User talk:Colin Singer

Colin Singer, you are invited to the Teahouse
Hello, Colin Singer. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Colin R Singer Canadian Immigration Lawyer, you may have a conflict of interest. People with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, see the conflict of interest guideline and frequently asked questions for organizations. In particular, please:


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Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing, and autobiographies. Thank you. Melcous (talk) 22:42, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Please do not write or add to an article about yourself, as you apparently did at Colin R Singer Canadian Immigration Lawyer. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. Melcous (talk) 22:42, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of Colin R Singer Canadian Immigration Lawyer for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Colin R Singer Canadian Immigration Lawyer is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Colin R Singer Canadian Immigration Lawyer until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. JMHamo (talk) 23:21, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

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Hi, thanks for message. You can sign your comments automatically using four tildes ~. I deleted your article because
 * it did not provide adequate independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. It is now Wikipedia policy that biographical articles about living people must have independent verifiable references, as defined in the link, or they will be deleted. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to you, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting you claim or interviewing you. Most of your references are your own or affiliated pages, and much of the text was unreferenced anyway.
 * Before I deleted as spam, the article had already been nominated for a deletion discussion on the grounds "Non-notable person, fails WP:BIO"
 * it was written in a promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic.
 * You included your job in the title, which should just be Colin R Singer
 * Examples of unsourced or improperly sourced claims presented as fact include: ... one of Canada's foremost senior corporate immigration attorneys... became one of Canada's first attorneys to establish an internet presence... He is a frequent contributor of written opinions and commentaries on government policy... his publications were rated as the most popular in Canada (link goes to your pages... committed to the advancement of the profession... creative behind Zombie Boy... a global leader in the sport-utility vehicle... distinctive artistic expression of body modification captured through high fashion imagery... &mdash; basically a vanity page rather than an encyclopaedia article
 * Zombie Boy may be notable, but that doesn't make you notable


 * You have an obvious conflict of interest when it comes to editing articles about this subject. If, after reading the information about notability linked above, you still believe that you are notable enough for a Wikipedia article (and that there is significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources), you could, if you wish, post a request at Requested articles for the article to be created. See also Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest and WP:Autobiography.

Please read the above carefully, because I don't want to waste your time if an article is unsustainable. If you still want me to do so, I'll sandbox the deleted text Jimfbleak - talk to me?  17:01, 9 October 2015 (UTC)