User talk:Erikbratt

Welcome![edit]

Hello, Erikbratt, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Pelin Thorogood, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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Proposed deletion of Pelin Thorogood[edit]

The article Pelin Thorogood has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable, based on PR, self-promotional primary sources; lack of independent reliable sources to show notability; WP:BIO

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Chzz ► 00:27, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Objecting to proposed deletions[edit]

Hi, Erikbratt. I happened to notice an edit summary at Pelin Thorogood in which you said you objected to the page being deleted.

Notice that if you object to a proposed deletion, you should remove the {{Proposed deletion/dated}} template (also known as a "prod") from the page. If that template remains in place for seven days, the page will be deleted, but any editor who objects to the deletion can remove the tag and prevent that. The page may still be deleted after a discussion, but all editors will have an opportunity to share their reasons for keeping or deleting the page in that discussion.

Happy editing, Cnilep (talk) 01:29, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you ... someone appeared to have removed that language after my additional edits. Will continue to improve it.Erikbratt (talk) 06:05, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please do; although it is fine to object to the proposed deletion, it could still go through a deletion discussion, which could result in deletion, because of the lack of independent reliable sources to show notability; WP:BIO.

I noticed you added a blog as a reference, but that isn't a reliable source.

I'll check back on it, in some time, and see how it is going. Cheers, Chzz ► 10:30, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thank you. I'll take out that reference then and put in more third-party references. Erikbratt (talk) 17:29, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please do, because currently, refs 1 and 2 are things he wrote, not articles about him. Ref 3 is PR, and at best a passing mention - although, actually I can't even see his name listed there.

Currently, it doesn't meet the notability requirements, specifically WP:BIO. I'll check back, in a week or so. Cheers, Chzz ► 19:15, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

External links[edit]

Please note, external links should not be used within the body of the article; they should only be used as either a) references, or b) in "External links".

There are quite strict rules on what can appear in "External links" too, so please see WP:EL.

Thanks, Chzz ► 01:13, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK, will review and fix. Thank you.Erikbratt (talk) 02:27, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Pelin Thorogood for deletion[edit]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Pelin Thorogood is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed here until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Jonathanwallace (talk) 04:03, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Rand Schulman for deletion[edit]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Rand Schulman is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. JFHJr (㊟) 01:47, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Conflicts of interest: Schulman+Thorogood[edit]

Hello Erikbratt. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Rand Schulman, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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You have a substantial connection with Rand Schulman (under deletion discussion) and Pelin Thorogood (oopsie, deleted!), and a massive conflict of interest writing about them ([1][2][3][4][5][6]). Please refrain from authoring articles about them, and from adding cites or external links to their publications or organizations. Cheers! JFHJr (㊟) 21:30, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]