User talk:Crickethomas

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You mean Derek McGinty?

Lectonar (talk) 09:39, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Scott Cole (Golf)


A tag has been placed on Scott Cole (Golf), requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which articles can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may be soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
 * It appears to be a clear copyright infringement. (See section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website but have permission from that owner, see Requesting copyright permission. However, even if you use one of these processes to release copyrighted material to Wikipedia, it still needs to comply with the other policies and guidelines to be eligible for inclusion. If you would like any assistance with this, you can ask a question at the help desk.
 * It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Pichpich (talk) 21:11, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I just saw your comment at Talk:Scott Cole (Golf). Even if the copyright issue is addressed (and it has to be) there's still the problem of notability of Scott Cole. Are you confident that he meets these requirements and in particular that you can build the biography not on your own knowledge of the subject but on reliable third-party sources? Pichpich (talk) 21:29, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Notability of Scott Cole (Golf)
The article Scott Cole (Golf) has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article, which appeared to be about a real person, individual animal, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the notability of the subject may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources.

Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and for specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for musicians, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. JohnCD (talk) 09:25, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * You wrote on the talk page that you know Scott Cole personally and wrote the article with his permission. Wikipedia is not a social-networking site for people to write about themselves and their friends. Please read these guidelines:
 * WP:Conflict of interest
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 * and the essay Wikipedia is not about YOU
 * JohnCD (talk) 09:30, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Scott Cole (Golf)


A tag has been placed on Scott Cole (Golf) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 14:20, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Contested deletion
On Talk:Scott Cole (Golf), you wrote:
 * This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because information has been added, and information will be continued to be added. This page was written by The Scott Cole (Golf) and I.

I responded on the talk page, and will repeat my reply here, so that it will remain after the subject page is deleted:
 * A professional golfer who never played a single PGA tournament and whose college career was marginal at best does not meet the criteria for inclusion, no matter how much information you add. Regarding the authorship of the page, please refer to WP:COI and WP:AUTO for reasons why this is inappropriate.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:14, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Scott Allan Cole


The article Scott Allan Cole has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, all newly created biographies of living persons must have at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article. &#32; The nominator also raised the following concern:
 * All biographies of living people created after March 18, 2010, must have references.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. SwisterTwister  talk  04:58, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

July 2012
Welcome to Wikipedia. A page you recently created, Scott Allan Cole, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for new pages, so it will be removed shortly (if it hasn't been already). Please use the sandbox for any tests, and consider using the Article Wizard. For more information about creating articles, you may want to read Your first article. You may also want to read our introduction page to learn more about contributing. Thank you. ''You have been told several times already that this person does not meet the criteria for inclusion at Wikipedia. Please stop trying to create this page.'' WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:30, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Derek McGinty
Apologies for my confusion regarding McGinty's high school career when I was cleaning up the Derek McGinty article. The text of the page, when I found it, read:
 * Derek was born August 17th, 1959 in Washington, District of Columbia. He attended Wilson High School in Washington, District of Columbia, and graduated in 1977 from Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, Texas.

To me, this indicated that he attended high school both in DC and in Dallas. By coincidence, there are Woodrow Wilson High Schools in both cities, so I naturally assumed he started at the school in DC and then moved to Dallas and graduated from the school there. I'm glad you were able to clear that up.

Since you have claimed that McGinty is a "personal friend", I will again warn you about the conflict of interest in writing articles about people close to you. The article must be based on facts from reliable sources, not just "what you know". WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:42, 26 July 2012 (UTC)