Willsome429

Galesville, Wisconsin

I reverted your recent addition to that article. I'd suggest you write that high school article. It isn't at all hard and I'll be glad to help. John from Idegon (talk) 01:40, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the follow-up and advice. If/when I write the article, I’ll run it past you for further improvement. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 04:27, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

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TheFamousPeople.com as a source

Hi Willsome429. I noticed that you recently used thefamouspeople.com as a source for biographical information in Eden Prairie High School. Please note that there is general consensus that thefamouspeople.com does not meet the reliable sourcing criteria for such information. (Discussions here and here). If you disagree, let's discuss it. Thanks. --Ronz (talk) 16:06, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

My apologies. I didn’t realize there had been discussions about it. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 16:55, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter July-August 2019

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Barnstar

		The WikiProject Wisconsin Barnstar
		It looks like you are WAY overdue for your first barn star! You are very deserving of one! Dolotta (talk) 18:00, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Why did you revert my move on Leonard Wood (racing)?

It should have been Leonard Wood (team owner) or something like that because he doesn't race, he is a team owner. 99721829Max (talk) 20:56, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

”Racing” does not mean he is a driver. It means he is involved with the sport of racing. And we like to keep page titles broad, as you can see from the number of pages that say “racing driver” instead of “NASCAR driver” because NASCAR is not everything. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 21:10, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

Your edits to Leonard Wood (racing)

Why did you revert my edits on Wikipedia as a source on the article? 99721829Max (talk) 16:59, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

See WP:CIRCULAR. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 17:03, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Rollback rights

Hey, I’m 99721829Max, I want rollback rights on the English Wikipedia. How am I going to have rights for that? 99721829Max (talk) 02:18, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

Hello? Where’s my reply? 99721829Max (talk) 03:19, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi Max. To attempt to gain rollback rights, apply at WP:PERM/Rollback. And I think it is more than fair to give me more than 61 minutes to respond before you poke with a follow up. What if I’m at work? What if I’m on a long drive? This kind of impatience lands you in hot water in certain areas of the encyclopedia. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 03:27, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

Sorry. 99721829Max (talk) 03:52, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

Why did you revert my edit on Tim George Jr.?

99721829Max (talk) 01:48, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Because nonexistent categories have no place on pages. It’s not beneficial to swap out existing categories (racing drivers from New York State) for a nonexistent one (racing drivers from Manhattan). Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 02:14, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Josh White (racing driver)

https://socalracegirl14.wordpress.com/2019/08/12/nascar-driver-spotlight-josh-white-ready-to-return-to-racing-in-a-big-way/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by NASCAR1 (talk • contribs) 

Hi Josh, and thank you for bringing your concerns here. Here's where the situation stands: I am not interested in being "your Wikipedia guy", paid or unpaid. I merely reverted your edits because they go against WP:V, which states that all content has to be cited by reliable sources. NFLisAwesome presumably spent a lot of time building what I consider a quality page, better than the pages for a lot of other drivers on here. As is also stated on your talk page, the Wikipedia conflist of interest policy states that subjects of Wikipedia pages are highly advised not to edit their own pages, and instead encouraged to take their concerns to the talk page, which I will go more in depth there. Thank you for your cooperation. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 00:53, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

I dont know who can be more reliable than the dang driver. NASCAR1 (talk) 01:14, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Most of that wikipedia page, is a lie NASCAR1 (talk) 01:15, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Its out of date NASCAR1 (talk) 01:15, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

And has incorrect information NASCAR1 (talk) 01:16, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Credible stuff huh? NASCAR1 (talk) 01:19, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Pm me on my twitter then. NASCAR1 (talk) 01:20, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Since thats the only thing you got on there and thats the worst fanbase I have. NASCAR1 (talk) 01:20, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

And you refuse to put and leave my Facebook on there NASCAR1 (talk) 01:21, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Or email me, joshwhiteracing3@gmail.com NASCAR1 (talk) 01:23, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Tell ya what man. If Im not who I say I am, then have your way. Make the connection. NASCAR1 (talk) 01:31, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

@NASCAR1: I have continually addressed you as Josh, and I don't doubt that you are the driver. However, there are policies that Wikipedia is tied to, and more likely than not this would've happened eventually with another editor. I would once again like to reiterate that there is, however, an opportunity to potentially change some of what you believe is misinformation. Drop links to sources that back up the information you added (here, on the article's talk page, on your talk page), and I can make it work. Almost every sentence in that article is suppoorted by a citation, so I don't quite know how that much misinformation spread throughout that many different sources, but if you have different sources, I will do my best to make it happen. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 01:41, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Panchiakos GS

Hello Willsome429, I have contested PROD on this article. You may take it to the AfD as the deletion does not appear to be an uncontroversial one. You may want to check the article on Hellenic Wikipedia. Regards. Hitro talk 13:58, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your explanation (2007 Cup Series article)

Hello Willsome429, I think this is how you do this (write back). I'm a new editor so hopefully I got it. This is my first attempt at doing this.

Thanks so much for your comment to me/explanation on the 2007 Cup Series season article as to why you think the crew chiefs who don't have their own articles should still have links on their names (and which will be in red since they don't work). It seems like you know your stuff (you talked about a rule/policy or something I wasn't aware of) and because of that, I'll leave that alone going forward. The only reason I thought they should be removed is because on some of the other more recent seasons (such as this year's), they don't have "red no article links", so just to keep things consistent, I thought I'd do that. I also updated some of the crew chief info because not all of them crew chiefed those teams the whole year according to the Jayski chart and Racing Reference. Just like how it is with all the recent seasons articles where they list multiple CC's and what races they crew chiefed for that team.

I also just read your info page and looks like you've been doing this for quite a while now. I never knew you wrote all those articles about these drivers and football players. Keep up the good work!

Thanks again, Sean Cavanaugh (Cavanaughs)

8/8/19

@Cavanaughs: Hi Sean, and welcome. It’s just a matter of me not having a ton of time to red link a lot of stuff as to why, and I see how you could get confused. Again, thank you for your constructive contributions to the page, and as you edit more, don’t be afraid to ask myself or anybody else also working on pages you’re working on for help. You seem to edit about racing a lot, and I’d like to extend the invite to you to join WikiProject NASCAR, a collaboration among editors. When posting on talk pages, don’t forget to sign your posts with four tildes (~~~~) to sign and date it. Happy editing! Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 16:39, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Ridgefield High School (Connecticut)

My bad! Somehow I "spaced" the cite in your edit. I did check the article on him and nothing was mentioned there about high school. Cheers... Cuprum17 (talk) 12:41, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Cuprum17: Cheers! We’ve all been there before, it’s all good. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 12:43, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Re: improving Cinco fueron escogidos

Thanks. I added some more references by searching through Google Books.--EdgarCabreraFariña (talk) 15:48, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

Listing of withdrawals on 2019 Truck Series standings

Aah, I see. That does seem like a fair agreement/decision. I was using Racing Reference because I knew there were more withdrawals than the one or two that were not deleted after I put them on the first time. Like my edits you explained last time, I again wasn't aware of that "rule", so I waited a week or so and then added them back a week or so later. I feel like in the past I remember seeing all withdrawals listed on past standings (from like 2009 or 2010, which are the first two years on the site which have a complete standings that are the kind used today), but I could be wrong though.

Thank you for explaining again.

Cavanaughs (talk) 16:23, 16 August 2019 (UTC)Cavanaughs

My edit on Ryan Vargas is not a test!!!

I thought the article Ryan Vargas is not a stub, so it's a mistake, not a test edit. 99721829Max (talk) 03:24, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

I've reverted my edits

Dear Willsome, Just wanted to let you know that I did change the edits back in regards to the picture format of the images of the championship 4 drivers from the 2016 and 2017 Xfinity and Truck Series articles. I thought it would be cool to have their pictures in a horizontal row (instead of vertical/down like in numerous other Nascar season articles where there are multiple pictures), but I clearly don't know how to do that yet and as a result there was, as you saw in the 2018 Xfinity and Truck articles, this funky text above each image. Now it's all gone and the pictures of those drivers are shown vertically.

Cavanaughs (talk) 16:31, 28 August 2019 (UTC)Cavanaughs

My edits on all Tyler Hill-related articles

Hey, Willsome429, I'm sorry about my "copy-paste moves" but I had to because I can't move over a redirect. How do you do that? 99721829Max (talk) 19:39, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

You're missing the point. Credit due to the racing driver, but he's not the main topic of Tyler Hill, as Tyler Hill Camp has more pageviews in the past 30 days. I don't think we should look at moving this particular set of pages until he becomes full-time or at the very least picks up races at a more frequent rate, presumably leading to more page views. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 19:50, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know. 99721829Max (talk) 19:52, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

• Actually, Willsome429, the racer currently has the most 30 day page views of all the pages on the disambiguation page. I use the Xools gadget (the last gadget in the appearance section of Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets) which comes in handy in these situations. I would probably prefer, if anything, to move the disambig page to the main page. -- Dolotta (talk) 20:39, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

• That being said, the differernce isn't all that different at this point and I do not have very strong feelings on the matter. -- Dolotta (talk) 20:42, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

I also have XTools turned on, which for me showed that the camp had a few more 30-day pageviews than the racing driver. I too believe that moving the dab page to “Tyler Hill” would be the best idea. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 12:16, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

Mike Peters rugby player

Hi, can you talk me through why you stopped my page about an ex professional rugby player local to me being published and how I can successfully get it done please? I’m not tech-savvy so your help is much appreciated- Greg 👍 Warriorwolfraven (talk) 13:03, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi, I have multiple screenshots from Google that lead to websites with articles, data and images of Mike Peters (rugby player) etc and here are some of the links that come up on Google

https://www.themightybean.com/extremelydangerous.htm

https://www.wigantoday.net/news/blind-ex-rugby-star-running-for-best-friend-1-8731238/amp

http://bridgendravens.co.uk/player/?PersonId=120061

http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/mike-peters/summary.html

https://forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=608156

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Warrington_Wolves_players

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/4759715/Wigan-back-on-track.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/836626.stm

https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/15349328/warlow-gets-drop-cardiff

Warriorwolfraven (talk) 13:43, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

@Warriorwolfraven: Hi Greg, and thanks for reaching out. I did not stop the page, I just rerouted it. The main issues that I found were that there were no sources and that there were myriad manual of style issues. It wasn’t ready for the main space yet, so I moved it to Draft space, where you can work on it without it getting deleted. I’m not particularly interested in rugby, so I’m not going to develop the page for you, but read this for information on citing sources and this for information on how to make your article look like a Wikipedia page. Once you have developed the page to your liking, submit it for review (there should be a button on the page) and a reviewer will either accept it or give the page more feedback. Regards, Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 15:50, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Dustin Skinner

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A tag has been placed on Dustin Skinner requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, such as at Articles for deletion. When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discussion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. 99721829Max (talk) 01:10, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Dustin Skinner edit

I put the CSD template there because the article was recently deleted per a deletion discussion. 99721829Max (talk) 01:22, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Your reasoning shows a grave lack of understanding in the area. The G4 deletion rationale is for pages similar to those deleted before. The deleted page had one sentence. This one has eight sources. Please stop this disruptive editing immediately and take some time to read and learn so that you use CSD (and Twinkle in general) correctly. I would also strongly suggest reading AfD primers after your recent South Fork adventure that caused quite a bit of confusion. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 01:24, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

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see my edits

hi,i edited Mohammad salimi (TV presenter) he is popular TV presenter in iran. all reference is persian language. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohammadcmpir (talk • contribs) 13:12, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Sipho Mdingi

There are so many articles with few citations but are kept as a stub. Why do you remove articles I write — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tripple666 (talk • contribs) 00:42, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

@Tripple666: Hello, and thanks for reaching out. I'd like to clear up a couple points. First off, I did not remove your article, per se, I redirected it instead. Contrary to what you may think, I did not redirect the article because it was about an African, or because you are a new editor. Like the talk page message said, the page was undersourced to me. The TVSA bio backed up some information, and the other source was hidden to me because I'm not subscribed to the magazine. If there are "quite numerous citations", feel free to add them in to the page and the folks at Articles for Creation will help you out from there. And as for other articles including sources from not-so-great websites, see WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS - editors should continue to try and strive for a high bar, as if we aim low, the quality will continue to slip. I can't do a quality control check of the entire 5,850,000 pages on the encyclopedia, but I try to keep my tiny slice of it well-maintained. I hope that answers all your questions and concerns, and if you have any more, feel free to leave them below. Regards, Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 01:16, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Good morning!

Thank you for getting back at me. So it is therefore recommendable to go with one citation on Sipho? Tripple666 (talk) 04:47, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

And why was it automatically moved to drafts?

Panchiakos GS is one example of what I'm talking about. It only has one reference and it has made it through. Should I just leave the TVSA only, won't you direct it for speedy deletion? Previously you've advised me on what should be removed. But then on Sipho you've auto moved it without leaving a direct advice. Why was that? And the draft you've transformed it to has no content. Why was that? Tripple666 (talk) 04:59, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

@Tripple666: Panchiakos stayed because another editor made what I thought was an implied effort to convert sources from the Greek page of the same name to the English page. Again, I would like to stress that just because one other case exists, it doesn't mean that it is the norm. And to clarify more, I never tagged your page for speedy deletion. The draft contains the same content that the page in the mainspace had, just under a different title. My advice would be to add all of the citations that you have on Mr. Midingi and then submit the article for review. A different page reviewer (not myself) helped you with Mr. Ramodisa's page, and when you submit this article for review after you have added citations, you should get another message like that on acceptance of the page or what improvements need to be made further. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 13:23, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion declined: 2017 PowerShares QQQ 300

Hello Willsome429. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of 2017 PowerShares QQQ 300, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: event organized by a notable organization, part of a notable series, with notable competitors and television and radio broadcasting is clearly significant. Thank you. SoWhy 15:38, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

AfC

Hi. Following your request, I have added your account to the list of AfC reviewers. If you have any questions or need any assistance, don't hesitate to ask at the Help Desk. Do bear in mind however, that New Page Review is also severely backlogged and is a higher priority. It needs all the help it can get. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 22:59, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Jon McKennedy AfD

Hey, Willsome, after 7 days the AfD's are closed. Please read the directions on AfD's. 99721829Max (talk) 18:10, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi Max. As it turns out, I have been contributing to AfD discussions since before you have been editing on here. A common occurence in AfD discussions is that after one weeks' time, there is either not enough support for the cause of deletion or conflicting supports for keeping and deleting. This will lead to one of the WikiProject AfD memebers to "relist" the discussion, i. e. bump it up another week for discussion to try and gain a clearer consensus, which is the baseline of all AfD outcomes and discussions. Looking through today's AfD log, there are examples of pages that have been relisted. This isn't the first time that I've had to talk to you about behavior in AfD discussions - if you would like to participate more, please further examine procedures on these types of discussions so that we do not run into any more of these situations. Regards, Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 19:09, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

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Hey man, need a help on rejected wiki sub, [4672], to be fair the reason is pretty vague regardless the fact I've based it on other bands, please advice, thanks

@Spectrosphere: Thank you for reaching out to ask. One of the most confusing things for me as the reviewer was the constant brackets ([]) around all band members names. Wikipedia policy requires that people are referred to by last name, not first name or nickname, per WP:SURNAME. Another question for me was whether the band name has brackets in it or not, as the page title does not but almost everything on the page does. There were also a lot of unsubstantiated, fluffly claims, like "Short under 30 minutes long album finally has been recognised in Europe gaining first reviews in Czech and Poland." The sentence violates WP:PUFFERY and was not supported by a reliable source. As a final point, though not one related to the essay-ness of the page, all external links outside the external links section will need to be removed to comply with Wikipedia policy. I hope that helps, don't hesitate to ask again if you have more questions. Regards, Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 19:18, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

hey, thanks for clarifying! that's awesome you're helping me out! indeed the name of the project is in the the brackets [], but if this is an issue I can amend? as well as the following: 1. full names instead of nicknames 2. then "fluffly claims" 3. external links to be deleted

P.S. I've amended things you've mentioned however I've not submitted the article yet, I'd like to ask you kindly for final check before sending it through, also I'm not sure what to do with brackets in the bands name, should I remove it altogether or leave it as it is, or change the page title as well?

thanks for your help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spectrosphere (talk • contribs) 17:48, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

thanks all the best! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spectrosphere (talk • contribs) 17:27, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

@Spectrosphere: There are still external links sticking in the page, namely in the biography section. There is also a serious WP:V problem in that the biography section does not cite any sources, so those are the two main issues that I would fix before submitting it. There are also Manual of style issues that could be fixed, such as bolding the title at the beginning of the page and eliminating the pipe (|) from the genres, instead separating them by commas. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 18:03, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

@Willsome429: Hey, thanks again for your help and time spend on my submission, once again I really appreciate your help! Much obliged! I've managed to remove all external links in Bio section like you've asked, also I've fixed the "pipes" and and MOS, however please do check citing in Bio for me, unfortunately there's not a lot of existing WP pages I could refer to, hopefully it is enough though?!, maybe to permanently fix this, in the future I should create more WP pages expanding on bands albums and band members? what do you think? I hope at this time this is enough at least for the start?! all the best!

@Spectrosphere: A lot of the MOS fixes are good. The "Influences" and "Discography" sections are still fully unsourced, so I would add sources to those sections before resubmitting. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 14:58, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

@Willsome429: Hey Will, If you don't mind, please have a final look at the amendments, I've removed influences section all together, I thought it had no value add to the article, and I think whole page reads better now, any suggestions please give me shout, thanks!

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Draft: Pollfish

Hi,

Can you please explain what part of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Pollfish was too editorialized? As far as I can tell, every statement was cited correctly and stated factually, without bias. So if you could be specific as to the sections and issues you saw, that would help a lot. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.252.27.202 (talk) 13:49, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

The issue is not that it was editorialized. The issue was that it read like a press release for the company. Notability by association is one of the biggest issues, it reads as though one is trying to flaunt the company through working with others. The "For Survey Creators" and "For App Publishers" also seemed like something that would appear on the company's website. I would suggest combining them into a blanket section, and also source the main portions of those two sections. The section about "welcoming board members" and boasting their former credentials reads like an ad. The RDE section also boasts about technology and is almost completely unsourced. Add sources to those sections, tone down the vibe that it reads from the company's website (in fact, DIY survey platform is), and I would recommend resubmitting. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 14:57, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your guidance here. I made the edits suggested above. Would you let me know if there is anything further I should add before re-submitting? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.252.27.202 (talk) 18:31, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

I see that it was declined again on the basis of not enough corporate depth. As a helpful formatting tool, see WP:Named reference to see how you can use the same reference more than once without reusing the entire cite template. The decline looked to me a pretty close one, so I would say maybe two or three more sources about the company excluding fundraising and resubmit for another go at it. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 22:28, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Question on Sources.

So I recently had an article declined by you over Tropical Storm Octave. You declines it for the reason "This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified." I am wondering how the National Hurricane Center in the United States of America is not a reliable source? Can you please explain? Thanks for your time and help.Elijahandskip (talk) 14:57, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

@Elijahandskip: As noted in my review comment, in order for a subject to be included on Wikipedia, there must be siginificant coverage in multiple independent sources. The point of contention is not that NOAA isn't reliable - it most certaily is - it's that there need to be multiple reliable sources. Hope that helps. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 22:28, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Request on 18:51:53, 30 October 2019 for assistance on AfC submission by Mightytotems

• Mightytotems (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:NWSL Players' Awards (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi! I'm a bit perplexed why the revisions were declined. According to WP:SELFSOURCE, my usage of Twitter sources are considered reliable. Furthermore, the information contained in the Twitter sources are backed up by other third-party sources referenced.

Mightytotems (talk) 18:51, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

@Mightytotems: My posted reasoning was a little misleading. It should have said that Twitter is not a reliable source for indicating notability. While it is okay to source content on a page, it is not useful for determining notability of a page, as anybody or anything could have a page and reference it through their socials. As for a course of action going forward, I would add about two more sources independent of the league (I’m sure there are some) and resubmit - the page visually looked pretty good. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 20:06, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the feedback! I've removed all tweets references and added additional sources for notability concerns as you asked. Mightytotems (talk) 19:52, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

CityFalcondraft rejection

Hello there. Recently you have rejected this draft

Could you please clarify in detail what should be done to make this page published?

Gevlar (talk) 10:07, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

@Gevlar: The draft was resubmitted without improvement, so the previous comments by CNMall41 still apply. Please see WP:NCORP for notability guidelines on how to establish notability for companies. The main issue seems to be in the reliability of the sources - a lot of the sources are from organizations affiliated with CityFalcon, such as Level39 and Kickstart. More outside, independent, significant coverage of the company needs to be added. Giving more context on accelerators and linking to page(s) about business accelerators will also help provide context for the article. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 21:39, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

@Willsome429:Thank you for such a quick reply. I will follow the guidelines and come back to you soon Gevlar (talk) 12:05, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

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Article Draft:Atirathi

Sir, this article must be redirected to Hindu mythological wars. The section is "levels of warrior excellence" Karna DV (talk) 12:52, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Sir I redirected article Atirathi to Hindu mythological wars. If I made mistake, kindly excuse me & revert back. I did this because all other warriors of excellence were done in same way. I dont know whether it's correct or not. So please excuse me, if it is wrong

Regarding "Cat City (disambiguation)"

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Declining Draft:Titiksha_(Festival)

Thanks for taking the time to look at the draft I created for the technical fest of our college. It hurts to see it getting decline but I hope you will help me fix it and get it approved next time. The reason you stated was that I gave only university links for reference but I have also provided newspaper links for the post of the events they did. There are links of last year and also posts dating back to 2013. It's an annual event and the biggest technical one in the whole state. Any help is appreciated.Shoaib Ahmed 00 (talk) 08:24, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

@Shoaib Ahmed 00: Hi Shoaib, and thank you for reaching out. I apologize for any miscommunication that may have occurred - I recognized that you had references from an outside source (Daily Excelsior) mixed in with the university links. Per Wikipedia's verifiability policy, all topics must be covered by multiple outside sources. The Daily Excelsior references are a good start, but it needs outside coverage from at least one other place, and preferably two or three more. After you have those added, feel free to resubmit. Thanks, Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 20:38, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

@Willsome429: Hey, thanks for replying. As per your suggestion, I added 4 different sources apart from university and previously used Daily excelsior. I have resubmitted it, so let's hope for the best.Shoaib Ahmed 00 (talk) 04:00, 1 December 2019 (UTC)