User talk:Jshelton77

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Speedy deletion nomination of Jon Shelton
A tag has been placed on Jon Shelton 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, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. noq (talk) 19:42, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

February 2010
You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, as you did at Jon Shelton. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to No original research, Neutral point of view, and Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. noq (talk) 20:05, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

"Hangon" tag and speedy deletion
Mr. Shelton: I have re-formatted the "hangon" tag you tried to apply to the abpve-captioned article, which should give you time to add whatever citations you can provide to the article. I will take the liberty of pointing you to WP:ATHLETE, which outlines the standard of notability that an article about an athlete must meet in order to be retained on Wikipedia. Essentially, athletes must be competing at the Olympic level or at a fully professional level, according to that standard, or else there must be sufficient published material about them to meet the general notability guideline (for instance, being the subject of an article in Sports Illustrated). If you feel the biography of Jon Shelton cannot meet this standard (or a similar one -- I tend to doubt that an assistant coach of any kind would qualify), you might save the volunteers here some trouble by removing the hangon tag and allowing the article to be deleted. If you have any questions about Wikipedia policy, feel free to leave me a message by clicking on the word "talk" after my signature. Best of luck with your future contributions. Accounting4Taste: talk 20:28, 22 February 2010 (UTC)