User talk:Mattegge

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Proposed deletion of John Avery MW


The article John Avery MW has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * WP:BIO

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Hi, thanks for message. I note that you created three related articles which suggests that you have a conflict of interest. This view is reinforced by your comment I guess from your profile you are not a wine trade member and by the fact that you removed deletion tags yourself without attempting to address the problem, which does not look like good faith editing. If you have a conflict of interest when editing this article, you must declare it. You obviously didn't look at any other biographies on Wikipedia or read any of our guidance on editing either.

To save repetition I'll concentrate on the John Avery article (even you seem to accept that the article about your company is spam, but I'll give chapter and verse if you want). I deleted your article because
 * it did not provide adequate independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that he meets the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the company claims or interviewing its management. You gave just two refs, one written by Avery, obviously not independent, and one that may be relevant but doesn't link to what I assume is a web page. you also just dumped the supposed refs at the bottom, Put your references in the the text following the fact each supports using  . Then    at the end will automatically generate a numbered list
 * it was written in a promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic.
 * adding honorifics like MW etc to article titles is a breach of our policy, just the name
 * Examples of unsourced claims presented as fact include: well-known international wine judge... long-established firm... well-known wine merchant... one of the UK’s earliest advocates of New World wines.... local luminaries... now legendary... Cementing his reputation as a pioneer importer... &mdash;and so on. It's a fan page, not an encyclopaedia article

Now, I accept that both the people and the company are notable, and I'm prepared to restore the deleted text to user subpages for you to work on if you wish. Please read some other biographies so that you know how to edit and reference. Alternatively, given your conflict of interest, you could, if you wish, post a request at Requested articles for the article to be created. See also Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest. Jimfbleak - talk to me?  06:09, 28 August 2015 (UTC)