User talk:Emilydearden

Biography of Living People
May I recommend familiarising yourself with the guidance on this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blp I have taken the liberty of tweaking your article but I think it may need further work to comply well with these guidlines, I wish you all the best with your Wikipedia editing if I can be of service do leave me a message on my talk page, I hope you enjoy editing!  User:MikeBeckett Please do say 'Hi!' 21:24, 16 May 2011 (UTC)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by MikeBeckett (talk • contribs)

Speedy deletion nomination of John Carr (Internet safety)


A tag has been placed on John Carr (Internet safety) 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 this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion," which appears inside of the speedy deletion tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance 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. &mdash; RHaworth 23:57, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Status and Advice
As reviewing administrator, I think it clearly shows importance. But it is a pure press release, and I have listed it for deletion as such, to see if another admin agrees with me. If it is deleted, you can rewrite it; if it is not, you must greatly modify it:

In any case, you will need to rewrite, as follows:

You need    to say things in a concise manner, which is not the style of  press releases or  web sites, which are usually more expansive. Avoid terms of praise, and puffery. After the first mention., refer to him as "he". Do not talk about the importance of the overall field in which he works; this is an article about him. And you must make certain none of it is copied by any previous publication, print or online. Even if you are prepared to license it according to WP:COPYRIGHT, this sort of prose is unacceptable.

You must give specific references providing substantial coverage from 3rd party independent published reliable sources, print or online, but not blogs or press releases, or material derived from press releases for the material in the article. An official bio on the site of one of his organisations is OK for routine facts; checking in Google News I think there will be no difficulty in finding 3rd party references to support that he is a recognized expert.

If you think you can do it right according to the guidelines, do so, but expect the article to be carefully checked for objectivity. I do not want to discourage you, but to urge you to write a proper article.  DGG ( talk ) 22:35, 17 May 2011 (UTC)