User talk:Jeff.L.Bowman

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Speedy deletion nomination of Jeffrey L. Bowman

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A tag has been placed on Jeffrey L. Bowman, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which articles can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

It is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. (See section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Wikipedia has standards for the minimum necessary information to be included in short articles; you can see these at Wikipedia:Stub. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.
It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Jeff.L.Bowman

A tag has been placed on User:Jeff.L.Bowman requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free Web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. --Finngall ^talk 15:47, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Contested deletion

Hello.

I am now in the process of finalizing on this page before releasing it under an actual page in the public space.

Can you indicate why the page is being flagged for deletion? Please provide some guidelines. Thank you.

User pages are intended for information about users in relation to their contributions to the encyclopedia. It is not intended to host content which looks like actual articles. That said, since you're apparently using the page as a sandbox (not prohibited, but most folks prefer using subpages of their user page for that purpose), I'll say that if it were moved to main article, I would still flag it for speedy deletion for being excessively promotional. You might very well be notable enough to merit an article here, but we strongly discourage people from writing about themselves, because articles need to maintain a neutral point of view and editors with a conflict of interest generally have trouble maintaining that neutrality.

I will withdraw the tag for now but arrange for this draft to be moved to Draft:Jeffrey L. Bowman, from where it can be submitted for evaluation by experienced editors via the Articles for Creation process. It will also be safer from deletion this way. I see you've made a couple of test edits to the draft page--I've asked for the existing draft page to be deleted so that the user page's edit history can be preserved via the move process as this is considered preferable to copying and pasting.

Please read the policy guidelines which I've linked above, and feel free to ask further questions. Thank you for your time. --Finngall ^talk 17:04, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Can you indicate firstly what makes the page "excessively promotional"? Secondly, can you advise on how I can move the page? My draft page is nominated for deletion, could I copy and paste the source to my draft page? Please advise on the process.

I do not recommend simply copying and pasting, because doing so would not preserve the edit history of the page. But it can't simply be moved without the target page being deleted, which requires the intervention of an administrator. (For the record, I'm not an admin, just a regular editor with no more powers or privileges than you, save for experience and whatever reputation (good or ill) I may have gained from my track record of contributions.)

Some specific examples: "As a pioneer and chief architect of the emerging Total Market business vertical and cross-cultural marketing discipline; Jeffrey is credited with being the foremost global thought leader and practitioner..." sounds like, well, marketing-speak. The line "Jeffrey’s Leadership, Practice and Association Has Been Celebrated In:" in the References section is blatantly promotional, and References sections should have just the references without introductory text. And there's a number of other peacock terms which should be avoided generally. To be fair, this isn't nearly as blatant as a lot of attempted autobiographies that I've seen.

Thank you. I will edit accordingly to make it sound less promotional and reduce marketing-speak. When I finish making the changes, I will wipe it out from User: Jeff.L.Bowman. To request publish, can I just create the page Jeffrey L. Bowman which has not been created and paste the content into there? I do not mind for the history of the post, I am just concerned about the final version. If not, can you have an admin delete the Draft: Jeff.L.Bowman in order for me to paste the content into there and place the submit tag to have the page submitted for approval? Also, if I am submitting using the submit tag at the beginning of the Draft Page, how will I get the page to be named Jeffrey L. Bowman when the Draft Page is Jeff.L.Bowman? Thanks.

I've made the move, so the draft is now at Draft:Jeffrey L. Bowman. I've also added the Articles for Creation template, which includes a "Submit" button for when you are ready for it to be reviewed after you have edited it to your satisfaction. --Finngall ^talk 19:03, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much Finngall. I noticed the changes. I will work towards making my page more compliant with Wikipedia's standards and then submit my draft for review.

Your submission at Articles for creation: Jeffrey L. Bowman (September 19)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Onel5969 was:

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability—see the guidelines on the notability of people and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing, so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia.
What you can do: Add citations (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners) to secondary reliable sources that are entirely independent of the subject.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Jeffrey L. Bowman and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:02, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Jeffrey L. Bowman (October 4)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Bearcat was:

Sourcing rests too heavily on primary sources, non-notable blogs, press releases and other unreliable sources that cannot carry notability -- the only source that counts for anything at all here is Black Enterprise, but that's not enough by itself. Creator is also advised to familiarize himself with our conflict of interest rules; writing an article about yourself is not really on your list of options on Wikipedia.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Jeffrey L. Bowman and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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Bearcat (talk) 21:11, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Jeffrey L. Bowman concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Jeffrey L. Bowman, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

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Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:34, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Jeffrey L. Bowman

Hello, Jeff.L.Bowman. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Jeffrey L. Bowman".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 12:22, 12 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]