Burningpetals
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editHello, Burningpetals, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
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Richard Anthony Jay
editI saw your post on Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Ding_Day and I was interested in your comment that "it is not the responsibility of ONE individual to produce evidence of notability but the responsibility of the individual proposing the deletion to support the reasons of why NOT the article does not meet current Wikipedia standards of notability for inclusion".
I seem to be running into a brickwall at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Richard_Anthony_Jay despite having demonstrated notability under several criteria, in many references. Can you point me to an entry that bears out your above statement ? Or alternatively, give me your opinion on my page and how I can satisfy Wikipedia:Notability_(music) if you believe I haven't already done it ? Burningpetals (talk) 22:27, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
- Hey Burningpetals first , let me welcome you to Wikipedia and start off by saying that any and all contributions are welcomed. Regarding your question "...what mandates the responsibility of the individual proposing the deletion to support the reasons of why NOT the article does not meet current Wikipedia standards of notability for inclusion." is addressed in BEFORE. This policy, as shown by the clicking on the blue link, requires the nominating editor to investigate if there are creditable - verifiable - reliable - 3rd party sources that validate the pieces inclusion in Wikipedia before nominating the article for deletion. Sorry to say, this overlooked many times. However, in this case the nominator did do a Good job. His responce is what I had a problem with.
- With regards to the specific topic of Richard Anthony Jay, sorry to say, I would express a Delete opinon. In looking for creditable - verifiable - reliable - 3rd party sources that validate the pieces inclusion in Wikipedia, my first step is to look at Google News. If I do not find any references there, and depending on the subject, I look to Google Scholar and Google Book. Failing all thee search areas, my last resort, is plain old Google. However, it should be noted, that Blogs - Facebook - MySpace and other such sites are not and can not be considered as creditable - verifiable - reliable - 3rd party sources and are not considered for establishing notability.
- Hope this answers your question, and if you have any more or just need some additional information, just drop me a line.
- And once again, "Welcome Aboard" ShoesssS Talk 00:30, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
User account
editAre you the same editor as was using User:WildKatPR? If you are, please make a clear statement of this fact on your user page. Editing from two accounts at once is not permitted, per WP:SOCKPUPPET. Fences&Windows 22:31, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
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