User talk:Akpakpala

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Speedy deletion nomination of Dennis Jackson (Coach, Motivational Speaker)

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A tag has been placed on Dennis Jackson (Coach, Motivational Speaker), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Hello, I'm Deb. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.
Hello, Akpakpala. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you.Deb (talk) 12:15, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Dennis Jackson

You wrote: "I am also not sure where the line of advertising is really drawn for this person who has received many professional accolades, including having a celebration day named after them in a particular city. This is a notable person who is listed on wikipedia pages created by other people because of the work he has done, so I thought it made sense to create an independent page for him."

I think I can give you a few hints:

1. You are what is known as a single-purpose account, i.e. you've edited virtually no other articles than the draft on Dennis Jackson. This points to you not being interested in contributing to Wikipedia as a whole. When this happens, it's usually because the contributor has a connection to the subject outside Wikipedia, i.e. a confict of interest, but you have not declared one, so for the moment let's suppose you don't have one.
2. The advertising starts right at the title you chose to give the draft: "Dennis Jackson (Coach, Motivational Speaker)" rather than just "Dennis Jackson (coach)". Motivational speakers are often people better known for other things who do motivational speaking as a sideline or as a way to obtain an income after they've retired, which appears to be the case here. Including it in the title could suggest a desire to obtain bookings. If, as you say, Jackson is referred to in other Wikipedia articles, these should be your guide as to what differentiator to include in the title of the draft.
3. The main part of the article in which you list Jackson's achievements is straightforward enough. Unfortunately, you went on to include a whole paragraph praising a non-notable organization called "The P.L.A.Y. Academy" which is run by Jackson.
4. Additionally - Whilst Jackson may have obtained considerable notability in his home area, there is nothing to suggest that he meets the notability standards required for inclusion in Wikipedia. You haven't included any of the references necessary to demonstrate that he is well-known. Both of his books are self-published, and his achievements, whilst they might be outstanding in the context of college basketball, are not reflected in press coverage; having looked myself, I could find only one online article, from a small local paper, that refers to him. Had you got around to submitting the article for review in its present state, it would have failed for this reason.

I'd suggest you look again at the Wikipedia guidelines and take some time to work out how to write an article. Do the tutorial. Practise editing. Then come back and start again if you still think you can make a claim of notability for Dennis Jackson. Deb (talk) 10:10, 13 January 2021 (UTC)