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Your submission at Articles for creation: James Theiler (April 1)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by BD2412 was:

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

in-depth (not just passing mentions about the subject)
reliable
secondary
independent of the subject

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BD2412 T 20:03, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Azbuffalo88! 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! BD2412 T 20:03, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

COI

You have an obvious conflict of interest, please don't write about yourself, your friends or relatives and read the guidance below:

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.

Publications written by the person should be listed as such, in a separate section if preferred, with no references for the items. They should not be used as references either, since by definition they are not independent third-party sources as required here.
You must write in a non-promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic, with verifiable facts, not opinions or reviews.
There shouldn't be any url links in the article, only in the "References" or "External links" sections.
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None of your references was an independent third-party source, bolding Theiler window is ungrammatical and spammy, and your doi links are not formatted properly.

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. If you are writing about yourself, or someone you know as a friend, colleague, client, employer or relative, you have a conflict of interest, and you must disclose the nature of that COI. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:05, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You're incorrect - I did not write about myself, a friend, nor a relative. However, I am a former co-worker, and interpreted the COI guidance to refer to active relationships. If that's not the case, I will update the COI disclosure accordingly. The actionable part of this feedback is what I was looking for, and I will make these updates. Azbuffalo88 (talk) 14:13, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would say it is still a COI. Whether there was (or still is) goodwill, or negative emotions related to a former co-worker, it could subconsciously result in what is included or excluded from the article. If the relationship was neutral, we would expect a NPOV though. Regardless, IMO if you interacted with a co-worker regularly in the past, it would be a COI. In any case, I have asked this question - WT:Conflict of interest#Former co-worker. Jay 💬 08:11, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]