User talk:Douglasschorr

Speedy deletion nomination of Douglas John Schorr


A tag has been placed on Douglas John Schorr 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, organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content or organised event, 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, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Douglasschorr (talk) 07:14, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of The Myth of Smith
Hello Douglasschorr,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged The Myth of Smith for deletion, because it seems to be inappropriate for a variety of reasons.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. LowLevel73(talk) 06:39, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

November 2014
Hello, I'm Binksternet. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to List of atheists (surnames R to S) because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Binksternet (talk) 06:49, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Nomination of Douglas John Schorr for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Douglas John Schorr 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/Douglas John Schorr 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. Binksternet (talk) 06:54, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Douglas John Schorr


A tag has been placed on Douglas John Schorr 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 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, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. LowLevel73(talk) 07:08, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Creating articles
I would like to formally ask that you not create any further pages on yourself or your work. I'm sorry, but I cannot see where either you or your work have received the coverage in reliable sources (WP:RS) that Wikipedia requires for either books (WP:NBOOK) or people (WP:BIO). By this I mean that I cannot see where you or your work has been covered in places like newspapers, scholarly journals, or other places that undergo a rigorous and verifiable editorial process that would meet what Wikipedia expects of a reliable source. You exist and your book exists, but existing is not notability (WP:ITEXISTS) and on Wikipedia we cannot list each and every scholar that is also an atheist or a humanist. There are a good many out there and at some point we have to be exclusive rather than inclusive. While you haven't tried to re-add the pages since they were deleted, I also have to warn you that continuing to add them could be seen as self-promotion as well (WP:SELFPROMOTION), which is not tolerated on Wikipedia. I would also have to ask that you not insert links to your work on other pages too. I don't see where you've tried to do this, but I have to warn against that as well since we have had people try to do that. Other than that, feel free to edit. I just felt that we would be remiss if we did not warn you about all of this. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   04:45, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Help me!
Please help me with... Ok things have moved on ... A few days ago I added a piece on the Dabengwa (Zimbabwean politician) page. Now I see it has been removed ... where do I see why, what mistakes I made that caused the reversal? Thanks ... Doug

Douglasschorr (talk) 09:50, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
 * , I see no indication of you editing that page (I assume you mean the Dumiso Dabengwa article), nor are there any anonymous edits to the page that could have been yours. Did you remember to hit "Save Page" when you were done editing? Primefac (talk) 10:08, 11 December 2014 (UTC)