Johndarth

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Baby twins

The article Baby twins has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article seemed to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources.

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Roger Dean Kiser

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions to the Roger Dean Kiser article, but 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.

Feel free to re-submit a new version of the article. 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.

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You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here. You can also leave a message on my talk page. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 19:18, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Recent edits

This is not acceptable. Please read WP:BLP and WP:RS Arzel (talk) 23:00, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

From Johndarth, To Arzel: - While you deleted this simple unbiased addition because you challanged the reference, there is now an entire section on this page with other references showing my addition to be factual. Before you edit for 'fact' and legitimacy of references, you should check the references for accuracy. There should also be policies on Wiki, about restricting those who make improper edits citing Wiki policies, when they in fact are incorrect.

October 2011

Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living persons, as you did to Rick Santorum. Thank you. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 11:27, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Adrian, the source for the information was cited and listed on Yahoo - johndarth

My apologies – I only just saw your response here, and in hindsight I should have explained properly why I objected to your edit, not just applied a template message. Your edit stated that Santorum's own sexual orientation had been brought into question. That's an astonishing claim and also a very broad claim. If that were to be in an article, I'd expect that to be a genuinely notable view that could be supported by a reference to high-quality sources. The source you provided was a single opinion piece by someone with no apparent notability at all - no qualifications, no recognition beyond being a member of a network with no apparent entry requirements. I think that goes against WP:NOTGOSSIP.

Cheers, Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 11:22, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Kiser

Thanks for your note. There may have been other reasons as well, but the immediate reason why the Roger Dean Kiser article was deleted is that it was a copy of a copyrighted website: http://www.rogerdeankiser.com/. (See the note above). If you think the subject meets the notability criteria, WP:BIO, then go ahead and create a new one from scratch based on independent secondary sources.   Will Beback  talk  04:09, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Will: I have not met Mr. Kiser in person, but I have communicated with him any times via email, and have many of his books. I don't think he would object to any listing on Wikipedia. In fact I had told him at the time, that I had put an article on him up on wikipedia and he was grateful.