User talk:Michael Hanna12

Michael Hanna
Well, for starters, given that your username strongly suggests that the article you wrote was about yourself, the first thing I have to suggest is that you familiarize yourself with our conflict of interest policies — specifically the parts that strongly discourage starting an article about yourself in the first place. Secondly, articles on here have to be written in a neutral and properly encyclopedic style, where yours was essentially a prosified version of a résumé, and need to be referenced to reliable sources (i.e. media coverage, etc.) which verifies that you've actually passed one or more of our notability rules.

Wikipedia is not a place where everybody who exists is automatically entitled to keep an article about themselves — we're an encyclopedia, not an alternative version of LinkedIn where anybody is entitled to post their own résumé. Rather, there are certain specific criteria that a person has to pass to become a suitable topic for an article on here — the most important being that the person has been the subject of substantial coverage in reliable sources that are independent of their own promotional materials. So if you believe that you qualify, then you need to cite independent sources which properly demonstrate that you meet our inclusion standards — and because of the COI issue, you should go through the WP:AFC process rather than just posting it directly to articlespace, so that the article is reviewed carefully for potential neutrality issues. Bearcat (talk) 13:10, 1 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Michael, I previously posted on Bearcat's page about this and am going to follow it up. (t I am one of the administrators who most frequently work with articles on academic faculty and researchers.).  The above admin is right that the article is unsatisfactory, but  none of them is reason for immediate deletion and he should not have done so. I have the ability to reverse him, but I  can not use it over opposition. I know how to pursue this, and I will.
 * But the simplest thing is for you to write a better article--you need no permission. Eliminate the background about the hospital. Include a list of any awards; include a list of two or three of your most cited papers, including citation counts for them.  The relevant standard is WP:PROF--read it before you do the rewrite. To minimize  difficulties, let me know on my talk page, immediately after you have done so., and i will make sure its OK.   DGG ( talk ) 22:41, 1 July 2014 (UTC)