NobleJohn

May 2013

Hello, NobleJohn. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article John A. Noble (Artist), you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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Copyright

Please be mindful of copyright, much of the text you used was lifted directly from here which is not permitted per WP:COPYRIGHT StarM 00:36, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Your email

Hi! Please do not contact me off wiki to discuss. That's what talk pages are for and it's easiest to keep all conversations in one place so anyone can join in as needed. Here are the answers to your email - happy to answer any further questions.

I wish to discuss further the deletion of my page about the artist John A. Noble. I believe the article to be impartial and cited all the material I used. The subject of the article is deceased and has been for thirty years. There is very little known about him except from the two sources I extensively cited in my article. Were there particular aspects that did not adhere to Wikipedia rules or were there issues with the article in its entirety? I understand not directly linking the website of the associated organization and will not do that in the future. But I am unsure about how to approach an article about a deceased person with very few available sources about him. I believe that the article simply stated facts about the subjects life and was careful not to be biased when I described him and to avoid direct use of passages from my sources. I would very much appreciate if you would clear up the specific issues and what you would recommend I do in order to make the article publishable.

The main issue is whether Mr. Noble is notable as it's defined by Wikipedia standards. They're a little different from typical notability guidelines, so the linked article is worth reading. If little is known about him, he may not meet our guidelines as we require substantive coverage in reliable sources that determine a subject's notability. If he's not independently notable, perhaps the Noble Maritime Collection article would benefit from information on him and why they deemed his collection important. Whichever route you take, please make note of our copyright guidlines which specifically cover how we can use third party text. It cannot be copied directly even if sourced. Happy to answer any more questions in more detail if you need. Thanks StarM 02:14, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! 78.26 (I'm no IP, talk to me!) 16:20, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

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78.26 (I'm no IP, talk to me!) 15:17, 14 May 2013 (UTC)