User talk:Gavking

June 2007
Welcome to Wikipedia. An article you recently created, Gavin King, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for new articles, so it will shortly be removed (if it hasn't been already). Please use the sandbox for any tests you may want to do and please read our introduction page to learn more about contributing. Thank you. Coren 05:47, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, as you did at Gavin King. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, 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. Coren 05:48, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Removed Speedy
Hello Gavking, I have removed the speedy tag fromm the article Gavin King which you created because the article makes a claim that the subject of the article (whom I presume is you) has won awards, which is a claim to notability. However, this does not mean that the article will be kept, it merely meas that the article is not eligible for speedy deletion. (Other editors and adminstrators may not agree with my judgement) As it stands now, this article will not survive Wikipedia's other deletion processes. In order for this article to not be deleted you will need to provide references to independent, third party sources which demonstrate that the subject of the article meets our notability standards. Dsmdgold 17:26, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Gavin King
A "" template has been added to the article Gavin King, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice explains why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Dsmdgold 17:55, 17 June 2007 (UTC)