User talk:Opt-Inc

Your submission at Articles for creation: Theodore Haugland (October 14)
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Theroadislong (talk) 15:31, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

what's going on?
Please explain what's going on.

You twice attempted to create what appears to be a biography about Theodore Haugland.

However, the text of the biography contains a number of reported facts about this individual which have not been supported by links to published reliable sources. That's an absolute requirement for articles about living people.

A substantial portion of the biography consist of a long list of licenses. That list appears to be supported by links, but I inspected one of them and it does not appear to be published reliable source. It may be a primary source which is not, to the surprise of some new editors, a desirable source. Even if there are reliable published sources supporting this license information, this long list of licenses is not the type of material that belongs in a Wikipedia article. While we are an encyclopedia we are not an indiscriminate publisher of material, and that needs to be some rationale for inclusion of a list of licenses.

I'm also concerned about the photo. It appears to be a crop from some of the photo, raising a question about whether you are the copyright holder and have the authority to license it.

I am planning to delete the article, but if you can satisfy me regarding my concerns I can easily restore it. I don't plan on removing the photo at this time but would like to know more about it so I can determine whether it should stay or go.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  18:25, 14 October 2020 (UTC)