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Liz@midwest.social 7 months agoWikipedia can be weird sometimes. I’m trying to get an article approved and every time I re-submit it gets denied for different reasons.
Comment on Checks out to me.
Liz@midwest.social 7 months agoWikipedia can be weird sometimes. I’m trying to get an article approved and every time I re-submit it gets denied for different reasons.
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I’ve never had to get a new article approved. I just write it. Is it about something very controversial?
Liz@midwest.social 7 months ago
Uh, what? As far I can tell every new draft needs to be approved before switching to the main page.
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
This is not standard practice. An article that is controversial or one that has been vandalised a lot may put in place such a policy. But the vast majority of articles on (English) Wikipedia can be freely edited.
Liz@midwest.social 7 months ago
I’m not talking about updating an existing article. I’m taking about publishing an entirely new page. I can and do make corrections and additions to existing articles without review. I wrote a completely new article and every time I submit it for review it comes back with a different reason for rejection. However, the most recent one was actually due to a misunderstanding on my part about acceptable sources (turns out I was being more restrictive than I needed to be), so at least it’ll be easy to implement the changes this reviewer wants to see.