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Speedy deletion nomination of John Thornhill OBE JP


A tag has been placed on John Thornhill OBE JP, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the. ★ Anoop / ಅನೂಪ್ ✉© 16:19, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

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Hi, thanks for message. If you post an article it will be assessed as it stands. If you don't want that to happen, you should write it as a draft. I deleted your article because
 * it did not provide adequate independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. It is now Wikipedia policy that biographical articles about living people must have independent verifiable references, as defined in the link, or they will be deleted. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to you or an affiliated organisation, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, Wikipedia, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the you claim or interviewing you. You gave some references, but most of your text was unreferenced. Of your three refs, one wasn't a reliable source and a second didn't mention you. The only fact supported by a reference is the OBE. Note that references should be in-line so we can tell what fact each is supporting, and should not be bare urls
 * it was written in a promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. Examples of unsourced or self-sourced claims presented as fact include: legal/judicial and sporting experience at local, regional and internationsl levels... he became an Ofsted inspector conducting over 100 inspections... a consultant in the Department for Education's "Value for Money in School's" programme... In 2014 John was appointed a National Leader of School Governance—this is not social media, you can't just write what you like about yourself, and referring to yourself as "John" is also inappropriate
 * You have an obvious conflict of interest. If, after reading the information about notability linked above, you still believe that you are notable enough for a Wikipedia article (and that there is significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources), you could, if you wish, post a request at Requested articles for the article to be created. See also guidance for editors with conflicts of interest and writing about yourself.
 * Not a reason for deletion, but your article title doesn't comply with our policies. When we have plain Albert Einstein, Barack Obama and David Petraeus, I don't think anyone's going to be impressed by "OBE JP"

Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read "Your first article". Jimfbleak - talk to me?  06:54, 27 November 2017 (UTC)