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== 16:19, 17 March 2026 review of submission by Newmyths ==
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Hi there. I am trying to improve and expand the currently inadequate WKP entry on the London-based, American journalist Stryker McGuire (a living person). I recently submitted my expanded and improved draft of this article for approval, but it was declined with two lines of feedback from an account which is a confirmed SockPuppet who, it seems, didn’t even realize that there is already an existing WKP article on this subject.

Regardless, I have tried to address the reviewer's concerns and improve the article by adding more sources commenting on the subject’s writings, in addition to referencing articles written by the subject. Most often, I am linking to articles written by the subject for the sake of the biographical information the sources (all reputable news organizations) provide. The subject is a political & cultural commentator, and so it’s difficult to summarize the significance of his writings without linking to his own articles. 

I would truly appreciate any feedback, the more specific the better, concerning the problems relating to my draft since I still hope to re-submit it for approval.

Here’s the existing entry: [[Stryker McGuire]]

…& here’s my proposed rewrite: [[Draft:Stryker McGuire]] [[User:Newmyths|Newmyths]] ([[User talk:Newmyths|talk]]) 16:19, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
:{{u|Newmyths}} The whole url is not needed when linking, just <nowiki>[[Stryker McGuire]]</nowiki>.
:Rewrites are not done via this process. As the article is not protected, you are free to place your text in the article yourself; but you would likely be quickly reverted. You only have one source. Wikipedia articles summarize what independent [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] have chosen on their own to say about the topic. You are incorrect; a Wikipedia article should not reference someone's own work, it should summarize what is said about the work. If you have no independent sources, there can be no article. It is true that journalists don't often write about each other unless one is [[Tom Brokaw]] or [[Walter Cronkite]], but they don't get a pass on the independent and [[WP:V|verifiability]] requirements. 
:I suggest that you propose small, incremental changes, not a wholesale rewrite. [[User:331dot|331dot]] ([[User talk:331dot|talk]]) 16:56, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
:@[[User:Newmyths|Newmyths]] This rewrite is, to be blunt, a complete mess. It's promotional in tone, full of [[MOS:OVERLINK|overlinking]] and [[WP:REFBOMB|refbombing]], the lead is overlong, contains citations, and even contains information which is not actually present in the body of the article (the lead should summarise the content in the article; there's a mention of a story about 'Cool Britannia' which has three sources of its own (again, see the fact that the lead should not contain citations) but is never actually mentioned in the body of the article.)
:Rather than outright reverting it to the pre-rewritten version it I'm going to take a scythe to it and cut out the most problematic parts. [[User:Athanelar|Athanelar]] ([[User talk:Athanelar|talk]]) 21:36, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
::In fact, I am going to revert it to the pre-rewritten version, because there are also blatant source to text discrepancies. The claim that {{tq|For more than three decades between 1978 and 2009, he was a writer and editor at Newsweek}} is sourced to an article that makes no mention of either of those dates, nor of his position at Newsweek; its only mention of his career is that {{tq|McGuire has worked for Newsweek for more than 20 years.}} [[User:Athanelar|Athanelar]] ([[User talk:Athanelar|talk]]) 21:40, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
:::Athanelar, I apologize for not better understanding WKP editing conventions and for my misguided attempt to improve the currently inadequate article. At the time of your reversion, I was attempting to remove primary sources on account of the article's "excessive reliance" on them (e.g https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/stryker-mcguire/ , which does  confirm the fact in question - that McGuire worked for Newsweek for 30 years); hence the source to text discrepancy. To clarify, I am not actually connected to the subject but admire his work and had hoped to make a valuable contribution to an online institution I value. Obviously, I failed but thank you for clarifying why. [[User:Newmyths|Newmyths]] ([[User talk:Newmyths|talk]]) 23:00, 17 March 2026 (UTC)
::::You haven't 'failed,' I encourage you to work on the rewrite some more at [[Draft:Stryker McGuire]] being aware of the feedback I've given. It is certainly true that the article as it stands is in need of a rewrite. [[User:Athanelar|Athanelar]] ([[User talk:Athanelar|talk]]) 23:12, 17 March 2026 (UTC)