User talk:Lastphotograph

David Womack
No, the article is not "cited properly".

You do not make a person notable for writing a book by citing the book to an online bookstore as verification that the book exists — you make a person notable for writing a book by citing the book to journalistic content about the book in media, such as book reviews and/or news stories about it winning a notable literary award, as verification that the book has been externally deemed as significant. You don't make a person notable for directing a film by referencing the film to Netflix or IMDb as proof that the film exists — you make a person notable for directing a film by citing the film to journalistic content about the film in media, such as film reviews and/or news stories about it winning a notable film award.

People do not automatically qualify for Wikipedia articles just because their work exists. People qualify for Wikipedia articles by having enough media coverage about their work to establish that people independent of the subject have validated its importance. So you don't make a person notable by citing their work to itself as proof that it exists — you make a person notable by citing their work to evidence that journalists have written analytical content about the work. Bearcat (talk) 02:01, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

I’ll get that worked on. Please remove delete notice. Lastphotograph (talk) 02:16, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
 * That's not how this works. An AFD discussion remains open for seven days, so you have a week to try to improve the article — if you find enough of the correct kind of sources and add them during that seven day period, then obviously the article can be kept once the work has been done. But no, the discussion cannot be closed before you've actually made any effort to improve the article — you have to do the improvements first, and then the question of whether you've done enough improvement can be considered, and it doesn't happen the other way around. Bearcat (talk) 02:26, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Again, not how this works. Once started, the AFD discussion stays open for seven days. No ifs, no ands, no buts, no nothing: seven days, the end. If people believe you have done enough to salvage the article, then they will start to vote keep in the discussion; if people don't believe you have done enough, then they will continue to vote delete. But the discussion will remain open for seven days no matter what, and you cannot shut it down by removing the template yourself. Bearcat (talk) 19:17, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Issuing level 1 warning about removing AfD template from articles before the discussion is complete. (Peachy 2.0 (alpha 8))
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February 2021
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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 2601:188:180:B8E0:15C4:2E2D:8425:5AA9 (talk) 17:32, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

These are unwarranted accusations. Hood riddens Lastphotograph (talk) 18:32, 19 February 2021 (UTC)