User talk:Ricktoh

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Hello, Ricktoh, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like this place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! Rising*From*Ashes (talk) 07:26, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Blowing wings[edit]

The article Blowing wings has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

This article seems to consist solely of original research. Its author and only substantial contributor, Ricktoh, appears to have a conflict of interest, as Rick Toh is also the supposed originator of this educational philosophy. None of the information is verifiable using the references provided, as they were all published before 2008, when this theory purportedly originated. Furthermore, the term "Blowing Wings" appears to be a non-notable neologism. When searched on Google, the term, in conjunction with Rick Toh's name, only returns hits which mirror this article.

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 {{dated prod}} 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 {{dated prod}} 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. Rising*From*Ashes (talk) 05:43, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In response to your question about Blowing wings[edit]

Dear Rick,

First of all, congratulations on having your portfolio win the award in your organization. You clearly put a lot of hard work into it. That being said, I have several concerns about whether Blowing wings meets Wikipedia's policies for inclusion. First of all, this article having been based on your portfolio, Education: Clipping Vs Blowing Wings, leads me to concerns that Wikipedia's policy of no original research is being violated; also, as you yourself are the author of both the portfolio and the article, it seems to me that you have a conflict of interest in this subject. Also, the article does not seem to satisfy Wikipedia's policy regarding verifiability, which states that articles need multiple third-party sources that mention the subject of the article; all of the references you listed were published before the subject itself existed, making it seem unlikely that they established its notability. Also, as your term "Blowing wings" is relatively unknown as of now (when I Googled it, I only found copies of the Wikipedia article), it would probably be considered a neologism, and articles on neologisms are generally discouraged.

Please don't take offense about this; your work seems very important, but at the moment, given these concerns, I am not convinced that it is appropriate for Wikipedia. That being said, if, after you have read the policies I mentioned above, you still disagree with my proposed deletion, you can always remove the proposed deletion tag from the top of the article; if you do not remove the tag, the page will likely be automatically deleted once the time period expires. If you choose to remove the tag, I may list this page for discussion at Articles For Deletion so that other editors can weigh in; maybe I am wrong about this article, and it does belong.

Best wishes either way. Rising*From*Ashes (talk) 09:14, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Blowing wings[edit]

A tag has been placed on Blowing wings requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, a rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content. You may wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:46, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

June 2010[edit]

Please refrain from introducing inappropriate pages, such as Blowing wings, to Wikipedia as doing so is not in accordance with our policies. For more information about creating articles, you may want to read Wikipedia:Your first article; you might also consider using the Article Wizard. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:49, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]