User talk:Ggeoffwatt

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Proposed deletion of Ken Haycock

The article Ken Haycock has been proposed for deletion because, under Wikipedia policy, all newly created biographies of living persons must have at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article. The nominator also raised the following concern:

All biographies of living people created after March 18, 2010, must have references.

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edit summaries

hey, if you use them, there's a better chance other people will understand and accept your work, e.g. on Ken Haycock (although that's all you're working on so far).— alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 17:51, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Ken Haycock

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A tag has been placed on Ken Haycock, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.

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Hello Ggeoffwatt. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Ken Haycock, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Ken Haycock, you may be blocked from editing. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:53, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good morning. Imagine my surprise this morning when I woke up, checked my email and discovered that the page on Dr. Ken Haycock had been deleted, simply after asking Wikipedia for some help and guidance. Although I do work for Dr. Haycock, that is irrelevant. He is a highly respected author and scholar in the field of Library and Information Science (ironic, don't you think) throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. He was the director of the MLIS program at San Jose State University, presently the chair of the Accreditation Committee of the American Library Association, professor emeritus at both the University of British Columbia and San Jose State. He has both been recognized for his contributions by the ALA and had awards named after him in the field. It truly is inconceivable to me that his page would be deleted. The article was written with what I perceive to be strict adherence to the NPOV, with only specific, verifiable information provided. There was no soapboxing, promotional or advertising material included. Perhaps, if someone could tell me what that was, I could edit it out. I respectfully request that the page on Dr. Haycock be undeleted. Thank you Geoff Watt Ggeoffwatt (talk) 16:11, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article read like a CV or a resume, like something you would find on the website of his company. He almost certainly is notable per WP:BIO but the tone of the article was not appropriate. And your COI is very relevant because editors with a COI almost always find it impossible to write neutrally about their related subjects. So please take a look at WP:COI and WP:BESTCOI. – ukexpat (talk) 18:41, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Since the article had been on line for approximately one year with no big issues indicated, I no longer have a copy of it and since it has been deleted, I can no longer view it. Could Wikipedia forward me a copy so that I can re do it please.Ggeoffwatt (talk) 18:50, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please ask the deleting admin, User:Fastily. – ukexpat (talk) 20:34, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You left your message on my talk page. Fastily's talk page is at User talk:Fastily. – ukexpat (talk) 21:45, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]