Editing Eurovision Wiki:WikiProject Articles for creation/Reviewing instructions (section)

=== Step 1: Quick-fail criteria ===

Before reading a submission in detail, check whether it meets any of the quick-fail criteria. If so, it should be declined immediately and in some cases it may be necessary to nominate the submission for speedy deletion.
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|{{nowrap|Copyright violation}}||Please check all submissions for copying from existing sources – [[copyright infringement]] is a pervasive problem and it is not only important that we don't host such material, but it often leads to significant additional work when not caught early. One way to search for them is to copy and paste into a search engine such as [[Google]] (between quotation marks) a limited but unique portion of text of the draft, and try a few such snippets from each paragraph. See also [https://tools.wmflabs.org/copyvios/ this tool]. Also check the sources provided, and, if relevant, and even if not given as a reference or link, check the person's or organization's web site (it is often useful once located to look for an "about", "history" or other narrative section).<p>If the submission contains material that has been copied from elsewhere and the source is not released under a [[WP:COMPLIC|suitable free license]] or into the [[WP:PD|public domain]], '''immediately decline the submission as a copyright violation'''. In no event should you simply decline and leave the copyright violation sitting in the page history. There are three routes to take from here:<p>{{anchor|cv1}}1) If substantially the entire page is an unambiguous copyright violation (and there's no non-infringing revision to revert to), please tag the page for [[WP:CSD|speedy deletion]] with {{tlx|db-g12}}. This can be done via [[WP:TW|Twinkle]] if you have this gadget installed, or via AFCH when you decline the draft. Don't forget to warn the user with the warning notice template that will be provided to you in the text of the speedy deletion tag. Where you have not marked the page for speedy deletion for whatever reason (e.g., removing the infringement found would still leave substantial content), you can either:<p>{{anchor|cv2}}2) Send the page for investigation to [[Wikipedia:Copyright problems]], by marking it with <kbd><nowiki>{{copyvio | url=insert URL}}</nowiki></kbd>, and then follow the instructions in the copyright investigation notice to list the page at "today's" copyright violations page and to warn the user; or<p>{{anchor|cv3}}3) If you are willing to take the time to clean up the copyright problem yourself, please click "show" below for detailed instructions.{{Hidden begin|titlestyle = background-color: wheat; text-align: center;|title=Copyright cleanup instructions }}{{/Copyright cleanup instructions}}{{Hidden end}}
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|{{nowrap|Vandalism, negative}} unsourced BLP, or attack page||If a submission is clearly an [[WP:ATTACK|attack page]], an entirely negative unsourced [[WP:BLP|BLP]], or [[WP:VAND|vandalism]], '''immediately decline the submission as such and ensure you select the check&nbsp;box to blank the submission using {{tlx|afc cleared}}'''. Also, you should immediately tag the page for [[WP:CSD|speedy deletion]] with {{tlx|db-g10}} for attack pages and negative unsourced BLP, or {{tlx|db-g3}} for vandalism and blatant hoaxes. This can be done using [[WP:TW|Twinkle]], if you have this gadget installed. Consider also warning the user on their talkpage.
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|{{nowrap|Nonsense or test}}||If a submission consists of only [[Wikipedia:Patent nonsense|patent nonsense]] or is an unambiguous test edit, decline it as a test. Test submissions with no other useful page history are also eligible for [[WP:CSD|speedy deletion]] under criteria {{tlx|db-g2}}.
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|{{nowrap|Advertising}}||Quickly read over the submission. If the submission is a blatant advertisement decline the submission as such. In some cases it may be necessary to select the checkbox to blank the submission using {{tlx|afc cleared}}; although {{code|Draft:}} pages are not normally indexed by search engines, they can show up on [[WP:Mirror sites|mirror sites]]. In extreme cases, where a submission is a blatant advertisement and the subject is clearly [[WP:N|non-notable]] or [[WP:NOT|otherwise unsuitable]] for Wikipedia, it may be appropriate to tag the submission for [[WP:CSD|speedy deletion]] using {{tlx|db-g11}}.
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|{{nowrap|Blank submission}}||Click on edit to ensure that the article is truly blank and not simply missing a closing tag. If truly blank, decline as a blank submission. However, if you look at the page history and see that it previously had content but it was 1) blanked ''by the same user/IP address that posted that content''; and 2) there were no substantive edits by other users – you may tag it for speedy deletion using any of {{tlx|db-g7}} / {{tlx|db-blanked}} / {{tlx|db-author}}.
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|{{nowrap|Submission not in English}}||If a submission is not written in English, it can be declined. [[:Category:AfC submissions declined as not in English]] is linked from [[Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English]]. Another editor might translate the submission at a later date.
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|{{nowrap|Already exists}}||Sometimes new editors create a submission without checking to see if the subject already has a Wikipedia article. Do a quick search for the title of the suggested article, as well as any alternative names that come to mind. If you find an article on the same subject, decline the article. Consider making a [[WP:REDIRECT|redirect]] if the contributed name is useful. 

However, articles that have been moved manually without using the AFCH script often leave behind the original draft, instead of properly redirecting this to the article talk page. When you encounter such drafts, don't mark them as duplicates; redirect them properly. But be careful–sometimes users not entitled to accept drafts use the manual method either inadvertently or to avoid scrutiny–check the actual article carefully, because a high percentage of these are spam or otherwise unsuitable. 
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