User talk:Dawntaves

February 2014
Hello, Dawntaves. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Heather Taves, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:


 * Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
 * Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
 * Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).
 * Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you.  Dwpaul  Talk   21:06, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Heather Taves


A tag has been placed on Heather Taves 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 band or musician, 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 read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, 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 from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. SQGibbon (talk) 21:22, 21 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I have already requested that the article Heather Taves be undeleted here and here.  Dwpaul  Talk   21:56, 21 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Assuming my request is accommodated, citable references of reliable, non-primary sources (i.e., not the subject's Web site, faculty page, etc.) will be needed immediately to confirm the notability of the subject and prevent the article from being deleted again. Please assist by suggesting and hopefully providing links to those sources on the article's talk page once (if) undeleted.  Noting the subject's middle name, I have an inkling that you are more connected to the subject than I originally suspected, so I suggest you should not edit the article directly to avoid problems with conflict of interest. You could certainly help by providing suggestions and references on the article's Talk page.  Dwpaul   Talk   23:10, 21 February 2014 (UTC)


 * The article has been recreated at User:Dwpaul/Heather_Taves until it has more references to support it (not my choice, but that of the admin who undeleted it). Please offer suggestions on its Talk page, particular references to support the claims in the article.  Dwpaul   Talk   23:23, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Heather Taves

 * I have invested about as much time as I am willing to do to expand the article knowing that without additional references (from you?) it may never be ready to publish. Part of this was marking many of the claims that, because of Wikipedia's policies concerning verifiability, need citations in order to remain. (There are some specific claims, like the 80 concerts a year, that will probably never be verifiable and so will eventually need to be removed.) Though these [citation needed] tags look intimidating and disruptive to the article, please keep in mind that as citations are found, they will replace the tags.  I was, unfortunately, unable to find many citable references online, so I think the ball is in your court for now. I will be happy to integrate any additional info you can provide into the article.  Dwpaul   Talk   02:34, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Suspecting now, given the passage of time with no comment from you, that I took the creation of a Wikipedia article on Heather Taves and the issue of its improvement more seriously than you did. Since it is now sitting in my userspace waiting for more/better references, it's probably prudent to let you know that I will delete the article after about 30 days (~March 22, 2014, or when I think about it after that) if it is not ready by then to be published (or at least moving that direction), so as not to have a half-written article hanging around in my closet indefinitely. Thanks.  Dwpaul  Talk   18:18, 26 February 2014 (UTC)


 * A reminder that I will delete the draft from my userspace this weekend unless I hear from you. Please leave a message on my Talk page. Thanks.  Dwpaul   Talk   20:30, 20 March 2014 (UTC)