User talk:WillWinterman

Autobiography?
Wikipedia recommends not attempting an autobiographical article (see WP:AUTO) but does not forbid it. All content must be referenced. David notMD (talk) 03:37, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
 * See Notable Faculty articles at Yale School of Medicine to see what articles about faculty look like. Your second paragraph is written in a promotional tone, and must be deleted. Wording such as "elite group, his work some of the first in the world, relentless advocate, have brought international recognition," are all 'peacock' wording that is not allowed. David notMD (talk) 03:48, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
 * My edits to your draft are with the intent of making the draft more likely to be accepted by a reviewer once submitted. I am not a reviewer, but I put in a lot of time at Teahouse advising new editors. Going forward, it is essential that references be added that are ABOUT Rajagopalan. David notMD (talk) 22:45, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

References wrong
That is not how references are created, and if you submit the draft now, it will be declined. Again, see Help:Referencing for beginners. References are inserted in the text following the factual statements that the refs verify. The software inserts a superscripted number in the text and places the refs in the References section. Again, confirming his publications is useful, but what is important are refs ABOUT him. David notMD (talk) 03:21, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Furthermore, most of the new references do not contribute to establishing notability in the Wikipedia sense of the word. Those are news reports on human studies in which SR is identified as researcher. The content about SR is a very small part of the news item - in some instances only a name mention or a quote.
 * See examples at Category:American medical academics for how to write and reference. If you go to a section of an article about a person and click on Edit (top menu) you can see what inserted references look like in the text, bracketed by ref and /ref inside < > brackets. David notMD (talk) 12:59, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

Getting closer to ready-to-submit
Rajagopalan is clearly notable in the Wikipedia use of the word, and hence an article will succeed. There are still entire sections without references, for examples, Education, Career, Awards. If a current place of employment has a biography, that would work as a ref for some of the information.

Not needed for this to be submitted, but a photograph would be nice. The problem is that it must be submitted by the photographer, not the subject. One way is to have a family member take a photo, create an account, and submit it to Commons. David notMD (talk) 11:49, 21 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Research in environmental transformation and health sustainability and Awards and memberships have duplication of content. David notMD (talk) 19:24, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
 * References follow punctuation. David notMD (talk) 00:04, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Research section needs refs, or else cut what cannot be verified. David notMD (talk) 04:44, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Sanjay Rajagopalan has been accepted
 Sanjay Rajagopalan, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Thanks again, and happy editing! Slywriter (talk) 17:19, 17 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Congrats on creation. While there are still some issues that need cleanup, notability is clearly established. As you are the subject of the article, WP:AUTO and WP:COI strongly encourage you to make any further changes through WP:EDITREQUEST on the talk page. Following this best practice will make future edits more productive and less likely to raise concerns of other editors. Slywriter (talk) 17:25, 17 March 2023 (UTC)