User talk:Gooberboi30

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Proposed deletion of Francis Kramarik


The article Francis Kramarik has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this newly created biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article. &#32; The nominator also raised the following concern:
 * All biographies of living people created after March 18, 2010, must have references.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the 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. Hairhorn (talk) 18:45, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Francis Kramarik
Hi, I've been trying to source this entry, but I can't find anything; worse, I have found sources that suggest some of the claims are false, or at least somehow mistaken. For example the entry says he is a past president of the American Geophysical Union, but he does not appear on this list of past AGU presidents. Similarly, it is claimed that he holds an honorary doctoral degree from Old Dominion University, but he does not appear on this list of people who have been awarded honourary doctorates by ODU. His name doesn't appear in the USGS phone directory; this wouldn't be that surprising if he were a new hire... but USGS doesn't seem to have a "Seismologic Department" (see their org chart), although perhaps what's really meant is the National Earthquake Center? I also get zero Google hits for " Norfolk Naval Base Research Institute". Hairhorn (talk) 19:01, 13 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi, please don't remove the PRODBLP tag without adding sources. See WP:BLPPROD. Hairhorn (talk) 19:26, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

November 2012
Hello, I'm Jim1138. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Francis Kramarik seemed less than neutral to me, so I removed it for now. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks, Jim1138 (talk) 19:34, 13 November 2012 (UTC)