User talk:Andrewgrill

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Andrew Grill
I use the term "vanity bio" in my PROD tag. And you know what? I chose to use the term. I meant to use the term. I stand by the term. Calling a spade a spade and all that. --Calton | Talk 12:18, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

And I defend your right to say whatever you like - it was just not very professional or consructive.

I am claiming notability via the alternate test by the "search engine test" method.

[Wiki Search Engine Test for notability]

Please feel free to try this should you then argue this test fails then I'm happy to move the page to the user page but my 1st experience of Wikipedia has not been very nice - thanks for the warm welcome!

Andrew Grill
Please understand that the deletion process, nor our notability guidelines are not an attack or reflect on you personally, and I hope you dont get discouraged. Wikipedia has literally thousands upon thousands of new articles submitted everyday, and as an encyclopedia we do have to maintain strict guidelines as to what is acceptable and what is not.

As such we do have a fairly rigid deletion process for articles that do not meet these guidelines, and with the hundreds upon hundreds of articles that dont qualify we cut the the point rather quickly, and I can see how this can be frustrating.

Please read WP:BIO, this explains exactly why we stronly recommend users dont write their own articles. Please feel free to ask me anything about the process, and thank you for your contributions :) Glen 12:44, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

And thanks for being nice about it - a change from the previous editor.

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