User talk:Mentor321

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Photos
I saw that you uploaded some great photos of airplanes. two thoughts: --GrapedApe (talk) 18:29, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) You probably should note where you took those photos.
 * 2) You may wish to upload future photos to Wikimedia Commons.  The benefit is that photos at Commons can be used by any of the Wikimedia projects.  The upload page there is https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard If you like, I can transfer the photos that you've already uploaded.

Speedy deletion nomination of Ken schles photographer


A tag has been placed on Ken schles photographer 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 read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 21:29, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Ken Schles page
Welcome to Wikipedia. You wrote at the top of this page: "This article is/was the subject of an educational assignment in Spring 2015. This page is under construction...Please refrain from editing this page until after April 20, 2015. Thank you!"

Sorry, but even for educational assignments, pages posted in the main encyclopedia may be deleted if they do not meet the required standards; and it is an important principle that nobody owns a Wikipedia article (see WP:Ownership of articles) - anyone can edit it. It is possible to use an Under construction template to indicate that an article is undergoing change, but even that template invites other users to join in. You cannot post an article in the main space and require that nobody else edits it for six weeks.

I have therefore moved the page to a userspace draft page at User:Mentor321/Ken Schles (photographer) where you can work on it undisturbed.

Please ask the supervisor of your educational project, if s/he has not already done so, to look at School and university projects and Education program which give links to advice on how to set up and register a project.

Here are some other pages that you might find helpful:
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Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:45, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Ken Schles
Hi, Mentor321. I saw that your article was nominated for deletion and I wanted to give you some tips on how to move your article into the mainspace without this sort of issue coming up. Many editors will not search on their own to verify the claims in articles before nominating them. I wish they did so, but as I said above it's time consuming and these are volunteers, so we can't force them to do so. However, we can change a few things about the draft to avoid this: I hope this helps with your article. Please let me know if you have any questions or need help with the article or the above suggestions. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:47, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The first thing a volunteer editor patrolling new pages is looking for is a reliable source covering the subject in some detail. In this case the article has two references, but the links don't go to an individual resource. The first goes to an RSS feed (which will change constantly) and the second goes to a search (which can also change). A critical reader would follow those links and may not be able to verify the claims made in the article. That's a problem.
 * This seems to be the right link to the exhibition info for one source. I've fixed the NYFA reference to point to the interview in question (Rather than the search). Let me know if you need a hand fixing the other references.
 * I would also add sources for the individual awards (a link to an article about the award or a link to the awarding body's website with the winners works equally well)
 * Start small! Don't include long lists of works or lists of awards in text just yet. Starting with a stub containing a paragraph or two about the subject which is clearly sourced, neutral in tone and concise can dramatically change the response you get. Those same volunteers are patrolling a queue of articles filled with garage bands, auto-biographical articles and puffery, so they often look at style and structure (even though they shouldn't!) when deciding to nominate an article. An article like Alexander Volck is a good example--just two paragraphs and a short list of works.
 * Take a look at other articles for formatting cues. Section headings should be made with ==Heading text==, not bolded. links to other articles, etc. I've made some changes to your draft to illustrate this. Again, formatting isn't a criteria for deletion, but editing defensively can reap some rewards.
 * A sentence like this "Schles has been making books for over 25 years, his five published monographs: Invisible City, 1988. The Geometry of Innocence, 2001. A New History of Photography: The World Outside and the Pictures in Our Heads, 2007. Oculus, 2011. Night Walk, 2014, have all been critically acclaimed and have won notable awards" is probably best rewritten to something like "Schles has published five monographs over 25 years, all of which attracted critical acclaim." followed by a sentence where you single out one or two works which received especially important or interesting awards. Remember, an encyclopedia article is not meant to be exhaustive. You want to make sure that a reader can get a good comprehensive overview through the text without covering everything, especially if you have a section listing his bibliography.

Ken Schles
I have removed the over bolding from the article, please do not add it back in. I suggest you read the prior comment and take some of their suggestions. Take a look at the types of changes I am making and continue the changes. It will provide a better article. red dogsix (talk) 21:42, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

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