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Your submission at Articles for creation: Gary McAvoy (May 11)

Draft declined

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The reviewer, Flyingphoenixchips, left the following feedback:

This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for creative professionals. The draft requires:

evidence that the subject meets the general criteria for inclusion;
or evidence that the subject meets any of the specific criteria for creative professionals;
or multiple published secondary sources that cover the subject or their work and:
- provide critical attention: professional reviews, excluding user reviews from the general public;
- are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight;
- are independent: not connected to the subject, such as interviews, press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content.

Please add references that meet these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia.

It is often easier to prove the notability of a creative work than of a person. If the person is not yet notable, but their work has received multiple in-depth professional reviews, consider writing about the work instead.

Declining for now. The WSJ and Guardian pieces are about the Clutter case files, not McAvoy himself, and the NYT credit appears to be a self-contributed wellness column. Per Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Creative professionals, authors need independent sources covering them or their work specifically. If his Vatican thriller series has received editorial reviews in outlets like Kirkus or Publishers Weekly, please add those and resubmit.

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Flyingphoenixchips (talk) 06:48, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Rsamborn! 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! Flyingphoenixchips (talk) 06:48, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Gary McAvoy. Thanks! Flyingphoenixchips (talk) 04:54, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Gary McAvoy (May 27)

Draft declined

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

Feedback

The reviewer, MSK, left the following feedback:

This draft appears to be generated by a large language model (such as ChatGPT). You cannot use LLMs to generate article content.

LLM-generated pages with certain obvious signs of being machine generated may be deleted without notice.

These tools are prone to specific issues that violate our policies:

hallucinations: they often invent false information and cite non-existent references.
unencyclopedic tone: they tend to be vague, promotional, or essay-like, rather than neutral and factual.
copyright issues: they may closely paraphrase existing text, leading to copyright violations.

Instead, only summarize in your own words a range of independent, reliable, published sources that discuss the subject.

See the advice page on large language models for more information.

This draft is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Wikipedia's verifiability policy requires that all content be supported by reliable sources.

Reliable sources include: reputable newspapers, magazines, academic journals, and books from respected publishers.
Unacceptable sources include: personal blogs, social media, predatory publishers, most tabloids, and websites where anyone can contribute.

Replace any unreliable sources with high-quality sources. If you cannot find a reliable source for the material, it should be removed.

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Edit Draft:Gary McAvoy to address the points above, making sure to publish any changes.
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m s k 16:10, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

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