WikiQueer:WikiProject Articles for creation/Reviewing instructions

The Articles for creation process allows unregistered users to create new articles. Since unregistered users are not able to create new pages, registered users such as yourself are needed to make this project work. Submissions may be any of the following (although the last three are quite rare): This page outlines a series of criteria which can be used as a guideline when reviewing submissions to decide whether they should be accepted or declined.
 * articles;
 * redirects;
 * disambiguation pages;
 * templates;
 * categories;
 * pages in project namespace - for example, to utilise the AfD process, it is necessary to create a page.

'''WikiQueer:Articles for creation contains an abbreviated set of instructions for reviewing submissions. The abbreviated instructions describe the technical process of accepting or declining a submission. These full instructions also describe when a submission should be accepted or declined.'''

Reviewing articles
Article submissions may be found in Category:Pending AfC submissions. To decline a submission, add a D parameter to the template, so that it looks something like:. Please do not remove or edit the ts, u, or ns parameters; these are needed for organization even after a submission has been declined. Reason should be replaced with one of the shortcuts described below (the resulting text of each shortcut is listed at Template:AFC submission/comments). You may also include a custom reason, using.

If you decline an article please alert the author by using the template on their user talk page.

Quick fail criteria
Before reading the submission, check whether it meets any of the criteria below. If so it can be declined immediately.
 * 1) Blank submission: If the entry is blank, you can tell the user to try Requested Articles instead with.
 * 2) Submission not in English: If an article submitted is not in English, it does not need to be translated; just tag it with.
 * 3) Copyright violation: Check that the submission has not been copied from another source. One way to do this is by searching for a portion of the text of the article on Google or another search engine. You could also check the sources provided to make sure it has not been copied from there. If the article has been copied, remove any copyrighted text and tag the article with . You may also want to place at the bottom of the page if enough content has been removed.
 * 4) No reliable sources: In order to be accepted, all articles must include at least one third-party reliable source. If no sources are listed, the only sources listed are unreliable (such as MySpace or YouTube), or the only sources are not published by a third party (such as the subject's website or any Wikimedia site), the article cannot be accepted. Tag the article with.
 * 5) Already exists: In older archives particularly, some articles have already been created by the time they get reviewed. Do a quick search for the title of the suggested article, as well as any alternate names that come to mind. If you find an article on WikiQueer on the same subject, tag the suggested article with (or  if the existing article is titled differently than the submission). Consider making a redirect if the contributed name is useful.

Suitability
Now you should actually read the submission and decide whether it is suitable for WikiQueer. To be suitable, the article must be about a notable subject and be written in a concise style from a neutral point of view.

The most common reasons that a submission is not suitable are provided below, along with the appropriate templates.

If an article is clearly an attack, immediately remove any libelous content and tag the article with. Consider also warning the user on their talkpage. If the submission was obviously made in bad faith, it may be tagged for speedy deletion.

Notability
Many submissions do not meet notability guidelines, that is, the article does not show that the subject "has received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject." Depending on the subject, the article may be held to a slightly different standard than your average article. The following table shows the available guidelines and templates for various subjects. A full list of decline reasons can be found at Template:AFC submission/comments.

Placing an article "under review"
If you are in the process of accepting or declining a submission, but wish to take time before moving the article or placing a decline banner, you may tag the article with the "reviewing" banner using. This banner alerts other reviewers to your intention to close the submission, which reduces the occurance of edit conflicts.

Accepting an article
If, at this point, you have not found any reason to decline creation of the article, it should be accepted.

To accept an article: Note: If for some reason, it is necessary to copy-paste the submission rather than moving it, credit the IP address or username of the author in the edit summary and redirect the submission to the title of the new page.
 * 1) Create the article by moving it into mainspace and removing the AFC submission tag, as well as any AFC related comments or content from earlier, declined submissions.
 * 2) * Consider adding the new article to categories, and tagging it with appropriate cleanup templates.
 * 3) * If the article is a stub, add the stub template, or preferably the appropriate category-specific stub template.
 * 4) * Add WPAFC to the talk page of the new article to flag it as part of the AFC WikiProject. (To quickly add WPAFC, click the Preload talk link on the bottom row of the pending banner before removing it from the submission.) Also add any other Wikiproject banners that would apply to the article.
 * 5) *If you feel able, please try to assess the quality class of the article and include this in the template WPAFC. The criteria can be found at WikiProject Articles for creation/Grading scheme.
 * 6) Add  to the talk page user who submitted the article, to inform them that their submission was successful
 * 7) *If you have given the article a quality rating, you might like to inform the author of the rating to encourage them to improve the article further. To do this use: Article Name
 * 8) Consider adding a link to the article in the recent contributions list, adding the new article at the top and removing the bottom entry.
 * 9) If the submission is reasonably well-sourced and has a minimum of 1,500 characters of prose, consider nominating the article to appear on the main page as part of Did you know? (see instructions).

Reviewing a redirect request
Some suggestions at AfC are for new redirects to be created. These are much easier to review, but still require a quick check to make sure they are needed.


 * Does the redirect exist? Do a quick search for the title of the suggested redirect and make sure it doesn't bring you to an article. If it does, tag the suggestion with and follow the declining directions below.
 * Did the submitter specify a target? If he did not, tag the suggestion with and follow the declining directions below.
 * Is there an obvious reason for the redirect? In most cases, a suggested redirect will be a misspelling or common alternate name of the main article. In some cases, however, the relation is a little more obscure. In this case, the user needs to provide an adequate explanation for the redirect. In the event of a very unclear link, sources may be needed to back up the user's statements. For example, one accepted redirect was from Harry Lauder's Walking Stick to Common Hazel - the user provided a link to a gardening site that used the nickname with the scientific name of Common Hazel. If no reasoning is provided and no sources are given, tag the entry with and close it.
 * If you feel the redirect should be declined for some other reason: Use . See WikiQueer:Redirect for more guidelines on when redirects should exist. Follow the declining directions below.

If the suggested redirect passes these tests, then it can be created.

Accepting a redirect request

 * Close the submission:
 * Add the template directly under the section header.
 * Substitute the template at the bottom of the section (see that template's documentation for other response options.) Add your own signature afterward with four tildes (~).
 * Add the template at the very bottom of the section, below your reply. Failure to include this template will cause all text on the rest of the page to disappear!
 * Preview the page, then save your changes if everything is correct.
 * Create the redirect:
 * Add the text: #REDIRECT TARGET to the desired title of the redirect.
 * Add any applicable redirect templates
 * Open the article's (or redirect's) talk page.
 * Add the WikiProject Articles for Creation project banner by typing   at the top of the page.
 * Add any other applicable WikiProject banners.

Declining a redirect request

 * Make sure to include your decline reason below the submission.
 * Add the template directly under the section header.
 * Substitute the template at the bottom of the section along with the reason (see that template's documentation for the available options). Add your own signature afterward with four tildes (~).
 * Add the template at the very bottom of the section, below your reply. Failure to include this template will cause all text on the rest of the page to disappear!
 * Leave an edit summary giving a brief reason why the redirect was not accepted.
 * Preview the page, then save your changes if everything is correct.

Categories
Categories are submitted to WikiQueer:Articles for creation/Redirects, due to technical issues preventing the moving of pages to categories. The technical process to accept and decline is the same as for redirects. The template {{subst:afc category}} can be used for giving common reasons for accepting or declining. For guidance on when a category should be created, see WikiQueer:Categorization.

Other types of submissions
Articles for creation can also be used to submit templates, disambiguation pages and articles for deletion discussions. In these cases, there are no notability issues. You just need to decide whether the page is useful and appropriate to WikiQueer. For these submissions, it will be most likely be necessary to include a custom decline reason, if that should be the case. Refer to official guidelines for guidance on when to create such pages (WikiQueer:Disambiguation or WikiQueer:Template namespace). Articles for deletion discussions may be created on behalf of anonymous users, who cannot start them. Aside from general reasons for declining a submission (empty, gibberish, blatant BLP violations, etc.), AFD submissions should generally be accepted. (See WikiQueer:Deletion policy and instructions for opening an AFD for more information).

If unsure about a submission
If you're not sure whether a particular submission should be created, leave a message for other reviewers by adding the code to the submission. This will let the user who sent in the request know that someone has at least looked at their entry.

The following users are currently active in the WikiProject and have agreed to help out new participants: