User talk:Cumulusguy

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I don't mean any offense by putting up the Jim Banister and Enginet articles for deletion, but we're reluctant to include biographies written by someone with a vested interest in the topic; it's too easy to be biased, as described in Vanity guidelines. Lunkwill 09:57, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Discussing keep/delete for bio
I've moved your comments to the page: Articles for deletion/Jim Banister so they get considered in the voting process. To answer your question, everyone is most welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, and I have no particular authority. I just happened upon the article and thought it didn't look quite encyclopedic enough to be included; likewise, others have happened upon my nomination for deletion and placed their votes on the page linked above (including one vote to keep it, so there's hope!). You'd have just as much right to nominate any other article for deletion if you didn't think it met community standards.

One thing that could help persuade others to vote to keep your article would be to remove the pro-Jim bias in the article; it looks great on a corporate bio, where we expect things to be optimistic and promoting, but in an encyclopedia article, phrases like "accomplished...expert", "renowned" and "heir to the legacy..." raise some red flags with respect to WP:NPOV. If you choose to rework it, be sure to mention it on the voting page so people know to take your good faith effort into account. Best of luck! Lunkwill 06:20, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

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