User talk:Samuel.west

Notability of W.L. West
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I am a fellow Wikipedian and thought your article had merit. I added some citations and whatnot, but to keep it from getting deleted you will want to add more citations. If your main source is your own interviews with family members, then let me suggest you publish it somewhere online and then cite it as a source. Wikipedia generally doesn't allow original research to be posted (see No_original_research, but if you have published it elsewhere (a personal website, etc.) then it could be cited. Of course other users may not think it is a credible enough source, but I'll argue with them on that point. I generally think folks are way too quick to delete worthy articles on Wikipedia.

Also, you might think about creating an article for Caddo Grove, Texas. I think you have enough here to start an article on the place. Jmbranum (talk) 06:15, 28 December 2008 (UTC)