User talk:Natlandry

Tracy Hamlin
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Speedy deletion nomination of Tracy Hamlin


A tag has been placed on Tracy Hamlin requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Invitrovanitas (talk) 15:43, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Sending an OTRS ticket is pointless - see what I think about idleness. I retched on the spammy language of the first two sentences. Write a wiki article for goodness sake! &mdash; RHaworth 16:38, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Tracy Hamlin
Deleting the article isn't a comment on whether she's legitimate or not. The main problem is that what you posted was not a neutral, properly referenced encyclopedia article; it was an advertisement copied from her own promotional materials. Even with the copyright issue covered off through WP:OTRS, it was still fundamentally a marketing statement rather than an encyclopedia article.

For instance: ''[Tracy] has been spreading her gift of music to audiences of all diversities. Her limitless vocal and songwriting abilities have placed her in a unique position to offer her audience a well- rounded, unforgettable music experience. I know that in record industry A&R writing it's perfectly okay to say that a person's talent is limitless and unique and unforgettable, because the point of that type of writing is to make people want to check out her music by appealing to their emotions; but in an encyclopedia we actually have to demonstrate, through the use of third-party sources, that those things are literally'' true, because the point here is to document the quantifiable facts. Wikipedia can't just assert that her talent is limitless and unique the way her PR agent can; for our purposes, we need documented evidence of exactly how it's limitless, exactly how it's unique.

I'll restore the page to your userspace for you; it'll be at User:Natlandry/Tracy Hamlin. The key to making it a proper article that can be moved back into articlespace is to avoid "emotional" words that represent opinions on the quality of her work, and to concentrate on the basic facts as discussed in reliable third-party sources (music magazines, newspaper articles, TV and radio interviews, etc.) that have covered her: biographical facts of her life, specific things that she achieved, etc. If you need some guidance as to the tone, style and structure that we need to follow on here, you can take a look at some of the other articles on here that have been judged as being of at least "fairly good" quality: if you go to Category:Biography (musicians) articles by quality, anything in the A, B, C, FA or GA classes is an acceptable model. (You don't really want to aim for "Start" or "Stub", and the other classes are for other related topics besides individual musicians.)

The other caution that I should mention is that because your article also names yourself as someone who's been directly involved in Tracy's career, you should probably read our conflict of interest policy as well. I don't mean to suggest that you can never write an article about somebody you know personally (I've done it myself on occasion) — but it is important to know where the pitfalls are in that, so that you can watch out for them, and avoid confusing personal knowledge with referenceable facts.

Hope that helps a bit. Bearcat (talk) 18:24, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Solo Career


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