Welcome Storchy to your New Page Patrol School page! Every person I instruct will have their own page on which I will give them support and tasks for them to complete. Please make sure you have this page added to your watchlist (I have done so already). Your NPP School page has been specifically designed according to you and what you have requested instruction in - for that reason, please be as specific as possible when under my instruction, so that I know the best ways to help you (and do not be afraid to let me know if you think something isn't working). From seeing your work in certain areas, I know you have a good grasp of the basics, but from the comments on your talk page, you can use help in some of the nuances.
Make sure you read through Wikipedia:Notability as that's the knowledge which most of the questions I ask you and tasks you do will revolve around.
This page will be built up over your time in the Academy, with new sections being added as you complete old ones. Each section will have tasks, written in bold type - these might just ask a question, or it might require you to go and do something. You can answer a question by typing the answer below the task; if you have to do something, you will need to provide diffs to demonstrate that you have completed the task. Some sections will have more than one task, sometimes additional tasks may be added to a section as you complete them. Please always sign your responses to tasks as you would on a talk page. I will normally try and put assignments in bold though follow-up question will just use normal Wikipedia conversation methods. Let me know at any point if you have questions. My usual rule of thumb is to check your work at least once a day, as often as I can it will be twice a day.
The first thing is to read, really read, WP:NPP and then let me know what you think are the two or three parts of that you feel your skills are the strongest and two or three where you could still grow.
Skills:
Growth Areas:
Okay, your first two skills are very important in NPP. I know you do a lot of categorization, and that's important in terms of WP, but not so much for NPP (it's one of my weaknesses). Your second growth area is one of the most difficult, not just because it is so subjective, but also because UPE editors are getting better. The third is VERY important. And not just for Speedy, but also Prods, and when checking for copyvio. Once thing that we'll talk about is WP:DRAFTIFY, which is getting lots of talk in recent months.
As we go through this process, remember it's a marathon, not a sprint. Take your time. We'll move at your pace. As I said, I'll try to respond twice a day, but promise at least once.
Now we begin.
PART 1
In your own words, how is notability defined on Wikipedia?
Would step by step instructions on "How to change a car tire" be considered a notable topic in Wikipedia? Why or why not?
What are the differences between the WP:GNG and the subject-specific notability guidelines? How do we determine which one to use when patrolling an article?
SNGs are documented separately from the GNGs, but the former make reference to the latter. When an SNG doesn't exist, the GNGs apply. In the SNG for sportspeople, soccer has no specific criteria, but the SNG page for sports says "Sports which are not listed on this page should defer to the Basic criteria for guidance".
In all cases, a dollop of common sense is required. When patrolling the New Pages feed, I would expect to frequently encounter articles on fields I know nothing about. Reference to the best available SNG and/or GNG might be helpful, but, for example, since not all countries have the same level of online press, considerable effort might be needed to ferret out reliable coverage of a genuinely notable politician from another country. This might include searching in a foreign language, with a foreign alphabet (or ideograms). It would be better to withhold judgment, when I'm not reasonably sure.
1. Please categorize the subject-specific notability guidelines (listed at Category:Wikipedia notability guidelines) into the following three categories
Primarily additional criteria that are likely to indicate notability |
Primarily additional considerations that define or restrict the nature of coverage or sources required |
Even mix of the previous two categories
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2. Virtually all SNGs that provide additional notability criteria specify that these criteria may indicate that the subject meets notability guidelines. How would you interpret this caveat as a new page reviewer?
For scenarios 1-6 review just based on "subject notability guidelines" (SNG) "alone" for sake of the exercise. Do not consider any sources or other policies. Please answer if the subject meets the SNG guidelines based on the given content below, and specify which notability criteria they meet or fail.
For scenarios 7-11 specify which SNGs would establish the subject's notability.
An editor creates an article about "2028 Summer Olympics" without providing any sources
A New York city based 2020 start up software company , specializing in data mining, has just received a USD 200K investor fund.
Guram Kutateladze who is a Ultimate Fighting Championships fighters with the undefeated mixed martial arts record of 12-2.
An upcoming action drama title "Suleiman the Great" based on the the life of Suleiman the Magnificent, which will be in production in December 2022 and to be released on August 2023 in the cinemas.
A political candidates, without any previous or current political position, who is running for November 2020 election for a Senator position in United States with multiple local newspapers coverage of his candidacy.
A singer who self produced his first album in May 2019 and his songs are listed in Spotify.
Topic | Definition | 5 Examples | Comment by Trainer |
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Reliable source | Broadly speaking, a reliable source is a source that has proven over time that it maintains high standards of accuracy in its contributors, implements a professional level of editorial practice, and corrects mistakes quickly and transparently. |
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User generated sources | These implement little or no control over accuracy, granting most control over that to its contributors. They may have rules regarding libel, hate speech and so on, but we could log in and declare ourselves to be Nobel Prize winners with little expectation of immediate correction. Wikipedia is a user generated source, and is therefore considered unreliable for use in references for its own articles. |
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Non Independent source | These are affiliated with a person or group that seeks to publish from their own point of view, with little regard for neutrality. For example, this can include official websites of public figures, nearly any corporate website, and many government websites. Some newspapers are affiliated (openly or otherwise) with political causes, political parties, or religious groups. | ![]() |
Type | Definition | Examples (15 Primary ; 5 Secondary ; 5 Tertiary) | Comment by Trainer |
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Primary | A primary source is a firsthand, direct account of a topic, such as original research, typically from a person involved in the information gained. This includes original research, recordings, data, maps, and other forms of data directly gleaned from observation, research, or personal knowledge. |
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Secondary | A secondary source interprets and reports information from primary sources. |
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Tertiary | A tertiary source is a reference work, which presents and summarises information from primary and secondary sources. Wikipedia is a tertiary source. | ![]() |
Subject | Primary | Secondary | Tertiary | Comment by Trainer |
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Example: Art | Example:A photo of a sculpture | Example:An article in The New Yorker that reviews a new exhibit | Example:A museum catalog entry | ![]() |
History | An original copy of Magna Carta | A history book about Magna Carta, using information from the text of the document along with other related historical sources | A bibliography listing secondary works about Magna Carta | ![]() |
Science | A scientific journal article detailing a study about a new species of butterfly | A newspaper article reporting on the study, with analysis of its implications | The comprehensive traits database for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, published by Butterfly Conservation and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology |
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Athletes | An instant report from a race detailing the times of the runners | A newspaper article reporting the win, with analysis, past scores in the race, personal bests, etc | A sports almanac summarising the results from all the years the race has been run, from secondary sources | ![]() |
Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator. Wright believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. His creative period spanned more than 70 years. He works includes The Guggenheim, swirling, snail-shaped museum in the middle of Manhattan. [1] [2] Fallingwater, which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture." [3] This is one of Wright's most famous private residences (completed 1937), was built for Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr., at Mill Run, Pennsylvania. Constructed over a 30-foot waterfall, it was designed according to Wright's desire to place the occupants close to the natural surroundings. The house was intended to be more of a family getaway, rather than a live-in home. [4]
Source assessment table:
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Source | Independent? | Reliable? | Significant coverage? | Count source toward GNG? |
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https://nypost.com/2017/06/07/frank-lloyd-wright-was-a-house-builder-and-homewrecker/ | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
https://franklloydwright.org/work/ | ![]() |
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✘ No |
https://web.archive.org/web/20080302053743/http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jul2004/nf20040728_3153_db078.htm | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
https://books.google.com/books?id=KSA1HTTU-eMC | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using {{ source assess table}}. |
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Jordan Lennon (born February 22, 2000), is a British film producer and actor. [1] Lennon is currently a member of BAFTA. [2] He continues to work aside 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, Wicked Wales, Capture Studios, Cineworld, Paramount Pictures, and Rockefeller Foundation. [3]
At age 16, the Vice President of 20th Century Fox, Paul Higginson. Who previously worked on Star Wars, Titanic, and Independence Day took on Jordan and Rowan Snow as a mentor. [4] In December 2018, Jordan and Rowan finished British Film Academy. [5] Jordan lived in Skelmersdale for 10 years before moving to Rhyl, North Wales. He's currently writing 'Stranger in the Night' scrreenplay for Warner Brothers.
Source assessment table:
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Source | Independent? | Reliable? | Significant coverage? | Count source toward GNG? |
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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8902348/ | ![]() |
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✘ No |
http://www.bafta.org/wales | ![]() |
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✘ No |
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-d-98111a125 | ![]() |
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✘ No |
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Jordan-David/ | ![]() |
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✘ No |
This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using {{ source assess table}}. |
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Sonny William Williams (born 3 August 1985), who is a Muslim [1], is a New Zealand All blacks rugby union footballer, [2] Williams was a Marist Saints junior when he was spotted playing in Auckland by Bulldogs talent scout John Ackland. [3] In 2002 he was offered a contract and moved to Sydney (as the youngest player to ever sign with an NRL club) to play in the Bulldogs' junior grades. [4]
Source assessment table:
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Source | Independent? | Reliable? | Significant coverage? | Count source toward GNG? |
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7505117/2019-Rugby-World-Cup-Sonny-Bill-Williams-expecting-fourth-child.html | ![]() |
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✘ No |
http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=1108 | ![]() |
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✘ No |
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/warriors-league-team/news/article.cfm?c_id=360&objectid=10399308 | ![]() |
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✘ No |
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/01/1096527943523.html | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using {{ source assess table}}. |
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David Howell Petraeus AO ( /pɪˈtreɪ.əs/; born November 7, 1952) is a retired United States Army general and public official. He served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from September 6, 2011, [1] until his resignation on November 9, 2012 [2] after his affair with Paula Broadwell was reported. [3]
Petraeus was born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, the son of Sixtus Petraeus (1915–2008), [4] a sea captain from Franeker, Netherlands. [5]
In 2003, Petraeus commanded the 101st Airborne Division in the
fall of Baghdad
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Source assessment table:
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Source | Independent? | Reliable? | Significant coverage? | Count source toward GNG? |
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/11/09/david-petraeus-cia-resign-nbc/1695271/ | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/09/06/petraeus-sworn-into-cia.cnn?iref=allsearch | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-petraeus-paula-broadwell_n_2118893 | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
https://www.geni.com/people/Sixtus-Petraeus/6000000015418360012 | ![]() |
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✘ No |
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2010/05/petraeus-exclusive-201005 | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/beyond/interviews/petraeus.html | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/david-petraeus-general-surge-401740.html | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using {{ source assess table}}. |
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Martina Hingis is a Swiss former professional tennis player. [1] She won five Grand Slam singles titles. [2] Hingis was one of the highest-paid female athletes in 2000. [3] She retired in November 2007 after being hampered by a hip injury for several months and testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine during that year's Wimbledon Championships, [4] which led to a two-year suspension from the sport. [5]
Source assessment table:
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Source | Independent? | Reliable? | Significant coverage? | Count source toward GNG? |
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https://www.instagram.com/martinahingis80/ | ![]() |
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✘ No |
https://www.latimes.com/sports/more/la-sp-us-open-hingis-20170910-story.html | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
https://books.google.com.my/books?id=4x3fQ920EUMC&pg=PA197&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false | ![]() |
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? can't tell, as Google Books says that page is unavailable to me | ? Unknown |
https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/21171438/tennis-another-twist-bizarre-career-martina-hingis | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/nov/01/tennis | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using {{ source assess table}}. |
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Now that we've covered sources, can you apply your knowledge of GNG and SNGs? For each of the above subjects assessed in the previous section, please identify whether they meet notability guidelines (and how/why), based solely on the sources included on this page (i.e. don't go looking for more sources)
Please explain in your own words why claims need to be verified?
Could we cite Wikipedia as a source? and why?
Give an example of a source that is reliable but not independent of a subject, and explain why.
Give an example of a source that is independent but not reliable and explain why.
Describe the steps you should take when assessing whether an unfamiliar source is reliable.
Without consulting any existing Wikipedia consensuses, such as those listed at WP:RSP, WP:NPPSG or WP:RSN, assess whether the following sources are reliable. You may refer to Wikipedia articles for the publications if they exist. Be specific as to how and why you came to your conclusions. Sources are often reliable for some content and unreliable for other content: identify what sorts of articles may have reliable and unreliable coverage from a given source, and consider using examples from their website to illustrate your points. Feel free to offer topic-scoped assessments such as "likely reliable for claims related to pop culture" or "reliable for non-political subject matter". For sources in languages that you can't read, please use Google Translate to evaluate the source to the best of your ability.
Please read WP:TITLE and answer the questions below
1. Article name "Hannibal Barca" - Does the article name need to be change? and Why? (please explain based on Wikipedia guidelines and name/link the guidelines in your answer)
Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general and statesman who is widely considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. His father, Hamilcar Barca, was a leading Carthaginian commander during the First Punic War (264–241 BC). [1] [2] [3]
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Answer:
By WP:COMMONNAME, we use the name by which the subject is best known, rather than the more "correct" name. For example, all three references cited call him simply "Hannibal".
2. Article name "Magic Johnson". Does the article name need to be change? and Why?(please explain based on Wikipedia guidelines and name/link the guidelines in your answer)
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American retired professional basketball player and former president of basketball operations of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played point guard for the Lakers for 13 seasons. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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Answer: As with number 1. above, by WP:COMMONNAME he is almost universally known as "Magic Johnson". The names of his businesses and charity reflect this: Magic Johnson Enterprises, Magic Johnson Entertainment, Magic Johnson Theatres, the Magic Johnson Foundation, etc, as well as the many things named for him: the Magic Johnson Award, Magic Johnson Park, etc.
Please read WP:BLP and answer the questions below.
3. Please explain if the content of the below text is acceptable for inclusion and why. (please explain based on Wikipedia guidelines and name/link the guidelines in your answer)
Conor Anthony McGregor (born 14 July 1988) is an Irish professional mixed martial artist and boxer. His is a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight and lightweight champion. [1]
On 15 August 2019, TMZ Sports published a video that appeared to show McGregor punching a man at The Marble Arch Pub in Dublin. [2] The incident happened on 6 April and was originally reported by Irish media, although without the video that showed the attack. Irish police stated in April that they had opened an investigation. [3] McGregor was charged with assault and first appeared in court on 11 October 2019. [4] [5] [6]
In April 2019, McGregor is the father of Terri Murray's son, Clodagh. Murray bedded McGregor in 2017 at his hotel after the Aintree Grand National just four weeks bofore McGregor's girlfriend Dee Devlin gave birth to their son.
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Answer:
4. Please explain if the content of the below text is acceptable for inclusion and why. (please explain based on Wikipedia guidelines and name/link the guidelines in your answer)
Diana Nyad (née Sneed; born August 22, 1949) is an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer who lives in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. and could be contacted at +0-202-456-6213. [1] Nyad gained national attention in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan (28 mi or 45 km) and in 1979 when she swam from North Bimini, The Bahamas, to Juno Beach, Florida (102 mi (164 km)). In 2013, on her fifth attempt and at age 64, she became the first person confirmed to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of a shark cage, swimming from Havana to Key West (110 mi or 180 km). [2]
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Answer:
This looks at first glance like an acceptable WP:LEAD section: the main claims are WP:VERIFY'd by WP:RS, and the WP:LEAD section concisely summarises the most important parts of the article.
However, there's an important unsourced claim tucked in there which looks like recent vandalism: it's extremely unlikely that she lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. That's a correct and publicly available phone number for the White House, but by WP:BLPPRIVACY we don't include phone numbers and other personal details in articles. The address and phone number are also not supported by the source cited.
Please read Wikipedia:Image use policy and Wikipedia:Public domain image resources. Please answer the questions below and (1) provide an explanation based on Wikipedia guidelines and (2) provide the guidelines/links in your answer.
5. Could
this image-1 be uploaded into
C:Main Page and used in Wikipedia? and why?
Answer- Explanation: According to WP:Public_domain#US_government_works, some but not all works on .gov and .mil are in the public domain. There's no explicit declaration of the image's license on the page. It appears to be a promotional photo, and it includes a "download image" link. Whether this entitles the downloader to then upload it to Wikipedia or Commons is a separate matter though. The safest course would be to contact the US DoD, and ensure that they give permission for it to be used on the main page.
Answer - link/guideline:
WP:Public_domain#US_government_works: In short, we would have to err on the side of caution, and say no, it cannot be used since its license is unclear.
6. Could this image-2 be uploaded into C:Main Page and used in Wikipedia? Why?
Answer- Explanation: Yes, this image is in the public domain.
Answer - link/guideline: WP:Public domain image resources: "Free-Images.com – More than 12 Million Public Domain/CC0 stock images, clip-art, historical photos and more. Excellent Search Results. Commercial use OK. No attribution required. No login required"
7. Could this image-3 be uploaded into C:Main Page and used in Wikipedia? Why?
Answer- Explanation: Yes, all images released under a Creative Commons License may be used on Wikipedia. This image page has a link to the release info on Pixabay.
Answer - link/guideline:
Wikipedia:Image use policy
8. Could this image-4 be uploaded into C:Main Page and used in Wikipedia? Why?
Answer- Explanation: No, there's no evidence that the image has been released under a Creative Commons License, and as it's a commercial site selling poster art, it seems highly unlikely that they intend to do so.
Answer - link/guideline:
Wikipedia:Image use policy
9 Certain types of images are a giveaway of COI and/or paid editing, despite not being direct violations of our image policies. Can you guess what kinds of images these are?
A posed portrait of someone gazing soulfully into the distance like Bono usually makes me suspect paid editing. :-)
More generally, if:
Please read WP:NPOV and MOS:PUFF. Point out the WP:NPOV words/pharses and rewrite the paragraph in Questions 9& 10 from a neutral point of view.
10. She is a brilliant boxer with a rare and exceptional beauty. She turned Pro at the age of 19 after winning one amateur fight on December 14, 2013 where she destroyed her opponent in 20 seconds. Her talent and marketability made her a fighter to watch right out the gate and she fought under XXX promotion on her next fight on February 2014. Answer:
11. He is a popular, acclaimed Bulgarian actor, who loves by all who have watched his films. He was born in Veliko Tarnovo and started working in the film industry since he was at the tender, innocent of the age of 14 and he has featured in 44 films. Answer:
12. Please read WP:DUE and in your own words, please explain why it is important to provide balance and due weight content in an article.
Answer: Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, and as such isn't meant as a vehicle for promoting opinions or noble causes. One way to stick to this goal is to ensure that minority viewpoints are mentioned as appropriate, but are not over-represented so as to imply that they are the mainstream opinion of reliable sources on any topic. Another is to ensure that controversies are not over-represented. In very short articles, equal representation can sometimes amount to over-representation. Another aspect of the WP:DUE policy, only mentioned in passing, is WP:RECENTISM. Over-coverage of recent troubles in an organisation, for example, can imply that the organisation has always had that problem. It's only mentioned in passing at the end of WP:DUE, but I'd argue that WP:WORLDVIEW is a critical part of WP:DUE, since there are some aspects of Western culture, and that of English-speaking countries in particular, that means keeping WP:WORLDVIEW in mind is essential to a neutral, unbiased presentation of most topics.
For the following paragraphs, identify if they need any edits for neutrality, and if so, draft a corrected version of the paragraph.
1. Goessling is member of the Cancer Genetics Program and the Gastrointestinal Malignancies Program, both at the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. [1] He is also advisory dean of the Irving M. London Society for HST students. [2] He has been hailed for his accessbility, compassion and knowledge and his remarkable patient care, even while he has had to fight against his own aggressive malignancy. [3] [4]
Note: Unless you have a subscription to Süddeutsche Zeitung, you're not going to be able to read the entirety of source #4 (and you'll likely need to use Google Translate either way). Translate what you can, and make an educated guess as to whether it justifies the provided content.
Corrected draft:
Goessling is a member of the Cancer Genetics Program and the Gastrointestinal Malignancies Program, both at the Dana–Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. [1] He is also advisory dean of the Irving M. London Society for HST students. [2] He has been described[ by whom?] as accessible, compassionate and knowledgable in his patient care, which he provides while he has cancer himself. [3] [4]
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2. Nathaniel Coleman (born January 1, 1997) is an American sport climber. He became the first American male climber to qualify to compete in the Olympic Games after advancing to the final at IFSC Combined Qualifier Toulouse 2019 in November–December, 2019. [1] Coleman won three straight USA Climbing Bouldering Open National Championships, from 2016 to 2018, and finished 2nd in the 2019 competition. He also finished second in the 2019 Combined Invitational. [2]
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(No edits are needed.)
3. The Disque Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit [1] created by Dr. Karl "Fritz" Disque in 2012 in response to a medical mission trip to Hati during the 2010 earthquake [2]. The goal of the Disque Foundation is to further advance the quality of education and health care to under served communities both domestic and abroad. Through mission work and free online courses [3], the Disque Foundation has empowered over 1,000,000 people [4] around the world with life saving skills.
Corrected draft:
The Disque Foundation is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, [1] created by Dr. Karl "Fritz" Disque in 2012 following a medical aid trip to Haiti during the 2010 Haiti earthquake. [2] The foundation works to improve education and health care in areas with limited access to training and hospitals, in the US and abroad. It offers aid visits and free online courses, [3] and as of 2019 was planning to train over 1,000,000 volunteers in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and advanced life support. [4]
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4. Patrick John Harrington, QC is a Welsh criminal law barrister and Queen's Counsel. [1] He has acted in more than 250 homicide trials, [1] and has been noted for work on some of "the largest and most complex fraud cases in the UK". [2] He has been referred to as one of Wales' "most prominent" lawyers. [2]
Corrected draft:
Patrick John Harrington, QC is a Welsh criminal law barrister and Queen's Counsel. [1] He has acted in more than 250 homicide trials. [1] The BBC News described him as "one of Wales' most prominent lawyers", having been "leading counsel in some of the largest and most complex fraud cases in the UK". [2]
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Please read WP:OR and WP:NOT and answer the questions below
13. In your own words, why is Wikipedia not a platform for publishing original research?
Answer:
14. In your own words, please provide one example with explanation when it is appropriate to insert an original content or synthesis in an article.
Answer:
15. See this video and write an article paragraph that properly presents claims supported by the source. Assume that Alsuleiman's opinions are DUE for inclusion as part of this response.
Answer:
The Australian imam Shady Alsuleiman said in a public forum in 2014 that it is unacceptable for Muslim men and women to wear jeans and similar trousers. He said that Islam commands us to wear clothing that is "baggy" (that is, not tightly fitting), "non see-through", "non colourful attractive", and covering the awrah, and that jeans "100 percent does not fit in that". [1]
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Please read WP:V and answer the questions below
16. Three independent, reliable sources say that a subject has 2 sons, but in reality he has 3 sons. Could we change the content from "2" sons to "3 sons"? Why? Answer:
PART 2
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1 | G1 | Patent nonsense, that is, incoherent text (not text in a foreign language or poor writing). Not applicable to user pages, where an editor might just want to add some "lorem ipsum"-ish space filler while making test edits. Also not applicable to coherent text that's saying something illogical or ridiculous: there's some overlap with G3 in that case. | "Ubbzubzubzubzubzubzubzubzub" | ![]() |
2 | G2 | Test pages: any kind of test creations outside of sandboxes, often made by new editors in good faith. These can be draftified if they might be developed into a valid article. Articles about places sometimes start out like this. | "I WANT TO CREATE WIKI PAGE ABOUT MY SCHOOL PLEASE HELP THANK YOU" | ![]() |
3 | G3 | Vandalism and hoaxes. Vandalism is intentional misuse, disinfo and misinfo, "hoaxes" doesn't include articles that are clearly about notable hoaxes, but is rather for attempts to propagate a hoax on WP. | "I invented monkeypox it's true l0lz" | ![]() |
4 | G4 | Recreation of a page that was deleted by AFD, and not substantially identical to the deleted article. "Substantially identical" can be a difficult one to call: sometimes five years later, an article on a non-notable film actor or business exec will be re-created, with more poor quality references detailing their latest non-notable achievements in the years since. These often have to go to a new AFD discussion. | Well, Miss Intercontinental springs to mind: see WP:Articles for deletion/Miss Intercontinental 2015. | ![]() |
5 | G5 | Banned or blocked users. Articles created by banned/blocked accounts prior to their ban aren't included in G5, but sockpuppet accounts of that main account are. Topics outside of a user's ban are also excluded. | I just had a close encounter with User:Filmfanatic03, and their four sockpuppet accounts. It wasn't clear to me whether their creations required deletion under G5, but while I was wondering about that an admin moved their articles to draft as articles for creation, which seems to be a common response to confirmed paid editing at WP:COI and WP:COIN, though I don't see any hard & fast policy for that. | ![]() |
6 | G6 | Technical deletions, which is sort of an umbrella category for various housekeeping tasks, so this is used for empty outdated maintenance cats like Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations from May 2021 (takes a bow), fixing good faith copypaste moves, etc. | I saw this used once at Mersin Talim Yurdu, where a user pasted the contents of Mersin İdman Yurdu to a corrected title, then redirected. The redirect was reverted at the original; the pasted article was G6'd; the original was moved, job done. | ![]() |
7 | G7 | Author requests deletion: an article creator can request this if the only edits apart from their own is minor tweaks. An author blanking the article (and leaving it blanked for a while), or posting some sort of comment like "please delete this", can be seen as an implicit request for G7 deletion. This doesn't apply to userspace, talk page, or a category. | Can't point you at a real example, but they live (briefly) in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion by user. | ![]() |
8 | G8 | Pages dependent on non-existent page, this is mostly for redirects to deleted articles, or for wishful thinking redirects to articles that haven't been created yet, or for talk pages with no article (or for articles that were deleted). | EZRA (TV series) was a redirect to Ezra (TV series), the latter of which was moved to draft (see G5 above). | ![]() |
9 | G9 | Office actions: there's no template for this one, since it's done only by certain administrators to fix specific types of legal problems. I hope I'm never involved with it, ever, even tangentially, looking at the times when it's been used or even discussed. | Ohhhhh gggggod please leave me out of this. | ![]() |
10 | G10 | Attack pages: these are pages created to disparage or threaten a living person, or to make solely negative allegations about them without reliable sources. Attack sections can be removed and their revisions deleted via WP:OVER, in which case the entire page shouldn't be deleted, but merely fixed and monitored carefully. There are some articles, such as Marc Dutroux, for which there's little to be said apart from coverage of the terrible things they've done. If they're notable by WP:CRIMINAL, and the coverage is well sourced and not sensationalised, then that's not an attack page. So there's a need to proceed with caution on BLPs about criminals, crooked politicians, niche-market porn actors, etc. | This was a ham-fisted attempt to dress a blatant attack page up as a legitimate BLP. WP:OVER took care of it. | ![]() |
11 | G11 | Blatant advertising. If an article at creation can't be made into something that's not an advert without a complete rewrite, it should be deleted, and the article creator can have another go at a rewrite if it was an honest mistake. If it's just a bit promotional, then it should be fixed rather than deleted, even if the creator's intention seems to be to promote something. This applies not just to goods and services sold for money, it also applies to charities, nuns, adorable kittens, etc. | "SpivCorp are the premier global provider of sterilised lark's tears, based in East Fatbucket, Idaho. We are completely focused on your complete satisfaction and are the only provider to offer a 100% money back guarantee..." (continues for another dozen paragraphs) | ![]() |
12 | G12 | Blatant copyright violation. Certain writing styles give the game away, but it's important to remember that many new editors don't have any idea why pasting their university's copyrighted website to create an article should be a problem. G11 and G12 often go hand in glove, because an awful lot of websites exist solely to promote things. It's also important to check that the content is actually copyrighted. It might be licensed under a Creative Commons (or compatible) license, or it might be public domain like some government works or expired copyright, etc. | If I saw the sentence "With well over 22,000 used cars for sale in London and the surrounding areas" in a new article, I'd Google for that, in quotes. First hit on Google shows a website with that text. I put the URL into Earwig's Copyvio Detector, which shows that the article is 92% copyright of that page. G11 and G12. | ![]() |
13 | G13 | If a draft article is more than six months old, it's considered abandoned, and nominate it G13. If the user was in jail for a year (for a crime they didn't commit) and are shocked to find their draft deleted, they can simply ask for a WP:REFUND. I think that the pink deletion summary left behind actually links to WP:REFUND. | Hm, not sure how to cite an example for this one. | ![]() |
14 | G14 | To prevent clutter and unnecessary clicks, there are a few rules about how best to disambiguate. Sometimes a simple hatnote at David Beckham pointing to David Beckham (botanist) is all that's needed, rather than a disambiguation page. I won't restate the rules at WP:G14, but in a nutshell those rules clarify how if we can disambiguate something better, with a better experience for the reader, without a disambiguation page then the disambiguation page should be deleted G14. | "
David Beckham is an English former professional footballer.
David Beckham may also refer to:
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1 | A1 | No context: it's not empty, but it's so short, vague and unsourced that the subject can't be identified. If it sounds as if it might be notable, but hasn't been edited for hours, moving to draft can be an alternative to deletion. Often a quick Google will turn up reliable sources on something notable, and it can be turned into a stub article. | Article title: "X3000", article text: "Will be released next month, budget 150 million dollars". Hmmm, could be a film, a phone, a music video, a jet pack, or who knows what. Might be worth moving to draft, but it shouldn't stay in main space for long in that state. | ![]() |
2 | A2 | If an article has been simply pasted here from Wikipedia in another language, then it needs to be either moved to draft for translation, or deleted A2. This doesn't apply to new articles written from scratch in another language: those get nominated instead for translation. If it's a new article written from scratch on a subject for which there's already an article in English, then it would probably be deleted A10. If we only have a stub on a subject in English, and someone's written what appears to be a good, well sourced article in another language, then it could be moved to draft for translation and merge. | If someone pasted fr:Éditions Lucien Souny here and left it for to someone else to translate and fix the errors arising, since it's clearly notable I'd notify the article creator and move it to draft (and maybe get to work translating it). Technically though, it could be nominated for deletion A2. But if someone posted a new article in Zulu with a reliable source about a newly elected member of the Parliament of South Africa, I'd tag it for translation. | ![]() |
3 | A3 | Empty, or near-as-dammit empty, by the rules at WP:A3. These could in theory be moved to draft, but if it's empty, then there's little point. An article with an infobox isn't empty, but these can be draftified. | Article title: Samsung Galaxy S24. Article content: Category:Samsung mobile phones. | ![]() |
5 | A5 | If an article has been copied to another, more appropriate wiki such as Wiktionary or Wikisource, or if the outcome of an AFD discussion is to transwiki, then we delete the original from Wikipedia. | I'm having some difficulty finding an example, as the logs and categories for this all seem to be archives from old procedures. Examples must exist somewhere. | ![]() |
7 | A7 | A new article can have "no credible claim of significance", either if there's no claim to significance, or if the claim is not credible. | Example 1: "Joe Bloggs is an actor." Example 2: "Joe Bloggs is an actor, winner of hundreds of Academy Awards, and currently the highest paid actor in Hollywood." | ![]() |
9 | A9 | This is similar to A7, but is just for musical recordings, where there's no article for the composer or performer, and no credible indication of why the record might be notable. | " "Nobody really gets how special I am" is the debut single of The Underappreciated, an indie rock band from Angst, Iowa, formed in October 2022." | ![]() |
10 | A10 | Recently created duplicate: we don't have multiple articles on the same topic. We can redirect new articles to the original, optionally merging any new, useful, well sourced content, or we can nominate for deletion A10, if it's not a plausible redirect. | If a new article titled Robert Zimmerman (musician) was created, substantially duplicating Bob Dylan, we would have the choice of redirecting (or merging) the new one to the old, or deleting A10. There's a minor risk that the redirect might be hijacked to be about some other, non-notable musician with this name, but there are ways of dealing with that. Since Dylan is already included on Robert Zimmerman, I'd probably lean toward deletion in this case, but it's not that big a deal. | ![]() |
11 | A11 | Obviously WP:MADEUP stuff. Not hoaxes, but good faith creations that stand no chance whatsoever of ever being about a notable subject. | Punch The Face is a game of endurance for two players, invented on October 24, 2022 by high school students Noah Hoper and Nada Chance. The rules of the game are as follows: the two players ride
unicycles in a circle in an open space. Every five minutes, one player takes a turn at making a single punch to the face of their opponent. The players alternate until one player is rendered unconscious or withdraws from the game. Hoper and Chance plan to create a global league for the game in 2023.
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12 | R2 | Wikipedia allows links from articles in main space to Category:, Template:, Wikipedia:, Help: and Portal:, but not to other namespaces, especially Draft:. If there's no useful way to replace the cross-namespace link, for example a plausible link to another main space article, then it should be deleted R2. A repaired link to a draftified article would also fall under this category. | #REDIRECT Draft:Cartoon Network Russia is a draft and should not be linked to from a main space article. A new redirect from Cartoon Network (Russia) to that draft would need to be either deleted R2, or redirected to Cartoon Network (Russian & Southeastern European TV channel) | ![]() |
13 | R3 | Implausible (or joke) redirects are not allowed on Wikipedia. If a more suitable target can't be found, then the new redirect should be deleted R3. | Worst president ever redirects to Historical rankings of heads of government, and not to Warren G. Harding (or your own preferred worst US president). Warrunnn Gee Harrding would be better off deleted, as it's an implausible typo. | ![]() |
For scenarios 1-3, 9, 11-13, and 15-19 all names are made-up and should not be looked up outside of the training environment; the rest may be searched. These can be broken up into multiple practice sets so as to not overwhelm the trainee.
A user with the username "BobSucks" creates an article called "John Smith" that contains solely the following text:
John Smith is the worst elementary school teacher on the planet.
A user with the username "GoodTimesLLC" creates a user page with the following text
'''Good Times LLC''' is an organization dedicated to helping your children get the highest quality education at an affordable price. Visit our website at goodtimes.info and contact us at 123-456-7890.
A user creates an article titled "Edward Gordon" with the following text:
'''Edward Gordon''' (born July 1998) is an aspiring American actor and songwriter. So far, he has starred in many school plays and has published two albums on SoundCloud. He has over 500 subscribers on YouTube.
A user creates an article titled "Bazz Ward" with the following content:
Bazz Ward was a Hall of Fame roadie and I wish he was as well known as Lemmy. Cheers Bazz.
A user creates an article Marks v. Shoup with the following content:
Under the law of Oregon which was in force in Alaska when the seizure and levy of the plaintiff's goods were made by the defendant as marshal of Alaska under a writ of attachment, that officer could not, by virtue of his writ, lawfully take the property from the possession of a third person, in whose possession he found it.
A user creates an article, but you can't understand any of it because it's in a foreign language.
A user creates an article, but shortly after creating it, the same user blanks the article by removing all of its content.
A user creates an article which is an identical copy of another article on Wikipedia.
A user with the name "WikiRockers" creates the following article
Phabricators are Fabulous is the debut single of an exciting new group called the WikiRockers.
A user creates an article and 5 minutes after it was created the article only has a single category with no other text.
A user creates an article Larry Footy with the following wikisource (in other words it properly displays in the article):
{{Infobox football biography |name = Larry Footy |birth_place = [[Leeds, England]] |currentclub = [[Oxford City]]}}
A user with the name Gamerfan123 creates the following article:
GamerCon is an annual event held in the garage of Shelly Sony. Last year 10 people attended - a record. This year's event will be held October 19-21.
A user creates the article HomeTown Pizza with the following content:
HomeTown Pizza is a local pizza maker. It has been open since 2004. Its most popular topping, according to the local paper, is pepperoni.[1] References 1.^ localalnewspaper.com/hometownpizza/profile.html
A user Someguy54321 makes the following article and 3 days later gets community banned for repeatedly operating a bot without approval.
Mary Beth Walz is a state senator in the New Hampshire House of representatives.
User:PhilHDoct creates the following article at Solar Panel 2.0:
Phil Doct has created a new solar panel which will increase energy output from existing solar panels by 30%. He was granted a patent on this invention on May 15.
A user converts a redirect Tayo into an article with the following wikisource. In your answer, also evaluate if anything would be different if a user made this as a new article, rather than from a redirect.
[[Tayo the Little Bus|<span style="color: #0088ff;">You: Kill Tayo!!!!!!!!!!! </span><span style="color: #33ff0a;">Rogi: Nooooo You!!!!!!! </span><span style="color: #00a2ff;">Tayo:Help!!!!! Blood, this is my sad</span><span style="color: #ff2600;"> Gani: Call Emergency!!!!! <span style="color: #0088ff;">You: Kill Gani!!!!!!</span><span style="color: #eeff00;"> Lani:321! Bomb you!!!</span>]]
A user named John from Acme Inc creates the following article. Assume that there is secondary sourcing present for all statements.
Acme Inc is a Mumbai based widget company with 1200 employees and 10 million (US) in revenues. They were founded in 2015 by Wiley C Oyote. Their first product was a one inch widget. Acme have won several awards for quality.
A user named John from Acme Inc creates the following article. Assume that there is sourcing to the company's website present for all statements.
Acme Inc is the premier award-winning Indian widget company. Located in beautiful Mumbai, the company has 1200 hard-working dedicated employees who have powered the company to over 10 million (US) in revenues. In a flash of inspiration brilliant inventor Wiley C Oyote started the company in 2015. Their first product revolutionized widgets and amazingly each new product has been even more impressive. Acme has shown themselves to be the best in the business and only has the greatest things ahead of them. "If you want widgets, you want Acme," Chief Marketing officer John Roadrunner said.
A user named John from Acme Inc creates the following article.
Acme Inc is an award-winning[1][2] Indian widget company. The company has 1200 hard-working dedicated employees[3] who have powered the company to over 10 million (US) in revenues.[2] We were founded in 2015 by Wiley C Oyote.[3] Our first product was a one inch widget.[4] Acme has become an important widget manufacturer.[3] "If you want widgets, you want Acme," Chief Marketing officer John Roadrunner said.[4] ==References== 1.^ Indian company customer reviews. http://www.indiancustomers.com/Acme 2.^ Reporter, A. "Acme Wins Award". Mumbai Newspaper. October 20, 2018. 3.^ "Why Acme" acmewidgets.com 4.^ "Acme brings Widget to Market" www.pressreleases.com
An editor creates a redirect titled "Sittin Chapel" pointing at Sistine Chapel
An editor creates a redirect titled "Bornio" pointing at Borneo
An editor creates a redirect titled "St Augustine," pointing at St. Augustine
An editor creates a redirect titled "New Joyzee" pointing at New Jersey
An editor creates a redirect titled "Caltary" tagged with {{R from misspelling}} pointing at Calvary
Answer i: Fifth Season (company)
Answer ii: Draft:MarCom Pvt Ltd
Answer iii: Draft:Asimblogspot
Answer iv: Draft:Md. Ekramul Kabir
Answer v: Draft:Blue Horizon Maldives
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A page should be nominated for speedy deletion only if there is no copyright-free content that can be salvaged, including in its revision history. It's better to roll back to a previous version if possible, and use WP:REVDEL to remove the copyrighted revisions.
If only part of an article is copyrighted, then that part can be deleted and the rest of the article left intact. In fact, we could rewrite a completely copyrighted article as a short stub, and WP:REVDEL the previous version. But I think in practice copyrighted articles tend to get blown up and rewritten.
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On Wikipedia, this can be verbatim copies of copyrighted text, copies of copyrighted images. Very close paraphrase can also be considered as infringement. The definition of what constitutes copyrighted content can be complex, and varies with the laws of various countries and jurisdictions. When we find that something is copied from another source online, and it's not obviously a Wikipedia mirror or content published under a Commons-compatible (or GFDL) license, we should assume that the content is copyrighted, even if it doesn't say (c) or "copyright" on the page. Owners of content can donate it to Wikipedia, as described in WP:DCM
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Answer i: Draft:Das Ganu Maharaj-Shirdi
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Draft:Dr Pushpa Dixit
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Draft:Muyideen Alade Aromire
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Draft:Amazon App CS11 Error?
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Answer i: Sourav Saha, A7
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Mustafavi Students Movement, G7
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Mustafavi Students Movement, Pakistan, G8
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If a new article is not yet in a fit state for main space, then an alternative to deletion is moving it to Draft space, where it can be improved without risk of deletion. For example, a new article on newly elected official to a notable position, and an article was thrown up hurriedly without any references for a BLP. If the references can be found easily in English language sources with an online search, then the article can simply be improved in situ. But maybe the official is in a country without rapidly updated online news media, or where there's heavy government censorship. Decent references in that situation could take time, so rather than BLP prod it, it could be moved to draft, and editors with the required language skills could improve it, or maybe online translation can be used to find the required sources. Sometimes "draftify" is an outcome of an Articles for deletion discussion.
Moving an article to draft leaves the problem of the link from main space. Wikipedia allows links from articles in main space to Category:, Template:, Wikipedia:, Help: and Portal:, but not to other namespaces, especially Draft:. If there's no useful way to replace the cross-namespace link, for example a plausible link to another main space article, then it should be deleted R2. A repaired link to a draftified article would also fall under this category. If there are useful inbound links to the main space article, then a redirect tagged "with possibilities" will show that the draft exists for interested editors.
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Žijeme len raz (please see my draftify log, as I used User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js rather than Twinkle)
Answer iv CSD R2:
Barton's Candy Corporation, again, moved and tagged by script.
Answer v any criteria:
Luigi Forino CSD G11 and G12
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In assignment 4, we looked at articles which meet WP:Criteria for speedy deletion (CSD) and which can be deleted promptly after nomination. In Assignment 5, we discuss the what actions should be taken for those articles do not fit under the CSD criteria but do not meet relevant criteria for content of the encyclopedia.
Please read WP:PROD, WP:BLPPROD, WP:MERGE, WP:DRAFTIFY, WP:NPPDRAFT and WP:REDIR, WP:AFD and answer the following questions. (Provide links and hisdiff as needed.)
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During a nomination, we have to give a coherent rationale for deletion in the PROD tag, and notify the article creator at their user talk page. Marking a PROD as a minor edit is not nice. Adding an old-prod tag to the article talk page is helpful.
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Welcome Storchy to your New Page Patrol School page! Every person I instruct will have their own page on which I will give them support and tasks for them to complete. Please make sure you have this page added to your watchlist (I have done so already). Your NPP School page has been specifically designed according to you and what you have requested instruction in - for that reason, please be as specific as possible when under my instruction, so that I know the best ways to help you (and do not be afraid to let me know if you think something isn't working). From seeing your work in certain areas, I know you have a good grasp of the basics, but from the comments on your talk page, you can use help in some of the nuances.
Make sure you read through Wikipedia:Notability as that's the knowledge which most of the questions I ask you and tasks you do will revolve around.
This page will be built up over your time in the Academy, with new sections being added as you complete old ones. Each section will have tasks, written in bold type - these might just ask a question, or it might require you to go and do something. You can answer a question by typing the answer below the task; if you have to do something, you will need to provide diffs to demonstrate that you have completed the task. Some sections will have more than one task, sometimes additional tasks may be added to a section as you complete them. Please always sign your responses to tasks as you would on a talk page. I will normally try and put assignments in bold though follow-up question will just use normal Wikipedia conversation methods. Let me know at any point if you have questions. My usual rule of thumb is to check your work at least once a day, as often as I can it will be twice a day.
The first thing is to read, really read, WP:NPP and then let me know what you think are the two or three parts of that you feel your skills are the strongest and two or three where you could still grow.
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Growth Areas:
Okay, your first two skills are very important in NPP. I know you do a lot of categorization, and that's important in terms of WP, but not so much for NPP (it's one of my weaknesses). Your second growth area is one of the most difficult, not just because it is so subjective, but also because UPE editors are getting better. The third is VERY important. And not just for Speedy, but also Prods, and when checking for copyvio. Once thing that we'll talk about is WP:DRAFTIFY, which is getting lots of talk in recent months.
As we go through this process, remember it's a marathon, not a sprint. Take your time. We'll move at your pace. As I said, I'll try to respond twice a day, but promise at least once.
Now we begin.
PART 1
In your own words, how is notability defined on Wikipedia?
Would step by step instructions on "How to change a car tire" be considered a notable topic in Wikipedia? Why or why not?
What are the differences between the WP:GNG and the subject-specific notability guidelines? How do we determine which one to use when patrolling an article?
SNGs are documented separately from the GNGs, but the former make reference to the latter. When an SNG doesn't exist, the GNGs apply. In the SNG for sportspeople, soccer has no specific criteria, but the SNG page for sports says "Sports which are not listed on this page should defer to the Basic criteria for guidance".
In all cases, a dollop of common sense is required. When patrolling the New Pages feed, I would expect to frequently encounter articles on fields I know nothing about. Reference to the best available SNG and/or GNG might be helpful, but, for example, since not all countries have the same level of online press, considerable effort might be needed to ferret out reliable coverage of a genuinely notable politician from another country. This might include searching in a foreign language, with a foreign alphabet (or ideograms). It would be better to withhold judgment, when I'm not reasonably sure.
1. Please categorize the subject-specific notability guidelines (listed at Category:Wikipedia notability guidelines) into the following three categories
Primarily additional criteria that are likely to indicate notability |
Primarily additional considerations that define or restrict the nature of coverage or sources required |
Even mix of the previous two categories
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2. Virtually all SNGs that provide additional notability criteria specify that these criteria may indicate that the subject meets notability guidelines. How would you interpret this caveat as a new page reviewer?
For scenarios 1-6 review just based on "subject notability guidelines" (SNG) "alone" for sake of the exercise. Do not consider any sources or other policies. Please answer if the subject meets the SNG guidelines based on the given content below, and specify which notability criteria they meet or fail.
For scenarios 7-11 specify which SNGs would establish the subject's notability.
An editor creates an article about "2028 Summer Olympics" without providing any sources
A New York city based 2020 start up software company , specializing in data mining, has just received a USD 200K investor fund.
Guram Kutateladze who is a Ultimate Fighting Championships fighters with the undefeated mixed martial arts record of 12-2.
An upcoming action drama title "Suleiman the Great" based on the the life of Suleiman the Magnificent, which will be in production in December 2022 and to be released on August 2023 in the cinemas.
A political candidates, without any previous or current political position, who is running for November 2020 election for a Senator position in United States with multiple local newspapers coverage of his candidacy.
A singer who self produced his first album in May 2019 and his songs are listed in Spotify.
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Reliable source | Broadly speaking, a reliable source is a source that has proven over time that it maintains high standards of accuracy in its contributors, implements a professional level of editorial practice, and corrects mistakes quickly and transparently. |
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User generated sources | These implement little or no control over accuracy, granting most control over that to its contributors. They may have rules regarding libel, hate speech and so on, but we could log in and declare ourselves to be Nobel Prize winners with little expectation of immediate correction. Wikipedia is a user generated source, and is therefore considered unreliable for use in references for its own articles. |
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Non Independent source | These are affiliated with a person or group that seeks to publish from their own point of view, with little regard for neutrality. For example, this can include official websites of public figures, nearly any corporate website, and many government websites. Some newspapers are affiliated (openly or otherwise) with political causes, political parties, or religious groups. | ![]() |
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Primary | A primary source is a firsthand, direct account of a topic, such as original research, typically from a person involved in the information gained. This includes original research, recordings, data, maps, and other forms of data directly gleaned from observation, research, or personal knowledge. |
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Secondary | A secondary source interprets and reports information from primary sources. |
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Tertiary | A tertiary source is a reference work, which presents and summarises information from primary and secondary sources. Wikipedia is a tertiary source. | ![]() |
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Example: Art | Example:A photo of a sculpture | Example:An article in The New Yorker that reviews a new exhibit | Example:A museum catalog entry | ![]() |
History | An original copy of Magna Carta | A history book about Magna Carta, using information from the text of the document along with other related historical sources | A bibliography listing secondary works about Magna Carta | ![]() |
Science | A scientific journal article detailing a study about a new species of butterfly | A newspaper article reporting on the study, with analysis of its implications | The comprehensive traits database for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, published by Butterfly Conservation and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology |
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Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator. Wright believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. His creative period spanned more than 70 years. He works includes The Guggenheim, swirling, snail-shaped museum in the middle of Manhattan. [1] [2] Fallingwater, which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture." [3] This is one of Wright's most famous private residences (completed 1937), was built for Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr., at Mill Run, Pennsylvania. Constructed over a 30-foot waterfall, it was designed according to Wright's desire to place the occupants close to the natural surroundings. The house was intended to be more of a family getaway, rather than a live-in home. [4]
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https://books.google.com/books?id=KSA1HTTU-eMC | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
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Jordan Lennon (born February 22, 2000), is a British film producer and actor. [1] Lennon is currently a member of BAFTA. [2] He continues to work aside 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, Wicked Wales, Capture Studios, Cineworld, Paramount Pictures, and Rockefeller Foundation. [3]
At age 16, the Vice President of 20th Century Fox, Paul Higginson. Who previously worked on Star Wars, Titanic, and Independence Day took on Jordan and Rowan Snow as a mentor. [4] In December 2018, Jordan and Rowan finished British Film Academy. [5] Jordan lived in Skelmersdale for 10 years before moving to Rhyl, North Wales. He's currently writing 'Stranger in the Night' scrreenplay for Warner Brothers.
Source assessment table:
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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8902348/ | ![]() |
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✘ No |
http://www.bafta.org/wales | ![]() |
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✘ No |
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-d-98111a125 | ![]() |
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✘ No |
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Jordan-David/ | ![]() |
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✘ No |
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Sonny William Williams (born 3 August 1985), who is a Muslim [1], is a New Zealand All blacks rugby union footballer, [2] Williams was a Marist Saints junior when he was spotted playing in Auckland by Bulldogs talent scout John Ackland. [3] In 2002 he was offered a contract and moved to Sydney (as the youngest player to ever sign with an NRL club) to play in the Bulldogs' junior grades. [4]
Source assessment table:
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7505117/2019-Rugby-World-Cup-Sonny-Bill-Williams-expecting-fourth-child.html | ![]() |
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✘ No |
http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=1108 | ![]() |
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✘ No |
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/warriors-league-team/news/article.cfm?c_id=360&objectid=10399308 | ![]() |
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✘ No |
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/01/1096527943523.html | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
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David Howell Petraeus AO ( /pɪˈtreɪ.əs/; born November 7, 1952) is a retired United States Army general and public official. He served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from September 6, 2011, [1] until his resignation on November 9, 2012 [2] after his affair with Paula Broadwell was reported. [3]
Petraeus was born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, the son of Sixtus Petraeus (1915–2008), [4] a sea captain from Franeker, Netherlands. [5]
In 2003, Petraeus commanded the 101st Airborne Division in the
fall of Baghdad
[6]
[7]
Source assessment table:
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Source | Independent? | Reliable? | Significant coverage? | Count source toward GNG? |
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/11/09/david-petraeus-cia-resign-nbc/1695271/ | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/09/06/petraeus-sworn-into-cia.cnn?iref=allsearch | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-petraeus-paula-broadwell_n_2118893 | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
https://www.geni.com/people/Sixtus-Petraeus/6000000015418360012 | ![]() |
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✘ No |
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2010/05/petraeus-exclusive-201005 | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/beyond/interviews/petraeus.html | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/david-petraeus-general-surge-401740.html | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
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Martina Hingis is a Swiss former professional tennis player. [1] She won five Grand Slam singles titles. [2] Hingis was one of the highest-paid female athletes in 2000. [3] She retired in November 2007 after being hampered by a hip injury for several months and testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine during that year's Wimbledon Championships, [4] which led to a two-year suspension from the sport. [5]
Source assessment table:
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https://www.instagram.com/martinahingis80/ | ![]() |
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✘ No |
https://www.latimes.com/sports/more/la-sp-us-open-hingis-20170910-story.html | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
https://books.google.com.my/books?id=4x3fQ920EUMC&pg=PA197&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false | ![]() |
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? can't tell, as Google Books says that page is unavailable to me | ? Unknown |
https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/21171438/tennis-another-twist-bizarre-career-martina-hingis | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/nov/01/tennis | ![]() |
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✔ Yes |
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Now that we've covered sources, can you apply your knowledge of GNG and SNGs? For each of the above subjects assessed in the previous section, please identify whether they meet notability guidelines (and how/why), based solely on the sources included on this page (i.e. don't go looking for more sources)
Please explain in your own words why claims need to be verified?
Could we cite Wikipedia as a source? and why?
Give an example of a source that is reliable but not independent of a subject, and explain why.
Give an example of a source that is independent but not reliable and explain why.
Describe the steps you should take when assessing whether an unfamiliar source is reliable.
Without consulting any existing Wikipedia consensuses, such as those listed at WP:RSP, WP:NPPSG or WP:RSN, assess whether the following sources are reliable. You may refer to Wikipedia articles for the publications if they exist. Be specific as to how and why you came to your conclusions. Sources are often reliable for some content and unreliable for other content: identify what sorts of articles may have reliable and unreliable coverage from a given source, and consider using examples from their website to illustrate your points. Feel free to offer topic-scoped assessments such as "likely reliable for claims related to pop culture" or "reliable for non-political subject matter". For sources in languages that you can't read, please use Google Translate to evaluate the source to the best of your ability.
Please read WP:TITLE and answer the questions below
1. Article name "Hannibal Barca" - Does the article name need to be change? and Why? (please explain based on Wikipedia guidelines and name/link the guidelines in your answer)
Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general and statesman who is widely considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. His father, Hamilcar Barca, was a leading Carthaginian commander during the First Punic War (264–241 BC). [1] [2] [3]
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Answer:
By WP:COMMONNAME, we use the name by which the subject is best known, rather than the more "correct" name. For example, all three references cited call him simply "Hannibal".
2. Article name "Magic Johnson". Does the article name need to be change? and Why?(please explain based on Wikipedia guidelines and name/link the guidelines in your answer)
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American retired professional basketball player and former president of basketball operations of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played point guard for the Lakers for 13 seasons. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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Answer: As with number 1. above, by WP:COMMONNAME he is almost universally known as "Magic Johnson". The names of his businesses and charity reflect this: Magic Johnson Enterprises, Magic Johnson Entertainment, Magic Johnson Theatres, the Magic Johnson Foundation, etc, as well as the many things named for him: the Magic Johnson Award, Magic Johnson Park, etc.
Please read WP:BLP and answer the questions below.
3. Please explain if the content of the below text is acceptable for inclusion and why. (please explain based on Wikipedia guidelines and name/link the guidelines in your answer)
Conor Anthony McGregor (born 14 July 1988) is an Irish professional mixed martial artist and boxer. His is a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight and lightweight champion. [1]
On 15 August 2019, TMZ Sports published a video that appeared to show McGregor punching a man at The Marble Arch Pub in Dublin. [2] The incident happened on 6 April and was originally reported by Irish media, although without the video that showed the attack. Irish police stated in April that they had opened an investigation. [3] McGregor was charged with assault and first appeared in court on 11 October 2019. [4] [5] [6]
In April 2019, McGregor is the father of Terri Murray's son, Clodagh. Murray bedded McGregor in 2017 at his hotel after the Aintree Grand National just four weeks bofore McGregor's girlfriend Dee Devlin gave birth to their son.
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Answer:
4. Please explain if the content of the below text is acceptable for inclusion and why. (please explain based on Wikipedia guidelines and name/link the guidelines in your answer)
Diana Nyad (née Sneed; born August 22, 1949) is an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer who lives in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. and could be contacted at +0-202-456-6213. [1] Nyad gained national attention in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan (28 mi or 45 km) and in 1979 when she swam from North Bimini, The Bahamas, to Juno Beach, Florida (102 mi (164 km)). In 2013, on her fifth attempt and at age 64, she became the first person confirmed to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of a shark cage, swimming from Havana to Key West (110 mi or 180 km). [2]
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Answer:
This looks at first glance like an acceptable WP:LEAD section: the main claims are WP:VERIFY'd by WP:RS, and the WP:LEAD section concisely summarises the most important parts of the article.
However, there's an important unsourced claim tucked in there which looks like recent vandalism: it's extremely unlikely that she lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. That's a correct and publicly available phone number for the White House, but by WP:BLPPRIVACY we don't include phone numbers and other personal details in articles. The address and phone number are also not supported by the source cited.
Please read Wikipedia:Image use policy and Wikipedia:Public domain image resources. Please answer the questions below and (1) provide an explanation based on Wikipedia guidelines and (2) provide the guidelines/links in your answer.
5. Could
this image-1 be uploaded into
C:Main Page and used in Wikipedia? and why?
Answer- Explanation: According to WP:Public_domain#US_government_works, some but not all works on .gov and .mil are in the public domain. There's no explicit declaration of the image's license on the page. It appears to be a promotional photo, and it includes a "download image" link. Whether this entitles the downloader to then upload it to Wikipedia or Commons is a separate matter though. The safest course would be to contact the US DoD, and ensure that they give permission for it to be used on the main page.
Answer - link/guideline:
WP:Public_domain#US_government_works: In short, we would have to err on the side of caution, and say no, it cannot be used since its license is unclear.
6. Could this image-2 be uploaded into C:Main Page and used in Wikipedia? Why?
Answer- Explanation: Yes, this image is in the public domain.
Answer - link/guideline: WP:Public domain image resources: "Free-Images.com – More than 12 Million Public Domain/CC0 stock images, clip-art, historical photos and more. Excellent Search Results. Commercial use OK. No attribution required. No login required"
7. Could this image-3 be uploaded into C:Main Page and used in Wikipedia? Why?
Answer- Explanation: Yes, all images released under a Creative Commons License may be used on Wikipedia. This image page has a link to the release info on Pixabay.
Answer - link/guideline:
Wikipedia:Image use policy
8. Could this image-4 be uploaded into C:Main Page and used in Wikipedia? Why?
Answer- Explanation: No, there's no evidence that the image has been released under a Creative Commons License, and as it's a commercial site selling poster art, it seems highly unlikely that they intend to do so.
Answer - link/guideline:
Wikipedia:Image use policy
9 Certain types of images are a giveaway of COI and/or paid editing, despite not being direct violations of our image policies. Can you guess what kinds of images these are?
A posed portrait of someone gazing soulfully into the distance like Bono usually makes me suspect paid editing. :-)
More generally, if:
Please read WP:NPOV and MOS:PUFF. Point out the WP:NPOV words/pharses and rewrite the paragraph in Questions 9& 10 from a neutral point of view.
10. She is a brilliant boxer with a rare and exceptional beauty. She turned Pro at the age of 19 after winning one amateur fight on December 14, 2013 where she destroyed her opponent in 20 seconds. Her talent and marketability made her a fighter to watch right out the gate and she fought under XXX promotion on her next fight on February 2014. Answer:
11. He is a popular, acclaimed Bulgarian actor, who loves by all who have watched his films. He was born in Veliko Tarnovo and started working in the film industry since he was at the tender, innocent of the age of 14 and he has featured in 44 films. Answer:
12. Please read WP:DUE and in your own words, please explain why it is important to provide balance and due weight content in an article.
Answer: Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, and as such isn't meant as a vehicle for promoting opinions or noble causes. One way to stick to this goal is to ensure that minority viewpoints are mentioned as appropriate, but are not over-represented so as to imply that they are the mainstream opinion of reliable sources on any topic. Another is to ensure that controversies are not over-represented. In very short articles, equal representation can sometimes amount to over-representation. Another aspect of the WP:DUE policy, only mentioned in passing, is WP:RECENTISM. Over-coverage of recent troubles in an organisation, for example, can imply that the organisation has always had that problem. It's only mentioned in passing at the end of WP:DUE, but I'd argue that WP:WORLDVIEW is a critical part of WP:DUE, since there are some aspects of Western culture, and that of English-speaking countries in particular, that means keeping WP:WORLDVIEW in mind is essential to a neutral, unbiased presentation of most topics.
For the following paragraphs, identify if they need any edits for neutrality, and if so, draft a corrected version of the paragraph.
1. Goessling is member of the Cancer Genetics Program and the Gastrointestinal Malignancies Program, both at the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. [1] He is also advisory dean of the Irving M. London Society for HST students. [2] He has been hailed for his accessbility, compassion and knowledge and his remarkable patient care, even while he has had to fight against his own aggressive malignancy. [3] [4]
Note: Unless you have a subscription to Süddeutsche Zeitung, you're not going to be able to read the entirety of source #4 (and you'll likely need to use Google Translate either way). Translate what you can, and make an educated guess as to whether it justifies the provided content.
Corrected draft:
Goessling is a member of the Cancer Genetics Program and the Gastrointestinal Malignancies Program, both at the Dana–Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. [1] He is also advisory dean of the Irving M. London Society for HST students. [2] He has been described[ by whom?] as accessible, compassionate and knowledgable in his patient care, which he provides while he has cancer himself. [3] [4]
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2. Nathaniel Coleman (born January 1, 1997) is an American sport climber. He became the first American male climber to qualify to compete in the Olympic Games after advancing to the final at IFSC Combined Qualifier Toulouse 2019 in November–December, 2019. [1] Coleman won three straight USA Climbing Bouldering Open National Championships, from 2016 to 2018, and finished 2nd in the 2019 competition. He also finished second in the 2019 Combined Invitational. [2]
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(No edits are needed.)
3. The Disque Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit [1] created by Dr. Karl "Fritz" Disque in 2012 in response to a medical mission trip to Hati during the 2010 earthquake [2]. The goal of the Disque Foundation is to further advance the quality of education and health care to under served communities both domestic and abroad. Through mission work and free online courses [3], the Disque Foundation has empowered over 1,000,000 people [4] around the world with life saving skills.
Corrected draft:
The Disque Foundation is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, [1] created by Dr. Karl "Fritz" Disque in 2012 following a medical aid trip to Haiti during the 2010 Haiti earthquake. [2] The foundation works to improve education and health care in areas with limited access to training and hospitals, in the US and abroad. It offers aid visits and free online courses, [3] and as of 2019 was planning to train over 1,000,000 volunteers in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and advanced life support. [4]
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4. Patrick John Harrington, QC is a Welsh criminal law barrister and Queen's Counsel. [1] He has acted in more than 250 homicide trials, [1] and has been noted for work on some of "the largest and most complex fraud cases in the UK". [2] He has been referred to as one of Wales' "most prominent" lawyers. [2]
Corrected draft:
Patrick John Harrington, QC is a Welsh criminal law barrister and Queen's Counsel. [1] He has acted in more than 250 homicide trials. [1] The BBC News described him as "one of Wales' most prominent lawyers", having been "leading counsel in some of the largest and most complex fraud cases in the UK". [2]
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Please read WP:OR and WP:NOT and answer the questions below
13. In your own words, why is Wikipedia not a platform for publishing original research?
Answer:
14. In your own words, please provide one example with explanation when it is appropriate to insert an original content or synthesis in an article.
Answer:
15. See this video and write an article paragraph that properly presents claims supported by the source. Assume that Alsuleiman's opinions are DUE for inclusion as part of this response.
Answer:
The Australian imam Shady Alsuleiman said in a public forum in 2014 that it is unacceptable for Muslim men and women to wear jeans and similar trousers. He said that Islam commands us to wear clothing that is "baggy" (that is, not tightly fitting), "non see-through", "non colourful attractive", and covering the awrah, and that jeans "100 percent does not fit in that". [1]
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Please read WP:V and answer the questions below
16. Three independent, reliable sources say that a subject has 2 sons, but in reality he has 3 sons. Could we change the content from "2" sons to "3 sons"? Why? Answer:
PART 2
No | Criterion | Application | Example | Mentor comments |
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1 | G1 | Patent nonsense, that is, incoherent text (not text in a foreign language or poor writing). Not applicable to user pages, where an editor might just want to add some "lorem ipsum"-ish space filler while making test edits. Also not applicable to coherent text that's saying something illogical or ridiculous: there's some overlap with G3 in that case. | "Ubbzubzubzubzubzubzubzubzub" | ![]() |
2 | G2 | Test pages: any kind of test creations outside of sandboxes, often made by new editors in good faith. These can be draftified if they might be developed into a valid article. Articles about places sometimes start out like this. | "I WANT TO CREATE WIKI PAGE ABOUT MY SCHOOL PLEASE HELP THANK YOU" | ![]() |
3 | G3 | Vandalism and hoaxes. Vandalism is intentional misuse, disinfo and misinfo, "hoaxes" doesn't include articles that are clearly about notable hoaxes, but is rather for attempts to propagate a hoax on WP. | "I invented monkeypox it's true l0lz" | ![]() |
4 | G4 | Recreation of a page that was deleted by AFD, and not substantially identical to the deleted article. "Substantially identical" can be a difficult one to call: sometimes five years later, an article on a non-notable film actor or business exec will be re-created, with more poor quality references detailing their latest non-notable achievements in the years since. These often have to go to a new AFD discussion. | Well, Miss Intercontinental springs to mind: see WP:Articles for deletion/Miss Intercontinental 2015. | ![]() |
5 | G5 | Banned or blocked users. Articles created by banned/blocked accounts prior to their ban aren't included in G5, but sockpuppet accounts of that main account are. Topics outside of a user's ban are also excluded. | I just had a close encounter with User:Filmfanatic03, and their four sockpuppet accounts. It wasn't clear to me whether their creations required deletion under G5, but while I was wondering about that an admin moved their articles to draft as articles for creation, which seems to be a common response to confirmed paid editing at WP:COI and WP:COIN, though I don't see any hard & fast policy for that. | ![]() |
6 | G6 | Technical deletions, which is sort of an umbrella category for various housekeeping tasks, so this is used for empty outdated maintenance cats like Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations from May 2021 (takes a bow), fixing good faith copypaste moves, etc. | I saw this used once at Mersin Talim Yurdu, where a user pasted the contents of Mersin İdman Yurdu to a corrected title, then redirected. The redirect was reverted at the original; the pasted article was G6'd; the original was moved, job done. | ![]() |
7 | G7 | Author requests deletion: an article creator can request this if the only edits apart from their own is minor tweaks. An author blanking the article (and leaving it blanked for a while), or posting some sort of comment like "please delete this", can be seen as an implicit request for G7 deletion. This doesn't apply to userspace, talk page, or a category. | Can't point you at a real example, but they live (briefly) in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion by user. | ![]() |
8 | G8 | Pages dependent on non-existent page, this is mostly for redirects to deleted articles, or for wishful thinking redirects to articles that haven't been created yet, or for talk pages with no article (or for articles that were deleted). | EZRA (TV series) was a redirect to Ezra (TV series), the latter of which was moved to draft (see G5 above). | ![]() |
9 | G9 | Office actions: there's no template for this one, since it's done only by certain administrators to fix specific types of legal problems. I hope I'm never involved with it, ever, even tangentially, looking at the times when it's been used or even discussed. | Ohhhhh gggggod please leave me out of this. | ![]() |
10 | G10 | Attack pages: these are pages created to disparage or threaten a living person, or to make solely negative allegations about them without reliable sources. Attack sections can be removed and their revisions deleted via WP:OVER, in which case the entire page shouldn't be deleted, but merely fixed and monitored carefully. There are some articles, such as Marc Dutroux, for which there's little to be said apart from coverage of the terrible things they've done. If they're notable by WP:CRIMINAL, and the coverage is well sourced and not sensationalised, then that's not an attack page. So there's a need to proceed with caution on BLPs about criminals, crooked politicians, niche-market porn actors, etc. | This was a ham-fisted attempt to dress a blatant attack page up as a legitimate BLP. WP:OVER took care of it. | ![]() |
11 | G11 | Blatant advertising. If an article at creation can't be made into something that's not an advert without a complete rewrite, it should be deleted, and the article creator can have another go at a rewrite if it was an honest mistake. If it's just a bit promotional, then it should be fixed rather than deleted, even if the creator's intention seems to be to promote something. This applies not just to goods and services sold for money, it also applies to charities, nuns, adorable kittens, etc. | "SpivCorp are the premier global provider of sterilised lark's tears, based in East Fatbucket, Idaho. We are completely focused on your complete satisfaction and are the only provider to offer a 100% money back guarantee..." (continues for another dozen paragraphs) | ![]() |
12 | G12 | Blatant copyright violation. Certain writing styles give the game away, but it's important to remember that many new editors don't have any idea why pasting their university's copyrighted website to create an article should be a problem. G11 and G12 often go hand in glove, because an awful lot of websites exist solely to promote things. It's also important to check that the content is actually copyrighted. It might be licensed under a Creative Commons (or compatible) license, or it might be public domain like some government works or expired copyright, etc. | If I saw the sentence "With well over 22,000 used cars for sale in London and the surrounding areas" in a new article, I'd Google for that, in quotes. First hit on Google shows a website with that text. I put the URL into Earwig's Copyvio Detector, which shows that the article is 92% copyright of that page. G11 and G12. | ![]() |
13 | G13 | If a draft article is more than six months old, it's considered abandoned, and nominate it G13. If the user was in jail for a year (for a crime they didn't commit) and are shocked to find their draft deleted, they can simply ask for a WP:REFUND. I think that the pink deletion summary left behind actually links to WP:REFUND. | Hm, not sure how to cite an example for this one. | ![]() |
14 | G14 | To prevent clutter and unnecessary clicks, there are a few rules about how best to disambiguate. Sometimes a simple hatnote at David Beckham pointing to David Beckham (botanist) is all that's needed, rather than a disambiguation page. I won't restate the rules at WP:G14, but in a nutshell those rules clarify how if we can disambiguate something better, with a better experience for the reader, without a disambiguation page then the disambiguation page should be deleted G14. | "
David Beckham is an English former professional footballer.
David Beckham may also refer to:
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No | Criterion | Application | Example | Mentor comments |
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1 | A1 | No context: it's not empty, but it's so short, vague and unsourced that the subject can't be identified. If it sounds as if it might be notable, but hasn't been edited for hours, moving to draft can be an alternative to deletion. Often a quick Google will turn up reliable sources on something notable, and it can be turned into a stub article. | Article title: "X3000", article text: "Will be released next month, budget 150 million dollars". Hmmm, could be a film, a phone, a music video, a jet pack, or who knows what. Might be worth moving to draft, but it shouldn't stay in main space for long in that state. | ![]() |
2 | A2 | If an article has been simply pasted here from Wikipedia in another language, then it needs to be either moved to draft for translation, or deleted A2. This doesn't apply to new articles written from scratch in another language: those get nominated instead for translation. If it's a new article written from scratch on a subject for which there's already an article in English, then it would probably be deleted A10. If we only have a stub on a subject in English, and someone's written what appears to be a good, well sourced article in another language, then it could be moved to draft for translation and merge. | If someone pasted fr:Éditions Lucien Souny here and left it for to someone else to translate and fix the errors arising, since it's clearly notable I'd notify the article creator and move it to draft (and maybe get to work translating it). Technically though, it could be nominated for deletion A2. But if someone posted a new article in Zulu with a reliable source about a newly elected member of the Parliament of South Africa, I'd tag it for translation. | ![]() |
3 | A3 | Empty, or near-as-dammit empty, by the rules at WP:A3. These could in theory be moved to draft, but if it's empty, then there's little point. An article with an infobox isn't empty, but these can be draftified. | Article title: Samsung Galaxy S24. Article content: Category:Samsung mobile phones. | ![]() |
5 | A5 | If an article has been copied to another, more appropriate wiki such as Wiktionary or Wikisource, or if the outcome of an AFD discussion is to transwiki, then we delete the original from Wikipedia. | I'm having some difficulty finding an example, as the logs and categories for this all seem to be archives from old procedures. Examples must exist somewhere. | ![]() |
7 | A7 | A new article can have "no credible claim of significance", either if there's no claim to significance, or if the claim is not credible. | Example 1: "Joe Bloggs is an actor." Example 2: "Joe Bloggs is an actor, winner of hundreds of Academy Awards, and currently the highest paid actor in Hollywood." | ![]() |
9 | A9 | This is similar to A7, but is just for musical recordings, where there's no article for the composer or performer, and no credible indication of why the record might be notable. | " "Nobody really gets how special I am" is the debut single of The Underappreciated, an indie rock band from Angst, Iowa, formed in October 2022." | ![]() |
10 | A10 | Recently created duplicate: we don't have multiple articles on the same topic. We can redirect new articles to the original, optionally merging any new, useful, well sourced content, or we can nominate for deletion A10, if it's not a plausible redirect. | If a new article titled Robert Zimmerman (musician) was created, substantially duplicating Bob Dylan, we would have the choice of redirecting (or merging) the new one to the old, or deleting A10. There's a minor risk that the redirect might be hijacked to be about some other, non-notable musician with this name, but there are ways of dealing with that. Since Dylan is already included on Robert Zimmerman, I'd probably lean toward deletion in this case, but it's not that big a deal. | ![]() |
11 | A11 | Obviously WP:MADEUP stuff. Not hoaxes, but good faith creations that stand no chance whatsoever of ever being about a notable subject. | Punch The Face is a game of endurance for two players, invented on October 24, 2022 by high school students Noah Hoper and Nada Chance. The rules of the game are as follows: the two players ride
unicycles in a circle in an open space. Every five minutes, one player takes a turn at making a single punch to the face of their opponent. The players alternate until one player is rendered unconscious or withdraws from the game. Hoper and Chance plan to create a global league for the game in 2023.
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12 | R2 | Wikipedia allows links from articles in main space to Category:, Template:, Wikipedia:, Help: and Portal:, but not to other namespaces, especially Draft:. If there's no useful way to replace the cross-namespace link, for example a plausible link to another main space article, then it should be deleted R2. A repaired link to a draftified article would also fall under this category. | #REDIRECT Draft:Cartoon Network Russia is a draft and should not be linked to from a main space article. A new redirect from Cartoon Network (Russia) to that draft would need to be either deleted R2, or redirected to Cartoon Network (Russian & Southeastern European TV channel) | ![]() |
13 | R3 | Implausible (or joke) redirects are not allowed on Wikipedia. If a more suitable target can't be found, then the new redirect should be deleted R3. | Worst president ever redirects to Historical rankings of heads of government, and not to Warren G. Harding (or your own preferred worst US president). Warrunnn Gee Harrding would be better off deleted, as it's an implausible typo. | ![]() |
For scenarios 1-3, 9, 11-13, and 15-19 all names are made-up and should not be looked up outside of the training environment; the rest may be searched. These can be broken up into multiple practice sets so as to not overwhelm the trainee.
A user with the username "BobSucks" creates an article called "John Smith" that contains solely the following text:
John Smith is the worst elementary school teacher on the planet.
A user with the username "GoodTimesLLC" creates a user page with the following text
'''Good Times LLC''' is an organization dedicated to helping your children get the highest quality education at an affordable price. Visit our website at goodtimes.info and contact us at 123-456-7890.
A user creates an article titled "Edward Gordon" with the following text:
'''Edward Gordon''' (born July 1998) is an aspiring American actor and songwriter. So far, he has starred in many school plays and has published two albums on SoundCloud. He has over 500 subscribers on YouTube.
A user creates an article titled "Bazz Ward" with the following content:
Bazz Ward was a Hall of Fame roadie and I wish he was as well known as Lemmy. Cheers Bazz.
A user creates an article Marks v. Shoup with the following content:
Under the law of Oregon which was in force in Alaska when the seizure and levy of the plaintiff's goods were made by the defendant as marshal of Alaska under a writ of attachment, that officer could not, by virtue of his writ, lawfully take the property from the possession of a third person, in whose possession he found it.
A user creates an article, but you can't understand any of it because it's in a foreign language.
A user creates an article, but shortly after creating it, the same user blanks the article by removing all of its content.
A user creates an article which is an identical copy of another article on Wikipedia.
A user with the name "WikiRockers" creates the following article
Phabricators are Fabulous is the debut single of an exciting new group called the WikiRockers.
A user creates an article and 5 minutes after it was created the article only has a single category with no other text.
A user creates an article Larry Footy with the following wikisource (in other words it properly displays in the article):
{{Infobox football biography |name = Larry Footy |birth_place = [[Leeds, England]] |currentclub = [[Oxford City]]}}
A user with the name Gamerfan123 creates the following article:
GamerCon is an annual event held in the garage of Shelly Sony. Last year 10 people attended - a record. This year's event will be held October 19-21.
A user creates the article HomeTown Pizza with the following content:
HomeTown Pizza is a local pizza maker. It has been open since 2004. Its most popular topping, according to the local paper, is pepperoni.[1] References 1.^ localalnewspaper.com/hometownpizza/profile.html
A user Someguy54321 makes the following article and 3 days later gets community banned for repeatedly operating a bot without approval.
Mary Beth Walz is a state senator in the New Hampshire House of representatives.
User:PhilHDoct creates the following article at Solar Panel 2.0:
Phil Doct has created a new solar panel which will increase energy output from existing solar panels by 30%. He was granted a patent on this invention on May 15.
A user converts a redirect Tayo into an article with the following wikisource. In your answer, also evaluate if anything would be different if a user made this as a new article, rather than from a redirect.
[[Tayo the Little Bus|<span style="color: #0088ff;">You: Kill Tayo!!!!!!!!!!! </span><span style="color: #33ff0a;">Rogi: Nooooo You!!!!!!! </span><span style="color: #00a2ff;">Tayo:Help!!!!! Blood, this is my sad</span><span style="color: #ff2600;"> Gani: Call Emergency!!!!! <span style="color: #0088ff;">You: Kill Gani!!!!!!</span><span style="color: #eeff00;"> Lani:321! Bomb you!!!</span>]]
A user named John from Acme Inc creates the following article. Assume that there is secondary sourcing present for all statements.
Acme Inc is a Mumbai based widget company with 1200 employees and 10 million (US) in revenues. They were founded in 2015 by Wiley C Oyote. Their first product was a one inch widget. Acme have won several awards for quality.
A user named John from Acme Inc creates the following article. Assume that there is sourcing to the company's website present for all statements.
Acme Inc is the premier award-winning Indian widget company. Located in beautiful Mumbai, the company has 1200 hard-working dedicated employees who have powered the company to over 10 million (US) in revenues. In a flash of inspiration brilliant inventor Wiley C Oyote started the company in 2015. Their first product revolutionized widgets and amazingly each new product has been even more impressive. Acme has shown themselves to be the best in the business and only has the greatest things ahead of them. "If you want widgets, you want Acme," Chief Marketing officer John Roadrunner said.
A user named John from Acme Inc creates the following article.
Acme Inc is an award-winning[1][2] Indian widget company. The company has 1200 hard-working dedicated employees[3] who have powered the company to over 10 million (US) in revenues.[2] We were founded in 2015 by Wiley C Oyote.[3] Our first product was a one inch widget.[4] Acme has become an important widget manufacturer.[3] "If you want widgets, you want Acme," Chief Marketing officer John Roadrunner said.[4] ==References== 1.^ Indian company customer reviews. http://www.indiancustomers.com/Acme 2.^ Reporter, A. "Acme Wins Award". Mumbai Newspaper. October 20, 2018. 3.^ "Why Acme" acmewidgets.com 4.^ "Acme brings Widget to Market" www.pressreleases.com
An editor creates a redirect titled "Sittin Chapel" pointing at Sistine Chapel
An editor creates a redirect titled "Bornio" pointing at Borneo
An editor creates a redirect titled "St Augustine," pointing at St. Augustine
An editor creates a redirect titled "New Joyzee" pointing at New Jersey
An editor creates a redirect titled "Caltary" tagged with {{R from misspelling}} pointing at Calvary
Answer i: Fifth Season (company)
Answer ii: Draft:MarCom Pvt Ltd
Answer iii: Draft:Asimblogspot
Answer iv: Draft:Md. Ekramul Kabir
Answer v: Draft:Blue Horizon Maldives
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A page should be nominated for speedy deletion only if there is no copyright-free content that can be salvaged, including in its revision history. It's better to roll back to a previous version if possible, and use WP:REVDEL to remove the copyrighted revisions.
If only part of an article is copyrighted, then that part can be deleted and the rest of the article left intact. In fact, we could rewrite a completely copyrighted article as a short stub, and WP:REVDEL the previous version. But I think in practice copyrighted articles tend to get blown up and rewritten.
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On Wikipedia, this can be verbatim copies of copyrighted text, copies of copyrighted images. Very close paraphrase can also be considered as infringement. The definition of what constitutes copyrighted content can be complex, and varies with the laws of various countries and jurisdictions. When we find that something is copied from another source online, and it's not obviously a Wikipedia mirror or content published under a Commons-compatible (or GFDL) license, we should assume that the content is copyrighted, even if it doesn't say (c) or "copyright" on the page. Owners of content can donate it to Wikipedia, as described in WP:DCM
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Answer i: Draft:Das Ganu Maharaj-Shirdi
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Draft:Dr Pushpa Dixit
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Draft:Muyideen Alade Aromire
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Draft:Amazon App CS11 Error?
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Answer i: Sourav Saha, A7
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Mustafavi Students Movement, G7
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Mustafavi Students Movement, Pakistan, G8
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If a new article is not yet in a fit state for main space, then an alternative to deletion is moving it to Draft space, where it can be improved without risk of deletion. For example, a new article on newly elected official to a notable position, and an article was thrown up hurriedly without any references for a BLP. If the references can be found easily in English language sources with an online search, then the article can simply be improved in situ. But maybe the official is in a country without rapidly updated online news media, or where there's heavy government censorship. Decent references in that situation could take time, so rather than BLP prod it, it could be moved to draft, and editors with the required language skills could improve it, or maybe online translation can be used to find the required sources. Sometimes "draftify" is an outcome of an Articles for deletion discussion.
Moving an article to draft leaves the problem of the link from main space. Wikipedia allows links from articles in main space to Category:, Template:, Wikipedia:, Help: and Portal:, but not to other namespaces, especially Draft:. If there's no useful way to replace the cross-namespace link, for example a plausible link to another main space article, then it should be deleted R2. A repaired link to a draftified article would also fall under this category. If there are useful inbound links to the main space article, then a redirect tagged "with possibilities" will show that the draft exists for interested editors.
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Žijeme len raz (please see my draftify log, as I used User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js rather than Twinkle)
Answer iv CSD R2:
Barton's Candy Corporation, again, moved and tagged by script.
Answer v any criteria:
Luigi Forino CSD G11 and G12
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In assignment 4, we looked at articles which meet WP:Criteria for speedy deletion (CSD) and which can be deleted promptly after nomination. In Assignment 5, we discuss the what actions should be taken for those articles do not fit under the CSD criteria but do not meet relevant criteria for content of the encyclopedia.
Please read WP:PROD, WP:BLPPROD, WP:MERGE, WP:DRAFTIFY, WP:NPPDRAFT and WP:REDIR, WP:AFD and answer the following questions. (Provide links and hisdiff as needed.)
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During a nomination, we have to give a coherent rationale for deletion in the PROD tag, and notify the article creator at their user talk page. Marking a PROD as a minor edit is not nice. Adding an old-prod tag to the article talk page is helpful.
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