing theories. Do you mean there are too many needless citations (i.e . the sources are not contentious ) or that there not enough of them? I would appreciate your feedback very much. Thank you. --Vasif.khalafov (talk) 07:44, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Vasif.khalafov, thanks for reaching out and welcome to English Wikipedia! More references are needed for this draft. All the statements about her career need references in order to be verifiable; you can remove any statements that you cannot find a reference for. Please also include independent, reliable sources that show that the subject has received significant coverage; this is important in order to meet the notability criteria for biographies, found at WP:BIO. For example, it would be helpful to include published reviews of her books. Let me know if you have any further questions! - MapleSoy (talk) 19:02, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks so much. I've updated the draft accordingly. Please take a look and let me know what you think.Vasif.khalafov (talk) 16:59, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Vasif.khalafov, I'm wondering if you can add any independent, published references that show significant coverage of the subject. By this I mean citing newspaper or magazine articles about Gulshan Pashayeva, rather than citing works she has written or author profiles of her on websites that she writes for. This is needed in order to meet then notability criteria for biographies. Let me know if you have any questions about this! - MapleSoy (talk) 18:26, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Okhee Lee: Successful Wiki page
Hi MapleSoy, many thanks again for your advice. Your positive feedback made the difference. Take good care.––Mel Lichtenheld (talk) 18:31, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Mel Lichtenheld. Thanks for letting me know; the article looks great. As an aside, I read your user page and 'm wondering if Dr. Lee was your client; if that is the case, you should add a conflict of interest box to the talk page for transparency's sake. Instructions on how to do this are at WP:DISCLOSE, but let me know if you need any help with this. Thank you and take care! - MapleSoy (talk) 18:30, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
- Good advice, again! I would appreciate your help on this. What do you think will be best wording?––Mel Lichtenheld (talk) 18:58, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
- Mel Lichtenheld, I've gone ahead and added the COI boxes to Talk:Okhee_Lee and your user page. If you are working for a firm/agency or directly for the client, you can add their name in where it says InsertName on the article's talk page. With your user page, you can add other article names to the same box as you create them for future clients. - MapleSoy (talk) 19:13, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
- Hi MapleSoy, I appreciate that you took the initiative to add the COI boxes. I will follow your instructions for future work.Mel Lichtenheld (talk) 20:15, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks!
Hey there! Thanks a bunch for reviewing and improving the article I started! I really appreciate it. ^^ ChristianCanCook (talk) 01:41, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
- Hi ChristianCanCook, my pleasure! I hope you will continue to contribute to Wikipedia! - MapleSoy (talk) 00:58, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
