Talk:Sean Patrick Hazlett

Contested deletion
This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because the article is still in the process of being completed. The Wikipedia entry covers the biography of a professionally published author in the horror, science fiction and fantasy genre.

Contested deletion
This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because the article is still not finished. The subject of the article is a horror, science fiction, and fantasy author who has published 24 short stories in these genres. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shazlett (talk • contribs) 18:08, 11 June 2017 (UTC)


 * You should not be writing about yourself, for reasons explained at Wikipedia is not about YOU and Autobiography. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 20:41, 11 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Nowhere does it say in the items you cite that writing an autobiography is forbidden on Wikipedia. In fact it explicitly says: "Writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is an example of conflict of interest editing and is strongly discouraged." I intentionally wrote the article in as objective a manner as I could. I am happy to change anything you believe is subjective or slanted. Alternatively, feel free to change it yourself if there is something specific that does not ring true. In fact, that's why I intentionally made the article so short. But to censor the article based on a loose principle without any evidence to suggest bias seems a bit ham-fisted, no? If this is Wikipedia's official policy, these articles shouldn't use weak language like "highly discouraged." The language should be precise. Otherwise this forum is wasting people's valuable time. Shazlett (talk) 23:32, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because the subject is a published author, including a work published in Writers of the Future, which has its own Wikipedia entry.

I see no reason why the article should be slated for deletion. This isn't a self-published vanity page, it's a published author's bio.Raesvelg (talk) 21:20, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

ex lnks
As they sit, the external links are non complaint. They need to be turned into citations using template:cite web. Dlohcierekim (talk) 06:05, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

The article now has a total of 36 external citations. Please confirm if this addresses your concern. Thank you for your time and consideration. Shazlett (talk) 04:09, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Looks better. The links to sources connected to the subject won't help establish notability. We can always use more cites from reliable sources unconnected w/ subject and w/ reputation for fact checking. Dlohcierekim (talk) 14:00, 13 June 2017 (UTC)