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Speedy deletion nomination of Michael Shoemaker (Author)

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A tag has been placed on Michael Shoemaker (Author) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Michael Shoemaker (Author)

All Wikipedia articles must meet certain criteria for inclusion. That basic criteria is notability. Not "real-world" notability, but Wikipedia defined notability. In the case of biographies this criteria can be found in WP:N and numerous subpages such as, WP:CREATIVE and WP:BIO. The basis of which is, "A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has been the subject of multiple published secondary sources which are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject." OK, what this means is there has to have been independent, verifiable coverage of the subject. So, are there in-depth news articles about the subject, has there been coverage about the subject on other media, including books, radio, or TV? Can you show that this individual meets the criteria in an of the criteria I listed above? Let me know if this answers your question. ttonyb (talk) 02:48, 7 May 2011 (UTC)