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Speedy deletion nomination of Scott A. Snyder

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A tag has been placed on Scott A. Snyder requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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In addition, the article reads like a promotion for Snyder himself, which makes me suspect a conflict of interest (i.e. you are Scott Snyder, or know him well). While I understand he may be a notable figure, especially with what's going on in Korea right now, you should take a look at Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion and Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. Plus, if you do have a conflict of interest related to Scott Snyder, please know that you shouldn't create that article—a rule of thumb here is that if he's notable enough, someone else will do it.

Thanks, and happy editing! Let me know if you have any questions. —Ignatzmice^talk_contribs 14:15, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Well, you seem to be making some changes. That's good. I suggest copying what you have now to save it, since (I believe) even if you change the copyright issues, if the page has ever been mostly copy-and-paste the administrators have to delete it for legal reasons. (I may be wrong.)

Some notes: 1. Linking to any outside site in the main article is pretty much not done. Put external links in an "External links" section at the bottom. 2. I don't know if there's a policy on this, but a set of links to Amazon is probably frowned upon too. Link to WIkipedia articles if they exist, or don't link. 3. I don't really know if an "Events and Presentations" section is worthy of inclusion. 4. Using Wikipedia as a reference is generally not done too. 5. If you add some context to the article—why is he important?—it'll stand a better chance of being kept. Thanks! —Ignatzmice^talk_contribs 14:33, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Scott A. Snyder deletion

There is nothing to stop you recreating the article, but you should bear the following in mind

• you should provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that he meets the notability guidelines. It is now Wikipedia policy that biographical articles about living people must have independent verifiable references, or they will be deleted. It's best to put your references in-line, so we can see what facts each source is supporting. Note that Wikipedia articles are nor suitable as references.
• Articles must be neutral, encyclopaedic and [not] promotional. All those links to Amazon will get the article deleted on sight.
• As you doubtless realise, the text must be in your own words
• There shouldn't be any url links in the text, just wikilinks to other Wikipedia articles. url links should only be visible in the References and External links sections.
• Also take note of the comments by other editors above
• Some style things, no heading needed to lead section, other headings should not be fully capped.
• It's not obligatory, but if you want me to have a look before you recreate, to you could write a draft here and let me know when it's ready. Ask if you have any queries, Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:06, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Totally understandable, Jennak! You may want to check out WP:BLP (bios of living persons) before you get too far, just so you know what you should watch out for. I also second Jimfbleak's suggestion to put it at User:Jennak83/sandbox or User:Jennak83/Scott Snyder (I don't know if you really need the initial). You can move it to the main articlespace after you've worked on it for a while. (User pages are given much more leniency [they don't have to be about notable people, for example], though they still can't contain any copyright violations.) Good luck! —Ignatzmice^talk_contribs 15:15, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Erm. I don't know, but I would suspect that writing an article on WIkipedia for a school project is not considered a Good Thing to Do... best make it really good! :)

The "articlespace" is where the main articles go. Like DPRK or Cheese. Whatever. "Userspace" is where people's userpages, user talk pages, and related stuff goes. Many people use subpages on their userpage for lists of funny edits, or pages they're in the middle of working on. Generally, people will leave someone's personal subpage alone. This allows you to change and fine-tune it as long as you want (so long as it's not an attack page or copyright violation) without other people getting on your case about it. —Ignatzmice^talk_contribs 15:34, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

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I've moved your draft to the sandbox. Obviously up to you if you want to continue

• What do you mean by "Some style things, no heading needed to lead section, other headings should not be fully capped."?

I've done this and bolded the first use of his name

• I got the list of publications of Snyder at 'amazon.com' but should I not state it as a reference, because that site might not be considered reliable?

Give the ISBN number for each book (you can get that from Amazon) and that is sufficient to verify the book without linking to a particular seller. Incidentally, you don't need "by Scott Snyder" if it's a list of his publications. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:58, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

• My intention was not promoting amazon.com, sorry for that, I just wanted to provide users with further book information.

And sorry for providing external links within the article, I was not aware of the rules of wikipedia (as I am a beginner :(( )

It's a steep learning curve!

• And about the notability, he is a renown figure considering U.S-Korea alliance, and the importance of the subject is growing because of recent situation regarding North Korea. But if his notability matters, what should I do? If I have to put in why he is famous, it might not seem neutral.

It's his job that makes him notable, if you can expand the text a little more, that would be good.

• There are many long terms such as "U.S.-Korea policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations", which deters me from creating a whole new sentence, because even if I configure the sentence differently, those long words make my sentence feel similar. Is there any way I can do about citation?

I shouldn't worry about repeating obvious phrases, it's close paraphrases of copyright text that the problem. To put in-line references, put

<ref>[url description]</ref> where you want the ref to go, and put {{reflist}} under the references heading Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:58, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Helpful hint, jennak: All your changes are recorded and linked with your username (the "View history" tab at the top right of the page), so you don't need to sign articles. In fact, you shouldn't, because articles are never supposed to link to userspace—that's our "finished product" out there, and we don't need readers poking around the back end. They're welcome to, of course, but it's more professional if there aren't any links. —Ignatzmice^talk_contribs 16:53, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

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