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Speedy deletion of Winnie Corbally

A tag has been placed on Winnie Corbally requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

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Speedy deletion of Bud Mclearn

A tag has been placed on Bud Mclearn requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

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Bud Mclearn

Your posting on the Bud Mclearn article, specifically this comment: "Note by the original poster: Go ahead and delete this page. I suppose that "importance" is a matter of interpretation. This is the second time this has happened, and I can guarantee that I will never.....EVER.....start another new Wikipedia page. While you're hawking around and deleting pages, try to delete the other 50,000 or so on people much more obscure than Mr. McLearn was." shows that you do not seem to understand how an encyclopedia, and in particular Wikipedia works. The person may certainly be notable but you have to show it following the rules. A person has to be notable in a verifiable way, by providing reliable sources. Don't take it personally but that is the way this works. If you can assert notability following these rules, then you are welcome to try again. Have a good day. -- Alexf⁴² 22:06, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletions; Bud Mclearn

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I'm sorry that you've encountered frustration in attempting to establish new articles. There can be a steep learning curve, and it is a little daunting I know, but I hope you won't give up on adding new content. I wanted to give you a few points that might help you in case you decide to continue. When creating an article, it can be very useful to add an {{inuse}} tag (with squiggly brackets—I forget what they're called—and all), which expands into a message letting other editors know that you aren't finished and are continuing to develop the article. This may give you time to complete the article before it is tagged. One of the first things I do when creating a new article is to get a couple of sources in. While biography articles should not be speedily deleted if they assert importance for the subject, the definition of what qualifies as "importance" is a little subjective. We have some relatively clear definitions of "notability" in terms of biographies, but importance is meant to be a separate consideration. (You can read over that deletion criterion at WP:CSD#A7.) Reliable sources to help verify off the bat that what you're saying is true and that your subject is a notable person can be immensely helpful in at least encouraging a broader consideration of the subject. While addressing articles tagged for speedy deletion, I came upon this article and removed the tag as I do believe there is enough assertion of importance to merit wider consideration. This doesn't mean the article won't be deleted if it is not brought into conformance with guidelines, though. Please read over the notability guidelines for biographies, and particularly the section on athletes. I am by no means a sports fan and have no idea if this man's hall of fame inductions qualify as "Competitors and coaches who have competed at the highest level in amateur sports (who meet the general criteria of secondary sources published about them)." I presume that you do. :) If it does, and you add sources to verify the accuracy, then the article can be more fairly assessed by other Wikipedians. Even if it doesn't, the subject may meet notability guidelines as long as he has been "the subject of published secondary source material which is reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject." (Footnotes for that quote can be found at WP:BIO.) Please let me know at my talk page if I'm unclear about any of this or if I can be off assistance to you. Alternatively, you can seek assistance at the help desk, which is typically manned around the clock by volunteers. You can also ask your questions here if you like and simply place {{helpme}} next to it, which will draw a volunteer to this page to answer you. Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia and, again, I'm sorry for the difficulties you've encountered. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 22:18, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Additions of team members and coaches of state championship teams

Hello. I noticed you had added the names of team members of several state championship sports teams at North Scott High School to an article about the same. While that is a very nice addition, I have removed it because the athletes mentioned — while nice people, I'm sure — are simply not notable. Thousands of high school athletes participate on state championship teams, but never participate in collegiate or professional sports; their only time in the spotlight is when they are on the trophy stand.

Moonriddengirl's advice is well stated: You may want to review the notability guidelines for biographies, and particularly the section on athletes and then consider whether their names are notable enough to include in Wikipedia articles. Best wishes in your future posts! [[Briguy52748 (talk) 14:30, 6 November 2008 (UTC)]][reply]

Why is the North Scott page there at all then?

Nothing about the North Scott page is really "notable" by Wikipedia standards: there are thousands of high schools in the United States, and they've produced hundreds of thousands of state and individual champions in various extracurricular activities. The whole page should be deleted. When that's done, we should delete 90% of the high school pages. When we take care of that, we can go after the over 50% of Wikipedia content which is less than "notable".

I'm not here to become a "power user", like so many want to be. My only intention is to correct, proofread, and possibly add some content here and there. It's hard to do when everything I do is under a microscope.

"Notable" is a matter of interpretation. There doesn't seem to be a set standard here.Tombarrister (talk) 14:58, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Wik Jongsma

A tag has been placed on Wik Jongsma requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.) 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. Under 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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RE: Bud Mclearn

I overhauled the Bud Mclearn page. I want you to look at the page now to see how you should do a page. Put some heart into it. In one edit I took it from 688 bytes to 3,591 bytes, a quality edit, with 10 references added. This is how Bud would have wanted someone to do it. - 4.240.165.167 (talk) 10:34, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

December 2009

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Elizabeth Taylor

I really do not get why you think you can remove the title Dame from Elizabeth Taylor's entry. Of course it is relevant and is included in the article. However, whenever a titled individual dies, their title has traditionally been included, i.e. Msgr, Bishop, Sir, Dame, etc. If the rules have been changed so be it, but it appears you are simply invoking your own opinion. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 03:03, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's more commonly added to the end of the name, e.g. "Agatha Christie, DBE".Tom Barrister

Well, it looks like you imposed YOUR will on it, since it's been edited back in again and again. I guess it's okay for you to do such things. I still challenge anybody to find newspapers outside of the United Kingdom that lists "Dame" in the title of Elizabeth Taylor's obituary headline. None? Then it's pretty obvious that 99% recognized her as plain "Elizabeth Taylor" or possibly "Liz Taylor". Tom Barrister 04:02, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

This just doesn't sit well with me

This is supposed to be a level playing field, not one where one person can control what appears and doesn't appear, using flimsy and biased "evidence" to support a claim.

I'm no longer contributing to Wikipedia. I'm not going to have my output controlled by one person who's made it a career to enforce whatever standards he/she deems fit.

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Hello, just letting you know I removed the prod from the above article as it was previously listed at articles for deletion. If you still think the article should be delete the please list it at articles for deletion. Thank you. Rotten regard 21:59, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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