User talk:LRP78

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Speedy deletion nomination of Lester Hyman
A tag has been placed on Lester Hyman 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.

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Status and Advice
Of course he's notable--another admin already removed the deletion tag placed by an inexperienced user. But it needs some major improvements:  You need  to write like an encyclopedia article, not a press release--don't praise him, say what he did with references for each point. . And, do not copy from a web site -- first it's a copyright violation, but, even if you give us permission according to WP:DCM, the tone will not be encyclopedic and the material will not be suitable. This is critical--the material seems to be in some measure copied from another source; I rewrote a little to get started, but it must be entirely rewritten (and not just paraphrased)-- if not, it will be deleted.

More specifically:
 * 1) Give his accomplishments in chronological order--this is a biography, not a CV
 * 2) After the first sentence, we refer to a person my his last name only, and use even that just once or twice an article (I already changed them to "he")
 * 3) We do not use adjectives of praise or importance -- that's promotional writing
 * 4) List any reviews of his book--they show its importance.
 * 5) Give basic dates for his degrees and such.
 * 6) Add appropriate links to other Wikipedia articles.

I also did a minor fix which mattered considerably: the code for the end of a comment is " not > -->, and this kept the references from displaying.   DGG ( talk ) 03:20, 18 October 2009 (UTC)