User talk:Godiam666

Thank you for your message. In order to qualify for an encyclopedia article, a person must be "notable". Please see WP:BIO, the relevant notability guideline. If Ricky W. Strode satisfies the notability criteria, based on what has been written about him in independent reliable sources, I will restore the article so you can continue working on it. Please let me know when you've found some independent reliable sources. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 21:38, 7 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm afraid that self-publishing a book through lulu.com doesn't qualify as an "independent reliable source". Have any newspaper or magazine articles been written about Mr. Strode? — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 17:57, 25 August 2011 (UTC)