User talk:Judyca

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Proposed deletion of Judy Carter


The article Judy Carter has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. 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. The Determinator p  t  c  23:00, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

August 2012
Please do not write an article about yourself, as you apparently did at Judy Carter. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you.   Welcome to Wikipedia. Please do not remove Biographies of Living Persons prods from an article unless it contains at least one reliable source or was created before 18 March 2010. If you oppose the deletion of an article under this process, please consider sourcing the article or commenting at the respective talk page. Thank you.'' Dori ☾Talk ☯ Contribs☽ 00:41, 2 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi, Judy, you can sign your comments automatically using four tildes ~ . I've seen your your message, but I've just got back from a long drive, so I won't reply until tomorrow  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  15:48, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Reply
Hi again. One reason I didn't reply yesterday when I was tired was that I did not know if you had seen the two edits after your last, in which another editor had removed about half the text in an attempt to clean up the article. Since that version was not as bad as your last edit, I'll comment on that.
 * Your article because it did not provide 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 a matter of policy, all biographies of living people will be deleted if they do not have references. Note that sales sites, your own website and the like are not independent sources. Incidentally, you should not remove prod or other tags without addressing the problems.
 * You are right that there may be a period of grace if the absence of refs is the only problem, but your article was written in a highly promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic, and spam is deleted on sight. Examples:
 * Writing your book titles in full capitals
 * Using commercial booksellers and publishers such as Amazon and S&S as "references" (also as spamlinks in the External Links section).
 * Direct links to websites such as your own in the text. There shouldn't be any direct links in the text, and particularly not to non-independent websites.
 * Unsourced spammy claims presented as fact include: successful career... in-demand...  best-selling...  raised over $500... Dai was a legend... their mime/magic/comedy act was gaining fame... was a hit... It went well... headlining at hundreds of comedy clubs... She was seen on over 100 TV shows... sell over 80,000 copies and after twenty years... definitive guide... one of America's top motivational humorists... As a result of her success &mdash; some of the factual claims may be true, but they need proper independent references, as does the whole of the "Awards & Honors" section, but many of the claims are book-jacket blurb.
 * You have a section for awards, but nothing remotely critical. I'd be surprised if there was never any controversy or negative review.

 Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  06:09, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * You may well be genuinely notable, but Wikipedia is not a free advertising service. You have an obvious conflict of interest when it comes to editing articles about this subject. If, after reading the information about notability linked above, you still believe that 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 alsoBest practices for editors with conflicts of interest.