User talk:Xavier Serif

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Hello. Regarding this recent edit of yours [1], I noticed you attempted to add items directly to a category page.

In Wikipedia, we do not add articles to a category by editing the category page, we add them by editing the individual articles' pages and linking the category from there. Please see Wikipedia:FAQ/Categorization#How do I add an article to a category? For newer editors, it's understandably a counter-intuitive system.

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For further detailed information, see Help:Category and Wikipedia:Categorization. Let me know if you need any assistance or have any questions. Cheers! --DB1729 (talk) 15:22, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (July 22)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Theroadislong was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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Theroadislong (talk) 18:01, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Xavier Serif! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Theroadislong (talk) 18:01, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

I am perplexed. Perhaps you can assist. Nelly Sfeir Gonzalez was founder and editor of the Bolivian Studies Journal, a peer reviewed academic journal. She was elected president of SALALM, a librarian association with international membership. She wrote 5 books, two of which won national awards. Why exactly did you reject her so quickly? Go to Amazon and input her name. Open the Bolivian Studies Journal and see her listed as an Editor Emeritus. Go to Past winners of Jose Toribio Medina Award on the SALALM website and see her name listed. In any case, please assist in editing the page. You seem to be over eager to close the door. You value highly your power to deny access. But in this case your zeal is mis placed. Please go back and re read the page more carefully. There are book reviews cited, etc. I am curious about your own professional background. Might you have your own Wikipedia page? Sincerely, Xavier Serif (talk) 19:10, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

Gonzalez may well be notable but your draft was very poorly sourced and was also a copyright infringement so has been deleted. My own professional background is completely irrelevant. Theroadislong (talk) 19:53, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

If poorly sourced, who can assist with sourcing? What exactly is basis for copyright infringement? This appears to be a new claim made after first draft rejected. Put aside your hurt pride and assist in advancing human knowledge. Please specify what you think is copyright infringement to give opportunity for correction. Your professional background is relevant when evaluating the merits of an academic librarian’s career accomplishments…

Xavier Serif (talk) 21:02, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

I declined your draft because of poor sourcing, I am not an admin so cannot see the content of your draft now, User:Jimfbleak deleted your draft Draft:Nelly Esther Sfeir de Gonzalez for copyright infringement of https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/19245649/Nelly-Sfeir-Gonzalez you will need to contact them for details. Once again my professional background is NOT relevant when evaluating the merits of an academic librarian’s career. Theroadislong (talk) 21:11, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

Theroadislong, Thanks for ping, I'll reply below Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:05, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Nelly Esther Sfeir de Gonzalez

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Nelly Esther Sfeir de Gonzalez requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/19245649/Nelly-Sfeir-Gonzalez. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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==Reply

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• When you write about a person, you must provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that they meet the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the person or an associated organisation, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the person claims or interviewing them. Note that references should be in-line so we can tell what fact each is supporting, and should not be bare urls.

It's hard to make sense of your supposed refs, none are formatted correctly, most don't have links or have links that don't go anywhere useful, many are inappropriate, including blogs and an on-line encyclopaedia, many are repeated. A obituary in a local newspaper is also unlikely to be a good source.

• It's unclear whether she meets notablity guidelines, you list honours, but they are unsourced and nothing to suggest the awards are notable themselve

• You must write in a non-promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic, with verifiable facts, not opinions or reviews.

• The whole text has a gossip column style, eg Growing up, Nelly preferred to play “cops and robbers,” shoot marbles, jump rope and spin the top with her older brother Pepe rather than play “tea time” with dolls with her younger sister Yola, which Nelly did nevertheless to please her.. How does that make "Nelly" notable? Then there's outright spamming like the groundbreaking peer-reviewed Bolivian Studies Journal beginning in 2002. This journal has established itself as the premier international academic journal in its subject matter.

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Your text was also badly underlinked, and you should use standard English capitalisation. The primary reason for deletion was that it was largely copied from a page marked © 2017-2022 Tribute Archive. All rights reserved. Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read Your first article. You must also reply to the COI request above. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:34, 23 July 2022 (UTC)