User talk:Francesdowell

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Proposed deletion of Frances O'Roark Dowell


The article Frances O'Roark Dowell has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners or ask at 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. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 01:03, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

September 2010
You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, instead of writing it yourself. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to No original research, Neutral point of view, and Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 01:04, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

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Status and Advice
If this is you, you seem from the evidence clearly notable as an author. But you wrote too modest an article. It would have helped if you had written a fuller article, listing all the books, and giving references to all the reviews and awards. But nothing you wrote was actually wrong or improper or showed COI. It is permissible to write with a conflict of interest if you do it properly & objectively. As reviewing administrator, I removed the prod--it was apparently placed without any attempt to check. I think Dovey Coe is probably notable as a book also, if you can find good references to the awards.  DGG ( talk ) 08:10, 5 October 2010 (UTC)