User talk:Sparkymcghee

February 2010
Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living persons. Thank you.  Acroterion  (talk)  03:43, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Charlene Allen
A tag has been placed on Charlene Allen requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, 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. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Reconsider !  04:44, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

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Charlene Allen
I read what you wrote on the article talk page, but I have still deleted it because under our policy on Biographies of living persons I think she comes under the category of people notable only for one event; and indeed it did not seem that you intended a biography of Ms Allen so much as an article about the controversy she was involved in, which might be what we call a coatrack article. There is nothing to stop you writing an article about the affair, under an appropriate title, if you can demonstrate notability in the Wikipedia sense by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject", and if you think it is significant enough for a stand-alone article rather than, say, mention under Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (where it is already mentioned) or Columbia University. The links from the Welcome paragraph above will tell you more about contributing; Your first article is a good introduction. JohnCD (talk) 11:36, 15 February 2010 (UTC)