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Joseph Ribas (French author) ↗ moved to draftspace



An article you recently created, Joseph Ribas (French author) ↗, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable ↗, independent sources ↗. <small>(? ↗)</small> Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability ↗ is of central importance ↗ on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace ↗ (with a prefix of "<code>Draft:</code>" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline ↗ and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. <span style="color:#E52B50;font-size:11px">CUPIDICAE💕</span> 14:19, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
:As I said previously in reply to the above, thank you for moving my article "Joseph Ribas (French author)" into draft space. I realised subsequently that I should have put it there in the first place.
:You say that the article "needs more citations from reliable, independent sources."
:In fact, all the material in the article is based upon information in the two sources cited in the article. I would suggest that both sources qualify as reliable and independent.
:One is a highly respected French publication which is managed by the "Association des amis du musée pyrénéen de Lourdes". The other is the website of an association which was established jointly in 2018 by the French government and the Occitanie Region. The association is also listed on a Wikipédia page concerning the Fédération interrégionale pour le livre et la lecture.
:Wikipedia pages concerning Joseph Ribas have already appeared in French ↗ and Catalan ↗, in both cases with rather less information and fewer cited sources than in my draft English page.
:I have now made a number of changes to the draft article, and I have submitted it for review. Alan Mattingly (talk) 12:52, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation ↗: Joseph Ribas (French author) ↗ (July 14)


<div style="border: solid 1px #FCC; background-color: #F8EEBC; padding: 0.5em 1em; color: #000; margin: 1.5em; width: 90%;"> 50px|left ↗Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation ↗ has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time.<nowiki> </nowiki>The reason left by Theroadislong was:

{{divbox|gray|3=This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article ↗—that is, they do not show ''significant'' coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in ''published'', ''reliable'' ↗, ''secondary'' ↗ sources that are ''independent ↗'' of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people ↗). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help ↗ and learn about mistakes to avoid ↗ when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.|}}<!--
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{{divbox|blue|3=probably notable but lacking in independent sources}} 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''.
{{clear}}

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Your submission at Articles for creation ↗: Joseph Ribas ↗ (September 13)


<div style="border: solid 1px #FCC; background-color: #F8EEBC; padding: 0.5em 1em; color: #000; margin: 1.5em; width: 90%;"> 50px|left ↗Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation ↗ has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time.<nowiki> </nowiki>The reason left by Bilorv was:

{{divbox|gray|3=This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article ↗—that is, they do not show ''significant'' coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in ''published'', ''reliable'' ↗, ''secondary'' ↗ sources that are ''independent ↗'' of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people ↗). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help ↗ and learn about mistakes to avoid ↗ when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.|}}<!--
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{{divbox|blue|3=Citing, for example, ''Robinson Crusoe'' in a fact about Ribas's study of the book, is not useful as it doesn't verify ↗ any of the relevant facts, or contribute to notability. If there are any useful sources for notability (which means not just relevant but in-depth, reliable and independent), I cannot see them. See WP:THREE ↗.}} 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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Concern regarding Draft:Joseph Ribas ↗


25px|alt=Information icon ↗ Hello, Alan Mattingly. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Joseph Ribas ↗, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted ↗, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it ↗ again&#32;or request ↗ that it be moved to your userspace.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 16:01, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Joseph Ribas ↗


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Bytham River ↗



I made a couple of minor edits, marked as major. In the United States, "supposed" has a very negative connotation in contemporary American English, thus violating WP:NPOV ↗, and in American law, means less than preponderance of evidence ↗. I hope you don't mind that I used a neutral term instead. I didn't change the couple of wordings like "said" because that's more neutral. Bearian (talk) 14:52, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

:Thanks - that's fine. In fact, your amendment has prompted me to remove another arguably tendentious piece of text in the article.
:However, as far as I know, the balance of scientific evidence still suggests that the Bytham river is a myth. Alan Mattingly (talk) 17:21, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

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