User talk:Iampatrickmay

Harold Swerdlow

Proposed deletion of Harold Swerdlow

The article Harold Swerdlow has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp/dated}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. KGirlTrucker81 ^{huh? what I've been doing} 13:36, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Harold Swerdlow

Hello Iampatrickmay,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Harold Swerdlow for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

TheLongTone (talk) 14:05, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

===Status and Advice=== ,

As reviewing administrator, I deleted the article because it was a copyvio of his web page at NY Genome Center. He probably is notable by our standards for academics, WP:PROF. But a proper article must be written, following the general outline of an academic CV, not a business press release. It should start with his degrees and years, a reference to his doctoral thesis, his postdoctoral position(s). and then the chronological list of his faculty and business positions.

It should list his most-cited papers for which he was the principal author not one of a team. It should mention any prizes or othe honors. And it should have references providing substantial coverage from third-party independent reliable sources, not press releases or mere announcements. Pleasedon't copy his web site or any previous publication--although it is possible for you to give a CC 3-BY release for it according to WP:DCM, it isvery unlikely to be suitable for an encyclopedia article.

I suppose you are likely to have some conflict of interest, so see our rules about WP:COI. Your user page must disclose theconflict, and the article must be start in Draft space--all as explained there. DGG ( talk ) 15:04, 19 May 2017 (UTC) ,

Copyright notice

Hello Iampatrickmay, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Draft:Harold Swerdlow have been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:30, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

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Draft:Harold Swerdlow concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Harold Swerdlow, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:37, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Harold Swerdlow

Hello, Iampatrickmay. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Harold Swerdlow".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. TKK! bark with me! 03:01, 9 December 2017 (UTC)