User talk:HCR24

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Happy editing! Cheers, Skynxnex (talk) 19:02, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Wikipedia articles needing cleanup after translation from German[edit]

Hi, I see you're German-English bilingual. If you're looking for any particular backlogs to help with, WP:PNT always, always needs help. I linked the German-specific category above. Feel free to reply here if you have any questions about this kind of work. I'm happy to help. This is one of the things I started out doing when I joined. :) -- asilvering (talk) 20:03, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Friedrich Gerstäcker Prize (February 23)[edit]

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

Make sure you add references that meet these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

The comment the reviewer left was:

This could (should, really) be notable, but the sources are mostly primary, and the few secondary sources talk about individual winners/years rather than about the prize itself. Can you find more secondary sources with significant coverage of the price, in a general sense?

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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DoubleGrazing (talk) 15:50, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, HCR24! 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! DoubleGrazing (talk) 15:50, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi DoubleGrazing - thanks for pointing this out. And thanks for saying this should, really, be notable. Sadly Gerstäcker does get all the heat he deserves, in Germany more so than in the US, and the prize a quite a thing in Germany, but again, in the US, not so much, not too many people have heard of it here. I wanted to help change that, but what you say is perfectly fair and, also, as it turned out, correct. I cannot seem to find any relevant secondary US sources that report on the prize itself (rather than the individual winners), so thanks for pointing that out! HCR24 (talk) 19:54, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 2024[edit]

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your edits to The Sons of Great Bear, please use the preview button before you save your edit; this helps you find any errors you have made and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history, as well as helping prevent edit conflicts. Below the edit box is a Show preview button. Pressing this will show you what the page will look like without actually saving it.

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It is strongly recommended that you use this before saving. If you have any questions, contact the help desk for assistance. Thank you. - Sumanuil. _{(talk to me)} 23:27, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]