User talk:Xymmax/Archives/2011/January

My Page - Francis Gary Powers, Jr. deleted
PS. The reason I found out about this deletion of my wekipedi page is becuase someone emailed me a Facebook page "http://www.facebook.com/pages/Francis-Gary-Powers-Jr/137488986273376" that cited Wikipedia as the source of the information. Since the facebook page is still active with the source link, this begs the question as to why the Wiki page was deleted. In addition, it shows another example as to the amount of exposure / notoriety that i have gained over the years. Fianlly, the Wiki page was up for over 5 years so helped to prove in and of itself my wide exposer since Facebook picked it up.

Gary --Gpowersjr (talk) 02:32, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Hello,

I just found out today that my page, Francis Gary Powers, Jr, was deleted in December 2010. While I understand the reasoning behind the ultimate decision to delete the page based on the discussion page, I do not understand why I was not contacted other than though one message via Wikipedia, which I just received after the page was already deleted. I do not check Wikipedia often and an email could have been sent to me via the Cold War Museum or Gary Powers' website to notify me of this discussion so I could have replied and provided supporting documentation as to why it should have been kept or changed to meet the criteria.

I would like to know what I can do to have the page reactivated. I will be able to provide tons of international press interviews, articles, TV news interviews and related subject matter that will show I have gained notoriety in my profession as a Cold War expert and Founder of The Cold War Museum in addition to being the son of the U-2 pilot.

I am not very familiar with how the talk Pages work with Wikipedia so it may take me a while to figure out how to see your reply and or send one back.

Thanks for your assistance.

Gary --Gpowersjr (talk) 23:37, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Francis Gary Powers, Jr. Founder The Cold War Museum PO Box 861526 Vint Hill, VA 20187 (703) 273-2381 VM (703) 273-4903 FAX www.coldwar.org gpowersjr@coldwar.org


 * Hi. I can userify the page for you, which essentially means that a copy is restored to your user space instead of the encyclopedia proper, with the idea that you or others could work on the article. If the deficiency that lead to the deletion is cured, the article could, in theory, be restored. I have a couple of caveats: first, regular Wikipedia editors are extremely sensitive to articles being written by their subjects. I think that it is possible that the reason the article was nominated for deletion in the first place is that someone noticed that your were involved in editing it. Please review our policy on conflict of interest - this is can be a difficult road to negotiate. Second, you may want to review our guideline for notability of persons. Essentially, the article will need to be able to demonstrate, using sources wikipedia considers reliable, that your public profile is such that a stand-alone article is warranted. Wikipedia's idea of notability can be a bit counter-intuitive, so I really do encourage you to peruse the links. Lastly, there is a place where you can "appeal" my decision to delete the page, which is deletion review. I put appeal in quotes because, at least in theory, all that is reviewed is whether I accurately judged the deletion discussion. In practice it varies, though FWIW I don't think that was a particularly contentious discussion. If after wading through all of the above, and you'd like the page restored to your user space, just drop me note here, and I'll be happy to do it.  Xymmax  So let it be written   So let it be done  23:33, 9 January 2011 (UTC)