User talk:Margaret Wigley

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Emily Spratling
I've tagged your new article for speedy deletion. I admire your devotion to your grandmother, but Wikipedia is not place to publish your personal reflections and nothing you've written makes any claim that your grandmother merits inclusion in this encyclopedia. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 03:16, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

December 2016
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a speedy deletion tag from 'Emily Spratling', a page you have created yourself. If you believe the page should not be deleted, you may contest the deletion by clicking on the button that says: Contest this speedy deletion which appears inside the speedy deletion notice. This will allow you to make your case on the talk page. Administrators will consider your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. Thank you. JudgeRM  (talk to me)  04:03, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Research
Transferring your comments on the deleted talkpage here to answer them:


 * "Emily Spratling was an author whose work is commonly available in antiquarian book shops. There is currently very little available about her background on the internet and I am seeking to rectify this situation with credible knowledge, written by her grand daughter, that I have accessed to."

Unfortunately, that runs afoul of Wikipedia policies on verifiability and reliable sourcing, since those policies require that reference material be published in reliable sources subject to fact-checking. That means that family history isn't admissible unless it's been published by an independent source. Also, please see no original research, which prohibits publishing new material on Wikipedia - it must have been published in some form elsewhere already. Finally, please see the notability guidelines - someone must have already been discussed in reliable published sources to have sufficient standing to be discussed in Wikipedia. If not much is known about someone they are unlikely to pass the notability bar. Having published books is not in itself a claim to notability - having had those works commented upon in the press or academia is. Sorry that it sounds daunting - see if you can find some published sources, and I'll be glad to answer questions.  Acroterion   (talk)   04:25, 22 December 2016 (UTC)