David Rankin

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Speedy deletion of Jim Murray (writer)

A tag has been placed on Jim Murray (writer), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read our the guidelines on spam as well as the Wikipedia:Business' FAQ for more information.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article 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 article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. peterl (talk) 11:01, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi there, the article on Jim Murray has several issues, the key ones being, notability, verifiability and reliability of sources. It also suffers from a few weasel words. For example "Murray won the prestigious Glenfiddich Whisky Writer of the Year award on the three separate occasions he was entered for the competition." Who says it is prestigious? Even if you provide a reliable source that claims it is "prestigious" it still may not satisfy the MoS guidelines. I'd suggest you move the article to a sandbox and work on it there until it is ready for the mainspace. Your sandbox is located at User:David Rankin/sandbox. Hope that helps. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 14:13, 27 November 2007 (UTC)