Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/George John Seaton

George John Seaton Article
Hello,

I am the editor of this article. I am working through the Wikipedia Education Foundation in order to write the article on George John Seaton. I am a student at Washington University in St. Louis enrolled in the class Outcast and Outlaws: Othering in Modern Europe with Professor Anne Schult.

Our class has been working all semester on articles to share the stories of outcasts who have been forgotten in history. We have been through the Wikipedia training modules and have worked with a member of the Wikipedia Foundation in order to ensure credibility in our sources.

As the nominator for this page's deletion has mentioned, there is one primary source used in this article. I am aware that primary sources are not used for Wikipedia because they may violate the neutrality requirement. However, the book is very carefully sourced and is only being used to find information about George John Seaton's life before his imprisonment. There are no records of his early life outside of his time as a convict. I have created a section at the bottom of the article that shares information about the primary source, Isle of the Damned. This section provides background of the book and involves other sources and book reviews that ensure the book is credible.

As for the other sources used in the article, they have been pulled from Washington University in St. Louis library and archives. These sources include published articles, newspapers, and imprisonment records and they are all sourced in the article. All of these sources are suitable by Wikipedia's source standards. I feel that including the background and time period of George John Seaton enable readers to understand the circumstances surrounding Seaton's life. This information has been pulled from books, Harvard University Press articles, and the Wikipedia articles Devil's Island and French Guiana.

My article was taken down the first time by user Velella. They were able to give me guiding points to fixing issues with the article. I implemented those changes in my sandbox draft and then republished the article to the public domain. I did not discredit the suggestions this editor made but rather included them. I also reached out to my professor who suggested other fixes to strengthen the article. All of these have since been implemented.

In conclusion, our university is hoping to shine a light on these forgotten outcasts. We are not looking to misinform readers or publish bias papers. I feel that it is crucial to tell the stories of these men and women. I hope that you may find my article reputable and in the best interest of Wikipedia and society. Please consider my plea to allow this article to remain live.

Best wishes

Jeorgiaobrien (talk) 18:24, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Continuous Improvement
As mentioned before, I am working on this article through the Wikipedia foundation. In our training timeline we were tasked with moving our articles to the main space as I have done. However, we are still in the process of improving our articles and making sure they are Wikipedia appropriate. I will be deleting any direct quotes that may interfere with the notability and neutrality requirement as well as transitioning my article away from sounded like an academic article and more like a tertiary source that Wikipedia approves of. These edits will be continuous in the next few days to weeks.

Thank you, Jeorgiaobrien (talk) 03:30, 8 April 2024 (UTC)