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A tag has been placed on John Maxwell Anderson 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.

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 * Have you tried the tag? That tends to keep new page patrollers off my articles when they are in early form. S.G.(GH) ping! 16:08, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I have removed the tag - an obituary in the BMJ is, almost by definition, significant coverage in a reliable source - enough to avoid speedy (my emphasis) deletion (though not necessarily other deletion activities yet as you need several reliable sources). I prefer to write new articles offline in a text editor and paste a fuller version with multiple sources as a first edit, mainly to avoid what's happened here! Ritchie333  (talk)  (cont)   16:11, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

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Angus Cameron (director)
I am going to add back the BLP sources template - the article only has two sources and that's not enough.--ukexpat (talk) 14:52, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
 * My mistake, I thought the external links, specifically IMDB, would be sufficient. I will find some more references. Gomach (talk) 15:19, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Also note that as IMDB is a user-created site, it, like Wikipedia, is not considered a reliable source: External links/Perennial websites.--ukexpat (talk) 15:29, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

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 * Related; have you considered applying for Autopatrolled status? Happy to put a word in. Ironholds (talk) 17:09, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Ronnie Fraser
Hi, I have re-instated the External link section with the link to his obituary, because I think the article needs to display clearly the fact that the subject had an obituary in a national newspaper. This fact is the strongest element in the article that confers notability on the subject and needs to be made prominent to deter other editors from questioning wether or not the subject has sufficient notability to warrant an article. Graemp (talk) 19:27, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I understand the importance of the Herald obituary but surely its perfectly noticeable in the references section. I think you might be worrying about nothing!!!Gomach (talk) 19:41, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I think that the subject of this article is distinctly "borderline delete" when it comes to notability, which is why I did not create it myself. If it gets nominated for deletion it will receive votes for deletion from people who know little or nothing about Scotland, farming or Liberal politics. I have elevated the notability of his 1950 candidacy attaching a DYN nomination in the hope that this would help and adding the broadcaster description that was used by The Times to describe him. Beefing out the broadcaster bit may help establish some further notability if you can dig up details. Graemp (talk) 04:43, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Many thanks, I appreciate all your efforts. I am currently trying to find some more references. Could I please ask you to reference your sources properly. Your references are far too vague. It is vitally important for anyone trying to find the cited information that they have as much information as possible. If you could please use the quote parameter so that everyone can read the relevant sentence, paragraph, as cited it would be very helpful. Please use Craigflower Preparatory School as guidance. Thanks.Gomach (talk) 14:56, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Properly referenced off-line sources are acceptable on wikipedia. Graemp (talk) 12:30, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

I am fully aware of that! I was asking you to improve the quality of your referencing as I don't think its good enough! At the moment the article is well below standard. Your work lacks inline citations and proper references. This article is a reflection on us both, so lets do our best. Please comply!Gomach (talk) 12:52, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Ronnie Fraser
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Wilfred Hoare
Hello. With this edit, you added a lengthy section of copyrighted material to Wilfred Hoare. Please note that per WP:NONFREE, "Excessively long copyrighted excerpts" are unacceptable. According to my calculations, the quote you added is 715 words long; the body of the article is only 711. The quote shouldn't overwhelm the article. Please trim it. Thank you. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 06:43, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I chose to place the whole article in quotes because the only way to access the article was via a ProQuest database through my local library card. From my own user experience I know how frustrating it can be to only have the odd quote from an article that is not easily accessible.  Technically you are correct but I don't think The Herald (Glasgow) would mind.  It's free publicity after all.Gomach (talk) 14:44, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I understand that sense of frustration. However, that's not an excuse for reproducing the entirety of a copyrighted article. Rather than report the issue at WP:CPI, I've removed all but the first sentence of the quote, and cut most of The Scotsman quote. If you'd prefer to keep different excerpts from the articles, of course you may select other brief quotations. I'm also putting a lengthy template below this, because it's a good source of information and links for copyright issues. Please read through it. Thank you. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 07:31, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

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