Editing Eurovision Wiki talk:WikiProject Articles for creation (section)

== Lack of sourcing ==

Please could you not pass articles where sources are missing? I mean where a short form of reference (like "Smith 1999") is used but there is no such source listed. They end up in [[:Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors]]. Thanks, [[User:DuncanHill|DuncanHill]] ([[User talk:DuncanHill|talk]]) 18:05, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

:* Hello @[[User:DuncanHill|DuncanHill]] - I can understand your frustration. Speaking only for myself, I do release articles with imperfect sourcing, we aren't the GA/FA police, and I think my understanding is supported by the Reviewing Instructions. Even on BLP we can allow a few gaps if notability is rock solid. The logic being that AFC is generally not compulsory for many editors, and if AFC has a higher threshold than direct inserts into mainspace then our utility gets eroded. For the Sfn Target page, this is typically a scenario when there are 60+ references, only 3 needed for notability, and somewhere buried are four Sfn going to dead-ends. These are typically lengthy translation drafts, since OKA branded translations must go via AFC. I can't see it realistic to trap these at AfC, let alone decline, any more than direct mainspace editing.  Clearly if the whole draft is "Smith 1999" then we won't be able to assess notability, and they will get declined or rejected. [[User:ChrysGalley|ChrysGalley]] ([[User talk:ChrysGalley|talk]]) 10:03, 26 February 2026 (UTC)