User talk:Christopher James Perry

Chris J. Perry
Hi Chris, I noticed your comments regarding the biography Chris J. Perry. I'm not sure if anyone has actually explained the issues to you but I got the impression from your comments about verifying facts by having people write to Wikimedia on your behalf and basing material on council minutes, reports etc that you don't really understand the issues with the article. Proving facts is definitely one issue, but the over-riding problem is that Wikipedia doesn't just report "facts". Rather, it is a project to build an encyclopedia about notable, encyclopedic subjects. Your first barrier is to establish that under Wikipedia's policy, you are notable in your field. This means that we need to see that you have been the subject of significant coverage in multiple, reliable, third party sources which are independent of yourself. Board minutes, annual reports, material you have written or published, etc is not sufficient. Testimony from colleagues, while nice, is also not helpful because Wikipedia is a tertiary source which only reports what has already been reported elsewhere. We cannot accept personal statements and testimony because it is original research which violates Wikipedia's sourcing policies. For the article to have a hope of remaining in Wikipedia, it first needs to be established that you are notable in your field and meet Wikipedia's notability rules. Please see the General notability guideline for more information about this. Finally, please be aware that Wikipedia strongly discourages people from writing about themselves, their partners, family members, friends and other subjects with which they have a close connection. One of the reasons for this is it can be very difficult to write neutrally about a subject we feel strongly about and to evaluate the subject's encyclopedic notability. Please see Autobiography and Conflict of interest for more information. Hope this helps you understand why this article continues to be flagged with issues. Regards, Sarah 13:40, 24 July 2014 (UTC)