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Please don’t bite me, I’m a newbie!

I’m a university student in a Wikipedia Education class, and I’m currently learning how to contribute to Wikipedia.
I am approaching my subject in good faith.

If you have any concerns or questions, my tutor’s name is Ajcwritwiki (talk · contribs). Thanks!

Your submission at Articles for creation: Geoff Allen (businessman) (December 5)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Ibjaja055 was:

This submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. Entries should be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources. Please rewrite your submission in a more encyclopedic format. Please make sure to avoid peacock terms that promote the subject.

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Ibjaja055 (talk) 18:22, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, ShortStat! 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! Ibjaja055 (talk) 18:22, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Geoff Allen (businessman) has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Geoff Allen (businessman). Thanks! Ibjaja055 (talk) 07:13, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks once again lbjaja. I have made these requested changes below.

Lead section: 1. senior advisor to Commonwealth Treasurer and Leader of the Opposition Billy Snedden in the early 1970's: Reframed for clarity

2. Included the Order of Australia in the lead. E.g:

Australian businessman and a recipient of the Order of Australia

3. Removed the external link of Australian Statistics Advisory Council , and Yarra Park Primary School

Regarding point 4.

"Most of the sources are subscription based. Can you replace them with reliable news media for verifiability?"

The 'AFR' (Australian Financial Review) is considered a reliable news source but I'm guessing the paywall feature doesn't help when assessing verifiability? As it stands, are the number of sources that are 'unpaywalled' (such as Trove, the Australian Government news media archive, Australian Treasury, CEDA media releases) enough for it to be considered submission worthy? Some of what I've found is pre digitisation, I'm not confident there's too many more sources available, if not I shall do another look on the internet and see what else I can find.

Finally, I have checked the plagiarism using Earwig's Copyvio Detector as you suggested and the article has received a score of 22.5% 'Violation unlikely'. I'm assuming this is acceptable?

Thanks once again for your help.

Best regards,

--ShortStat (talk) 08:19, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Geoff Allen (businessman) has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Geoff Allen (businessman). Thanks! Ibjaja055 (talk) 07:27, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Geoff Allen (businessman) has been accepted

Geoff Allen (businessman), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Ibjaja055 (talk) 09:40, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]