User talk:Kittson9

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Speedy deletion nomination of Julia Calcutt


A tag has been placed on Julia Calcutt 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 specific person, 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.

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Julia Calcutt
I read your note on the article talk page and was considering how to respond when another administrator deleted the article. Let me explain why.

You wrote: "Wikipedia is there to supply solid information." Yes, but it is not a "list of everything and everybody": in order to remain a useful encyclopedia there is a long list of things that WP:Wikipedia is not, including Wikipedia is not a directory, where #2 "Genealogical entries" says: "Biography articles should only be for people with some sort of fame, achievement, or perhaps notoriety... Less well-known people may be mentioned within other articles", and Julia Calcutt is indeed mentioned within Alexander Henry (the elder).

The criterion for having an article is called WP:Notability, and is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." See also WP:Notability (people) and WP:42. Notability is not inherited - just being the wife of a notable person is not enough, nor is being "the ancestor of thousands of people."

Another consideration is that two of Wikipedia's fundamental policies are WP:Verifiability: "any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source" and WP:No original research. You cite the Extrait du registre des baptêmes, but much of your material could not come from that, and indeed seems to be speculative rather than solid: "Hence she must have been... likely because of the disappearance of the latter... It is possible that... This may explain the fact... it is fairly sure that..."

Finally let me say that while we are grateful for your $100 donation, you will not expect it to have any influence on whether your contributions are accepted. I am sure you would not want Wikipedia to be for sale.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 12:15, 27 January 2012 (UTC)