Draft:IndexNow

Submission declined on 6 July 2025 by Caleb Stanford (talk). This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies. If you would like to continue working on the submission, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window. If you have not resolved the issues listed above, your draft will be declined again and potentially deleted. If you need extra help, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. Please do not remove reviewer comments or this notice until the submission is accepted. Where to get help If you need help editing or submitting your draft, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. These venues are only for help with editing and the submission process, not to get reviews. If you need feedback on your draft, or if the review is taking a lot of time, you can try asking for help on the talk page of a relevant WikiProject. Some WikiProjects are more active than others so a speedy reply is not guaranteed. How to improve a draft Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a basic overview on how to edit Wikipedia. Help:Wikitext – how to use the markup Help:Referencing for beginners – how to include references Wikipedia:Article development – how to develop your article Wikipedia:Writing better articles – how to improve your article Wikipedia:Verifiability – make sure your article includes reliable third-party sources You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Add tags to your draft Editor resources Easy tools: Citation bot (help) | Advanced: Fix bare URLs Declined by Caleb Stanford 25 hours ago. Last edited 0 seconds ago. Reviewer: Inform author. Once you save your changes using the "Publish changes" button below, you will be able to resubmit your draft for review by pressing the "Resubmit" button that will appear here.

Submission declined on 2 July 2025 by CNMall41 (talk). This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are: in-depth (not just passing mentions about the subject) reliable secondary independent of the subject Make sure you add references that meet these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia. Declined by CNMall41 4 days ago.

• Comment: I agree with @CNMall41: this is not quite ready for an article on mainspace. You might want to make a table of all the source to determine which are significant, seconary, reliable, and independent of the subject (as separate columns of the table), to help determine how to proceed and determine if WP:GNG is satisfied. Caleb Stanford (talk) 05:36, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

• Comment: Unfortunately, the concerns are not addressed. I cannot view the book entry so not sure what it says about IndexNow. As far as this source, it is WP:CHURNALISM (see this and this). Will leave for another reviewer but do not believe this will meet notability guidelines after a quick WP:BEFORE. Also, there is content on the page that is not sourced. You will need to provide an inline citation or remove the content. CNMall41 (talk) 16:53, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

• Comment: Thank you for your feedback on the page. 
  To address this, I have updated the references to include citations from:
  -TechRadar: A reputable general technology news publication, providing a more independent perspective on the protocol's significance.
  - Books published by major publishers like O'Reilly: These provide more in-depth, academically reviewed, and enduring information, serving as strong secondary sources for technical topics.
  - Updated Authors to show that Barry Schwartz was the reporter on a few of these sources.
  I see your point about Search Engine Land (SEL) and Search Engine Journal (SEJ) being industry-specific publications. While they are highly authoritative and primary sources for news and developments within the search engine optimization and web technology communities, particularly concerning a niche technical protocol like IndexNow, I agree that broader sourcing strengthens the page's reliability according to Wikipedia's guidelines.
  Hopefully these sources will be more useful. Crystalontheweb (talk) 11:02, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

• Comment: I would consider something written by Barry Schwartz like this to be reliable since he is an industry expert. However, SEL and SEJ are industry publications so there needs to be something outside of those. The others are blogs or otherwise unreliable. CNMall41 (talk) 16:18, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

IndexNow is an open protocol that allows website owners to inform participating search engines directly whenever website content is created, updated, or deleted. The system was introduced by Microsoft Bing and Yandex to accelerate the discovery and indexing of online content.