User talk:Frebo3
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[edit]I've blanked it; please dont use it as an article repository in future. Ironholds (talk) 23:51, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Good to see that you managed to add article on Frederick Charles Bothwell, Jr. following your request at Category talk:Officers of the Order of the British Empire which I have only now spotted. Hope you will continue contributing. --mervyn (talk) 15:28, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
Category:United States Air Force personnel stubs
[edit]I have reverted your edits to Category:United States Air Force personnel stubs, which appear to be a failed attempt to make an article. It looks that you figured out how to make the article, good job, feel free to let me know if I can help you to use Wikipedia in any way by clicking on my talk link and the add section tab or responding here. Cheers, Sligocki (talk) 16:31, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
The article Frederick Charles Bothwell, Jr. has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Subject does not appear to be notable per WP:ANYBIO and WP:SOLDIER; fails WP:GNG.
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Nomination of Frederick Charles Bothwell, Jr. for deletion
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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Frederick Charles Bothwell, Jr. is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frederick Charles Bothwell, Jr. until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 22:05, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
- Hello, Frebo3! I noticed your comments at the talk page for the article about Frederick Charles Bothwell, Jr.. I have copied them to the place where the actual discussion is going on, which is here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frederick Charles Bothwell, Jr.. You will see that there have been various comments both in favor of and against your father having the necessary "notability". Even the people who felt he did not, seemed to feel that he was worthy of inclusion if only we could find a few more references.
- An administrator will make the decision whether to keep or delete. I'm not an administrator, just one of the discussants (also I added a reference to your article in hopes of making it more acceptable to Wikipedia). Based on the current discussion, I have a hunch the administrator's decision will be "no consensus" which defaults to "keep", so I think you need not be overly concerned. Also possible: the administrator might "relist" the discussion for an additional week in hopes of gaining consensus.
- BTW the fact that you wrote this article about your father actually works against you; you are regarded as having a conflict of interest and possibly also as introducing original research, meaning things that you know from your personal knowledge rather than from a third-party "reliable source". Please read those two policies, and also this to let you know what kind of sources are considered necessary for this online encyclopedia.
- A bit of personal advice: don't get too involved in that discussion. Long wordy arguments in favor of the article, from someone who has a conflict of interest, can have the opposite effect. Let the experienced editors who are currently debating the issue make the arguments for you. --MelanieN (talk) 18:28, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
- I agree with MelanieN's advice. I am one of those who hope the article is viewed as meeting the criteria, and I counsel against your becoming involved in the discussion for the reasons she has stated. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 19:51, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
OK, the discussion has now been closed as "no consensus" - which means the article will be kept. Congratulations on your article, and do keep trying to improve it. Be sure that you have marked that article, and any others you care about, as "watched". You do that by clicking on the little star above the article (depending on what format of Wikipedia you are using). That will put them on your watchlist. --MelanieN (talk) 15:40, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Many thanks to MelanieN and Timtrent for their advice - and those who were able to find and add citations that further document Col Bothwell's career in NY State Government. I'd like to ask for additional help in editing the article - I'm still wrestling with html conventions. It seems that there are several instances in the article indicating citations are needed: e.g., date and place of birth and death, that are in fact satisfied by the NYT obit. Am I correct? If so, can someone help me edit the piece to reflect that? I've also found a citation that documents the fact that Col Bothwell graduated from West Point in 1936 at http://digital-library.usma.edu/libmedia/archives/guides/Alphabetical_Locator_Grads_and_Former_Cadets.pdf So far I've failed in my attempts to link that document to the article. Can anyone help?Frebo3Frebo3 (talk) 15:13, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
Article notability notification
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