User talk:Alice Ananian

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I'm getting ready to contribute a Biography of Living Person article. The person in question has done a lot of work in the management consulting and social entrepreneurship. I wanted to know how to properly site the sources to both in the 'References and External Links' section and throughout the entire article. I read that YouTube links aren't really encouraged. In my case though it would really help to validate some of the claims made in the article.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Alice Ananian (talk) 09:03, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. For how to cite sources, see WP:Referencing for beginners. The trouble with Youtube is that anyone can put anything there. Wikipedia likes WP:Reliable sources which have some kind of editorial control - more detail at WP:Identifying reliable sources.

I suggest that, rather than post an article directly, you click on Help:Userspace draft and fill in the title. That will make a draft page where you can develop the article, with a link to send it, when it is ready, to WP:Articles for creation where an experienced user will review it and either accept it or give you advice on how to improve it.

Check out (if you haven't already) WP:Biographies of living persons and WP:Notability (people). Regards, JohnCD (talk) 10:24, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage about the subject in reliable sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of people and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

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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SwisterTwister talk 07:37, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Onel5969 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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Onel5969 ^{TT me} 14:03, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Alice Ananian, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that 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! Onel5969 TT me 14:03, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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If I have several magazine articles in the form PDFs which are very helpful for establishing notability of a living person, but are not anywhere online, how can I best upload them? Thanks!

Alice Ananian (talk) 17:07, 14 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading those PDFs would likely be a copyright violation. Instead of uploading them, provide enough bibliographical details to allow our readers to look up those magazine articles in a library archive (name of the magazine, exact publication date, title of the article, page number, author, ...). Sources are not required to be available online. Huon (talk) 17:40, 14 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

(e./c) Hi Alice. You would not. Doing so would very likely be a copyright violation unless they are explicitly released under a suitably free copyright license or are in the public domain. We do not require that sources cited in articles be Online. indeed, many of the best sources in the world are not, e.g. in paper books. See WP:SOURCEACCESS, Wikipedia:Offline sources and Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Cost. Note however, that you can only use published sources to verify content – it must be possible for someone to retrieve such sources if they want to, for example, in a library. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 17:49, 14 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading File:2013 Ответственность за будущее.pdf. You don't seem to have said where the image came from, who created it, or what the copyright status is. We require this information to verify that the image is legally usable on Wikipedia, and because most image licenses require giving credit to the image's creator.

To add this information, click on this link, then click the "Edit" tab at the top of the page and add the information to the image's description. If you need help, post your question on Wikipedia:Media copyright questions.

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Thank you for your cooperation. --ImageTaggingBot (talk) 18:06, 14 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Avetik Chalabyan, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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333-blue 00:10, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I saw that you undid my adding the orphan tag at the top of the page. Note that it's a useful maintenance tag that reminds editors to add links to your new article so it will be more visible. See Special:WhatLinksHere/Avetik Chalabyan. Currently, I do not see any links from other articles to your article, which means that it will have far less visibility. On other pages, add links to your article where appropriate, and then should the tag be removed. Just a friendly message. — Andy W. (talk · contrib) 14:23, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I added links to your article from Yerevan and its state university, so I undid the tag. Cheers, and happy editing — Andy W. (talk · contrib) 14:58, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tip Alice Ananian (talk) 22:44, 30 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi All,

I've noticed that the Avetik Chalabyan article is up for deletion. I've reviewed the policies. Will try to go back and edit the texts so they are completely neutral in tone, however, really would appreciate feedback on how to improve the article and avoid deletion.

Thanks!

Hi Alice, the best way is to find references to Chalabyan in other "reliable sources", such as books, news articles, journals, etc., possibly in relation to the Arar Foundation or other things he is involved in. These could be in non-English languages. I did find this article on Horizon Armenian weekly's Canadian website. All the best, Facts707 (talk) 15:23, 8 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tip!

Alice Ananian (talk) 08:15, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]