User talk:Rbartram

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Hello, Rbartram, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you have edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been reverted for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of deletion, you might like to draft your article before submission, then get me or any other editor to proofread it. To start creating a draft article, just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit that page as you would any other. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

The one firm rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that if more than one person is using this account to edit, then unfortunately it will be blocked from editing.

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Proposed deletion of Claire Asherson Bartram


The article Claire Asherson Bartram has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Non-notable per WP:BIO and WP:ACADEMIC, no significant coverage online from WP:Reliable sources, unreferenced apart from external links to WP:PRIMARY sources.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing  will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. MuffledThud (talk) 14:14, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Autobiographical information
You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to No original research, Neutral point of view, and Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedians with articles.)  LittleOldMe (talk) 11:11, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Claire Asherson Bartram
Hello. As you can see from the warning above, you shouldn't really have created an article about someone you are connected to. That being said, the best thing you can do to save the article from being deleted is to a) show how she meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines for biographies or academics. At the moment, the article doesn't really say why she is notable enough to warrant an article here. b) Add some references to reliable sources to back up the information you are adding. All information on Wikipedia must be verifiable and readers need to be able to check on the facts presented. How on earth do I know how many children she has or when she changed her name? Although the information here is fairly neutral and probably true, people start articles on Wikipedia all the time creating false biographies of people just to be disruptive. That is one of the reasons we rely on reliable sources. It also helps to demonstrate notability if, for example, she has had an article written about her in a newspaper or something. Hope this helps, -- Beloved Freak  11:24, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Claire Asherson Bartram
I have nominated Claire Asherson Bartram, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Claire Asherson Bartram. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Beloved Freak  12:21, 28 January 2010 (UTC)