User talk:Lanternrouge

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Thanks for your work on the Archie Craig article! I've had a look and it's good so far. We probably just need to add a few more references though. Thanks again! Severo^TC 11:41, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of William H S McIntyre[edit]

Hello Lanternrouge,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged William H S McIntyre 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. Corvoe (speak to me) 16:51, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Corvoe,

I could do with more time to edit the page and any help/suggestions you can give would be greatly appreciated.

McIntyre publishes his work as ebooks and one of them was nominated for the 2012 Dundee International Book prize.

Gerry (lanternrouge)

ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

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ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

Hi,
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WP:SPA[edit]

I've been a Wikipedia editor for many years and one of the reddest flags I see is when a biographical article is initiated and maintained by an editor who has few if any edits on other topics. It's generally best if the subject of a biography does not edit it. An obvious conflict of interest, especially if there is a commercial aspect such as selling books.

Not saying that this is the case here but it raises a flag.

You may blame me for the portrait. I met the author recently in Falkirk ad seized the opportunity to grab a photo with a license we can use. Apart from thinking the books are brilliant and wanting a better article - like having solid grounds to remove the notice about sources - I have no WP:COI.

If there are any good sources to help expand the article, please let me know. I see some items of information that are not backed up by good cites for example. I don't know that Scottish lawyers are particularly notable but authors of a series of professionally-published crime novels are, and that aspect could be expanded.

Anyway, I'm contactable by email via my profile or by the appropriately-named seven character gmail address. -Pete (talk) 23:04, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]