User talk:Paul Stephen Farmer

Speedy deletion nomination of Paul Stephen Farmer


A tag has been placed on Paul Stephen Farmer requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject of the article is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding  at the top of the article, immediately below the speedy deletion  tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate), and providing your reasons for contesting on the article's talk page, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. You may freely add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

You may want to read the guidelines for specific types of articles: biographies, websites, bands, or companies. Acabashi (talk) 22:33, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Paul S Farmer


The article Paul S Farmer has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners or ask at Help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. Lady of  Shalott  16:43, 28 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, this article currently has no references. It is against Wikipedia policy to add biographical articles about living people without any references. Please add some references, then feel free to remove the prod tag. Until there are references though, the tag must stay. Lady  of  Shalott  16:48, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Paul S Farmer
Hi again, I have removed the prod tag since you added a reference. However, you really need to add some reliable, third-party sources. A single reference to your own blog (and I do presume that you are the subject of the article, yes?) is not anywhere near sufficient. There must be references available - newspaper articles about the councillor work, for example. Lady of  Shalott  17:12, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

I have added a number of sources so don't understand. Is it because the web citations are not in correct form? Paul Stephen Farmer (talk) 19:10, 24 March 2011 (UTC)


 * The format of the citations is of least concern. One of the links, (10,) is now erroneous - it redidrects to another page that doesn't support the claim made. Facebook (9) and personal web site (17) links as inline cites are not appropriate as the citation for proof is from a non-neutral source - best to put these under an "External links" section if they are important - a link to facebook doesn't do any article any favours. The importance or recognition of the subject appears very local (local gov. web site and local newspaper) rather than national or international. If the books under "Main published works" have been reviewed in serious publications this might show notability - I can find no such reviews. I have been watching this article since it was created a month ago to give it a reasonable chance for improvement; its subject is still not notable in my eyes - as it stands it is a candidate for AfD.  Acabashi (talk) 21:40, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. I am probably not spending enough time on this. I will try to improve. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul Stephen Farmer (talk • contribs)
 * I've removed the hangon tag; there is no request for a speedy deletion and in contrast to the first draft it indicates sufficient importance to avoid such a deletion. If someone feels necessary there will be a community discussion.--Tikiwont (talk) 10:33, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Dick Sheppard School
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, but when you add or change content, as you did to the article Dick Sheppard School, please cite a reliable source for the content of your edit. This helps maintain our policy of verifiability. See Citing sources for how to cite sources, and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. CanadianLinuxUser (talk) 18:59, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

March 2011
Hello Paul Stephen Farmer. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors; and
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Tikiwont (talk) 12:27, 25 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I have added back the conflict of interest template in the Paul S Farmer article. As above, please refer to Conflict of interest. Acabashi (talk) 22:09, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Problems with upload of File:Paul Farmer close-up.gif
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Problems with upload of File:Paul new portrait.jpg
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Speedy deletion nomination of Paul S Farmer


A tag has been placed on Paul S Farmer, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Business for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion," which appears inside of the speedy deletion tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate). Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, 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. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Mtking (talk) 11:18, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

License tagging for File:New portrait.jpg
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File source and copyright licensing problem with File:New portrait.jpg
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If you did not create this work entirely yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the page from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of the website's terms of use of its content. If the original copyright holder is a party unaffiliated with the website, that author should also be credited. You will also need to state under what licensing terms it was released. Please refer to the image use policy to learn what files you can or cannot upload on Wikipedia. The page on copyright tags may help you to find the correct tag to use for your file.

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Nomination of Paul S Farmer for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Paul S Farmer is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Paul S Farmer until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Mtking (talk) 02:53, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Licences, etc. for image File:Paul S. Farmer.jpg
Hello, Mr. Farmer. :) It's quite a bit belated, but first let me drop you a "welcome" to Wikipedia. You've clearly learned your way around quite a bit already, so it may no longer have much to offer you, but I've dropped you a standard "welcome" notice at the top of your page. When I first started, I found some of the links in that notice very useful, so you may still find some value in it as well.

I'm here primarily because it was pointed out to me that you may be having some difficulty with the licensing requirement for the image you've uploaded. First, I moved it to File:Paul S. Farmer.jpg. We like to give images specific names to allow contributors to find them. That one should do the trick, I think.

I see that you added a statement to the image description in the article: "copyright P.S.Farmer with permission". This isn't quite what's needed to keep the image on Wikipedia; what we need is a valid licensing statement indicating the terms under which you've uploaded. "with permission" doesn't work here, I'm afraid, because our content is widely reused, and you need to make allowances for our reusers. There are a number of acceptable licenses you can choose, but we most often recommend that you release the material under both Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 and Text of the GNU Free Documentation License}GNU Free Documentation License, unversioned. These licenses are not cross-compatible, but both share similar features: they allow the image you place here to be used here and elsewhere (even commercially) and they allow it to be modified. They both require that reusers attribute you and forbid reusers to impose new copyright restrictions, even for modified versions. You can read a little more about these at Donating copyrighted materials. If you're okay with the dual license, the thing to do is to edit File:Paul S. Farmer.jpg to add the following (curly brackets and all):
 * GFDL-self

If you don't like those license options, I'm happy to talk to you about alternatives, but note that there are certain restrictions we can't accept. Whatever license you go with, it will have to permit both commercial reuse and modification.

I've added an "information" tag to the image using the source information you provided. It would be really nice if you could expand it at least a little, to include the date (even if just the year) that the photograph was made. This will help give the picture context in years to come.

I will, by the way, be e-mailing you just to verify your identity. This is simply a procedure when a contributor is using the name of a public individual to help us avoid the obvious kinds of problems that plague public individuals. :) If you can respond to that e-mail, which I will be cc'ing to the Wikimedia Foundation that runs this website, verification of your identity will be logged. That will also help avoid issues when you upload self-portraits of people potentially doubting that you are authorized to do so.

Again, welcome. I'm sure that your experiences have been somewhat frustrating, looking at your talk page, but I have to say that I am impressed by how quickly you seem to have caught on to Wikipedia processes. I haven't been here so long that I can't remember how puzzling some things were to me when I first arrived. :)

I'll be watching your talk page for a time, in case I can help you with any of these processes. Please feel free to come by my talk page (which you can reach by following the link after my username) if I can be of assistance. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:29, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Edit summaries
I noticed your edits are frequently missing WP:Edit summaries. These are very helpful to other editors, and are a good thing, especially for COI edits. They don't have to be long, just concise descriptions (+fact, -vandalism, +ref, rephrase, etc). You can adjust your Preferences ("Editing" tab) to remind you, if you happen to save without leaving one. --Lexein (talk) 14:13, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

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