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Looking for clarification on your review & decline of Analytic Theology submission by jmg5041

Hi Shadowowl. First, thank you for reviewing the entry for Analytic Theology and for the service you provide to the Wikipedia community. Seriously; thanks. Second, I see the reasons given for the rejection but I could really use a few specifics because I can't tell which features of the article correspond to the problems listed in the response. It says ---->

"This submission reads more like an essay than an encyclopedia article. Submissions should summarise information in secondary, reliable sources and not contain opinions or original research. Please write about the topic from a neutral point of view in an encyclopedic manner."

Ok, so the article has 28 references from almost exclusively academic journals and books so I'm guessing citations are not the issue?? Is there a section that seems overly opinionated? I'm not trying to quibble; I genuinely need input here. Is it the diagrams? Is it that I discuss opinions on what AT is? If an article did not list out opinions on what AT is, and instead just listed one view then _that_ would certainly be a biased article. I try to list out three views. For example an article on Quantum Mechanics would certainly discuss the various "opinions" of physicists as to which model of interpretation is best (e.g. Heisenberg, Bohm, etc..). Likewise an article on Analytic Theology would list out some opinions of what AT is... because....currently in the academic literature that .. just is... part of the going discussion (i.e. "What is Analytic Theology - merely a method of doing theology in a philosophical style OR an attempt by theologians with philosophical training to defend orthodox Christianity). If an article says AT is just one or the other, it is not objectively reporting the state of scholarship on AT.

Regarding writing the article less like an essay, I attempted to write it based around un-connected thematic sections (rather than) like an essay with a thesis, sections defending the thesis, smooth transitions and a conclusion. I organized it around definition, history, geography, example literature, criticisms. What do I need to be more encyclopedia like? So again, I can't tell what is essay-like about the article that needs eliminating. Your help is requested in seeing more specifically what needs to be changed. Again, thanks. . Jesse (jmg5041)

User:jmg5041 (talk) Draft:Analytic_Theology —Preceding undated comment added 05:10, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ger Harmsen (May 30)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Smmurphy 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 when they have been resolved.

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Smmurphy^(Talk) 15:21, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

@Smmurphy: I moved it back to userspace and will work on it there. -- » Shadowowl | talk 16:29, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Great. Like I said, it's a good subject for an article, but at that length is a bit too much work to ask others to clean up the prose. If you have any specific questions, ping me and I'll be happy to take a look. Smmurphy^(Talk) 16:41, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Looking for more guidance on Submission: Give It Back to You

Hi Shadowowl,

I'm trying to get some more insight on why it's not appropriate to have an album page for a band. Re: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Give_It_Back_to_You

Both you and Legacypac wrote: Thank you for your submission, but the subject of this article already exists in Wikipedia. You can find it and improve it at Give It Back to You instead. (this redirects back to the band's (The Record Company's) main page,

Plenty of legit bands have album pages separate from their main band page. Many legitimate citations were provided for this album page. Could you give any further insight as to why this album page isn't making the cut?

Writer1977 (talk) 01:25, 31 May 2018 (UTC) Writer1977§

Anticaucasus mountain system

Dear Sir (Madam). Thank you very much for defending my article. Please , can you defend my work on maps of that region, from user "RoySmith". He is clearly personally against my work. And he is making false statement about me. I never claimed making space satellite photos myself, this is ridiculous of what he is trying to accuse me!!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Armenian_highland_and_Caucasus_mountains_12_12284.jpeg This is like personal attacks on me from RoySmith. This kind of satellite photos all over Wikipedia geographical articles.

Thank you for your time.Эльбрус Казбекович (talk) 09:53, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

He wants to delete my maps just because they are bothering him and he just wants to do that. I change appearance of the satellite images before turning them into maps with descriptions. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Armenian_highland_and_Caucasus_mountains_12_122846.jpg.Эльбрус Казбекович (talk) 10:02, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

@Эльбрус Казбекович:, Please tell me where you got the original satellite image. (is it Google Maps or something else?). Then there will be more chance the map is kept. -- » Shadowowl | talk 11:32, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

I will provide originals shortly and you will see how they different from main. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Эльбрус Казбекович (talk • contribs) 11:41, 31 May 2018 (UTC) @Эльбрус Казбекович: Thanks for doing that! -- » Shadowowl | talk 11:45, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/309692911845788766/ Here one of the links to this image from NASA satellite. But it is many of them on different websites.Эльбрус Казбекович (talk) 11:57, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

You can see how the original appears very much different then my maps.Here another link to this image http://www.crdp-strasbourg.fr/main2/albums/russie_espace/index.php?img=4&parent=71 Эльбрус Казбекович (talk) 12:02, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

@Казбекович: you seem to be taking this personally. My only concern here is that we comply with copyright policy, and that requires correct attribution. If the base photo is indeed public domain, that's great, but you need to provide the correct documentation for that. See, for example, how somebody else did it correctly. NASA is credited as being the author, and a URL (which, sadly, appears to be broken) is provided pointing to where the original was found. Note that in the link you provide above, the license statement says,

This iconographic material is Public Domain ( Public Domain ) under US law and may be used without restriction. You must nevertheless mention its author.

So, it's fine to use it, but you still need to provide the proper attribution for the base image. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:48, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Of course I taking that personally. It is obvious, you sir here to only attack my work. I guess it is your job now. It was perfectly clear I did not claim NASA's satellite photo is main, but you stated like I did. I explained already to public what it is all about. First of all ,the appearance of the image was changed from it's natural,original view to artistic more colorful look, even before labels of description was pouted on it. So, it is already not the same image, which was taken by NASA.Эльбрус Казбекович (talk) 16:29, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

You are lying about my work again sir. The image you provide for example is not like main. It is just plain satellite photo of the Earth's region without any changes of appearance and without any descriptions on it. The image I downloaded is turned into original looking map with explanations on it.Эльбрус Казбекович (talk) 16:47, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Khethukuthula Mbonambi

Hi Sir. I certainly do need your guidance to help me understand the criteria that determines notability and reliability of sources. Are Huffington Post South Africa and Huffington Post Arabi not considered reliable sources? Are ENCA ( www.ENCA.com) and Media24's News24 not reliable sources? If not, Howa are they not?

Please make me understand. There are other non notable/reliable sources and one broken link from the now defunct Who's Who Southern Africa which had profiles of all notable

Southern African personalities. Professor Sbonelo Mhlongo 12:08, 31 May 2018 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mightyprof7 (talk • contribs)  

~~ Professor Sbonelo Mhlongo 12:12, 31 May 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mightyprof7 (talk • contribs)

I never said that those sources were unreliable, only Twitter is unreliable. -- » Shadowowl | talk 15:01, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Help me understand the grounds at which this article has been declined. Professor Sbonelo Mhlongo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mightyprof7 (talk • contribs) 13:59, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

It has been declined due to unreliable twitter sources. -- » Shadowowl | talk 15:47, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Please help

Hi Shadowowl. Can you maybe nelp. I am under attack from people who want to bury the truthful geography of that region.Эльбрус Казбекович (talk) 18:41, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Abeotaxane has been accepted

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Espresso Addict (talk) 21:57, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Manasseh Leach has been accepted

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Bkissin (talk) 00:55, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Razer Edge (June 3)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Bradv 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 when they have been resolved.

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Bradv 14:08, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: German Africa Prize has been accepted

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Calliopejen1 (talk) 01:34, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Emily Hester Brodrick (June 4)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Calliopejen1 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 when they have been resolved.

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Calliopejen1 (talk) 01:37, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Need help editing my article

Hi! Thank you for reviewing the article on alexandr kachkin. The source material was not created by the subject its all from gallery pamphlets, gallery websites online, and from some articles written about the artist. As there is very limited source material about the artist i was limited to using these. Any recommendations you can make on how to improve the article with these limited sources available? Thank you so much for your time! Im super new to wikipedia and can use all the help I can get.

Article Review

Hello. Thank you for reviewing the draft I submitted. Unfortunately I did not understand the comment you left on my article. Can you be more specific? What source is not by the author?

Thanks! AvalerionV 13:41, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

@AvalerionV: Source 6 is the only independent one, all others are unreliable self-published sources. You need to prove the notability by adding sources that write about the product, not by people that made the product. -- » Shadowowl | talk 14:01, 4 June 2018 (UTC)