User talk:Andeeland

A tag has been placed on Ian Russell (watercolor artist), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing no content to the reader. Please note that external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article don't count as content. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template   to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. P4k 20:43, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

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Otherwise, you are encouraged to rewrite this article in your own words to avoid any copyright infringement. After you do so, you should place a tag on the article page and leave a note at Talk:Ian Russell (watercolor artist) saying you have done so. An administrator will review the new content before taking action.

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But before you do any rewriting I think you need to check into whether Mr. Russell is really yet notable enough for a entry in Wikipedia. I cannot find any independent reliable sources about him. Unfortunately, we need more than just his website to show that he meets the criteria of  a wikipedia biography, including independent reviews of his work, information about awards and such. Let me know if I can help and good luck! Slp1 21:19, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi Andeeland, The tag needs to go on the article and I will move it and your comments over there so that it can have the desired effect. If you change the website so that the text is released under GFDL then the copyright issue will be solved. But there is still the question of whether he is yet notable enough for a entry here. Please see my comments above about things to read to help you decide whether it is realistic for him to have an article here at present. Feel free to ask any questions you have and I (or somebody else) can try to help. Slp1 21:53, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

A further comment or two... If you know Mr. Russell, and it sounds like you do, then you should also be aware of Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines. But even if the current article does get deleted in the next little while, because of the copyright problem, you should know that it can be recreated later if the problems are sorted out (and possibly if he becomes more notable) Slp1 22:12, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Ian Russell (watercolor artist)
A tag has been placed on Ian Russell (watercolor artist) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Redfarmer (talk) 08:30, 22 February 2008 (UTC)