Published material about you vs. published material by you

These are two different criteria and petitions mix them up constantly: - Published material about you — profiles, feature articles, interviews focused on your work, written by someone else, in a professional or major media outlet. - Authorship of scholarly articles — articles you wrote (or co-wrote), published in a professional or major trade venue. A press release you wrote about your own work isn't "published material about you" — it's self-authored, and it reads as promotional rather than independent coverage. Similarly, a scholarly article you authored isn't evidence about you in the "published material" sense; it belongs under authorship instead. For published-material specifically, three things need to be in the file for each piece, not just the article itself: - A title, date, and author (so it's clear it's someone else's byline) - Evidence of the outlet's actual circulation, readership, or standing — not assumed, documented - An English translation if the original is in another language And watch for passing mentions dressed up as coverage: a single sentence naming you inside an article that's actually about something else isn't the same as an article focused on your work, even if it's flattering.