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I reviewed Draft:California Association of Community Managers and declined it as not providing references to establish corporate notability.. User:Brady Blair then added external links, but not references, and resubmitted it. I declined it again. I admit that I didn’t notice the addition of the external links, and as a result, may have been harsh with a new user who may not know the difference. User:Brady Blair then posted to my talk page:
I added references and want to come back and create this article over the course of a day or so. I am surprised at how fast these are being reviewed and denied despite my efforts to provide information requested. How an association that directly impacts over 8.9 million people is irrelevant is beyond me - and since I included the links I cannot understand how I didn't meet the one requirement that was asked of me. I understand I am an inexperienced user but I would appreciate some guidance aside from a canned message of denial.
My guidance at this point is to add independent reliable sources, such as newspapers or magazines, not associated with the organization. As to how an association that affects 8.9 million people is “irrelevant”, I didn’t say that. The decline template only says that the author hasn’t established notability in the specialized Wikipedia sense, because it is up to the submitter to establish notability. Maybe other experienced editors can give some additional requested guidance, such as to explain the difference between external links and references. As to waiting a day or two to improve the article, that is fine. As to how fast the draft was re-reviewed, the review process often adds the draft to a reviewer’s watchlist. Tendentious resubmission of drafts is common. In this case, it was not a tendentious resubmission, because the author in good faith probably did not understand the difference between references and external links.
The best place for an inexperienced user to ask for guidance is here at the Teahouse. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:12, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
Ramthecowy
I'm Ram, obviously. I just like hanging around smart people but can't claim to be particularly brainy myself. Just gonna go around and... I don't know.