User talk:Jon187

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Proposed deletion of David Roland


The article David Roland has been proposed for deletion because, under Wikipedia policy, all newly created biographies of living persons must have at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

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. Chris the Paleontologist (talk • contribs) 20:06, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of David Roland


A tag has been placed on David Roland 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 or group of people, 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 see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. —teb728 t c 00:49, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of David Roland


The article David Roland has been proposed for deletion because, under Wikipedia policy, all newly created biographies of living persons must have at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

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. Evaders99 (talk) 07:53, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Removed unacceptable references
I have edited out most of the 'references' you added to David Roland. A person's name from the text, repeated as a 'reference', is not acceptable. The purpose of references is to verify the statements made in the article using reliable third party sources. Otherwise what we have is 'original research' (WP:ORIGINAL), which is not allowed in WP.

I am trying to be helpful in making these changes. You need to find references in books or reputable newspaper articles (see WP:REFERENCE) that establish the notability of this person and which verify the statements made about him. If this cannot be done the article may be deleted. I see there have already been attempts to do this. I appreciate that this is your first article and you may need to learn more about the conventions at Wikipedia (WP). This message and an earlier one is on the talk page of the article. Reply to me here or on my talk page if you want help. --Greenmaven (talk) 00:43, 23 April 2012 (UTC)