User:ILoveShoes3/Kate dabkey

I'd like to post an article about Kate Dabkey, the shoe designer, but am not sure how to start or prevent it from being deleted. I noticed that someone else tried once before but that it was deleted. Can someone help me to write the article and make sure it meets all of the necessary requirements?

So far, I have references for her website, a newspaper, a professional organization and a website award. I follow her on twitter and facebook, but that's it.


 * Hi. The most important condition for creating a Wikipedia article about a person is that they meat the requirements of Notability (people). The most important part of that is "A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has been the subject of published secondary source material which is reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject." Depending on the notability of the person, multiple third-party sources may be needed, with satisfy Wikipedia's Reliable sources guidelines. Her own website can be included, but as it's what's known as a primary reference, on its own it isn't suitable.


 * So, gathering sources is the best place to start. You say you have a newspaper reference, which is good, but it is important that it covers the person specifically and in some depth and doesn't just mention her in passing - and if you could find more news references, that would help too. Winning a website award is also good. A professional organization may not be so strong, especially if it is just membership - that's because many non-notable people are eligible to join professional organizations.


 * What I'd suggest you do is start building the article in your own user space here - actually here on this page - and just concentrate on the references first - don't work on too much text until you can be confident your references are good enough. (And this discussion should really be transferred to User talk:ILoveShoes3/Kate dabkey). I'll be happy to watch this page and offer my opinions.


 * -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:12, 2 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Hmm, having just tried a bit of Googling, I don't get any News hits on "Kate Dabkey", which doesn't look good. And a general search tends to find mostly non-notable things like Facebook, blogs, and things like that. What I suggest you do is give us the links to the sources you currently have and we can check them for suitability. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:17, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Here are the links that I have: http://katedabkeyshoes.com http://mysuburbanlife.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=868642&CategoryID=8295 http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/lagrange/news/x1340499563/If-the-shoe-fits-it-s-a-Dabkey-design http://www.wsawards.com/directory.php?page=16

Also, the profesional organization (NAPW) named her one of their 2010 Women of the Year... I can't find the link though.

I can start writing the article and any help/advice you could give me would be great.