User talk:Revmayaavent

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Bishop Troy K. Grant, III}}}
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Troy K. Grant article
Hello, and yes someone will generally respond :). I've placed the discussion of this article to your talk page, since the article's talk page, being orphaned, might be deleted any time, and this page of course won't be. Feel free to respond here, I'll have this page on watch so I'll see if you do.

As to this article, there are a few things to consider when writing a biography of a living person. First, you should review the biography notability guidelines, to see if the person in question is a person who is notable enough for a biography page. If you find that the person in question does indeed meet one or more of these guidelines, the first thing to do is look for factually verifiable information on the person. Using personal knowledge of the person is original research, which is not allowed-all information must come from a reliable secondary source.

The reason the article was previously deleted was because it was a copy of copyrighted content. (This is for the protection of the person posting the material as well as Wikipedia's-getting sued is not good!) As the copyright holder, you may choose to release the content under the GNU Free Documentation License, and provide that release on the talk page. Just giving Wikipedia "permission" to host the content is not enough, the material must actually be GFDL released. As a substantial rewrite would be required in any case, however, it likely would be better that if the notability guidelines are met, that a new article is rewritten from scratch in summary of the reliable sources-and of course, if the material is rewritten in your own words, no copyright release is needed at all. However, the bio as written on the other page would likely not be acceptable-it doesn't assert notability per the guidelines, and much of the material (such as regarding Bishop Grant's childhood) is probably not verifiable and would not be suitable for inclusion. The article would also need to cite sources as stated earlier, and not to be written from personal knowledge (including autobiographically). If you need any additional assistance, or are unclear on the meaning of some of the guidelines (it's a lot to digest!) please respond here and I'll try to help! Seraphimblade 18:46, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Okay, so I'm a little lost, but I will figure it all out. I am going to review all the highlighted links you have sent and will try again afterward if I believe the criteria is met. Thanks. Revmayaavent 21:46, 10 November 2006 (UTC)