Sally Lachlan
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Happy editing! Wikishovel (talk) 06:04, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
COI
editI saw the ping at requests for undeletion.
You have an obvious conflict of interest, please don't write about yourself, your friends or relatives and read the guidance below:
- When you write about a person, you must provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that they meet the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the person or an associated organisation, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the person claims or interviewing them. Note that references should be in-line so we can tell what fact each is supporting, and should not be bare urls.
- Much of your text was unsourced or was sourced to her own works, clearly not an independent third-party source. Her own publications etc should be listed in a Publications or Works section, with no further reference.
- She might be notable, but any facts you claim won't support that unless they are confirmed by independent third-party sources.
- You must write in a non-promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic, with verifiable facts, not opinions or reviews.
- I've seen worse, but you assume all her works are notable, and instead of listing her works properly formatted as suggested above (and as you do in most of the inappropriate self-references), you just list them to appear as statements of fact It's time to boost ethnic minority representation in the media... The UN must smash the culture of impunity that lets peacekeepers get away with child abuse... Why we need to join forces to oppose the Nationality and Borders Bill
- There shouldn't be any url links in the article, only in the "References" or "External links" sections.
- You must not copy text from elsewhere. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. We require that text posted here can be used, modified and distributed for any purpose, including commercial; text is considered to be copyright unless explicitly stated otherwise. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient.
- I didn't check.
- Not a reason for deletion, but newspapers and books should be italicised
Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read Your first article. If you are writing about yourself, or someone you know as a friend, colleague, client, employer or relative, you have a conflict of interest, and you must disclose the nature of that COI. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:48, 4 August 2024 (UTC)