User talk:Wbstroud

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Your edit to William Beattie Stroud
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Your creation of James A. Stroud
Welcome to Wikipedia! It seems pretty clear to me that your creation of and subsequent edits on James A. Stroud constitute a conflict of interest (I am assuming, from your username, that you are his son, William B. Stroud). Wikipedia strives to maintain above all a neutral viewpoint; furthermore, information on Wikipedia needs to be verifiable, which means that other editors can come along and "fact-check" the article to make sure there are no false statements in it. Because it's difficult to "fact check" when there are no published sources, many Wikipedians strive to only write articles about people who are demonstrably notable.

If you write an article about a family member, the article may start to run into the sorts of problems listen in this guideline about autobiographies. For this reason, it's generally discouraged. Looking at the James A. Stroud article, it seems like it contains a lot of unsourced original research, with some unverifiable statements. Furthermore, it's difficult to determine how notable James A. Stroud is, since the article doesn't list any books he's written or articles that have been written about him. Indeed, other editors have noted that fact, which you have deleted from the page.

Please let me know what your thoughts are on this issue. If you can't prove his notability according to the factors covered in Notability (people), then I'm going to have to nominate this article for deletion. -sthomson06 (Talk) 21:45, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of James A. Stroud
I've nominated James A. Stroud, an article you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but in this particular case I do not feel that James A. Stroud satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion; I have explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/James A. Stroud and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of James A. Stroud during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. -sthomson06 (Talk) 16:17, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of James A. Stroud
I have nominated James A. Stroud, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/James A. Stroud&. 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. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 22:28, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Image:P5230033.JPG listed for deletion
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:P5230033.JPG, has been listed at Images and media for deletion. Please see the to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Calliopejen1 (talk) 15:53, 19 September 2008 (UTC)