Shayan Mortazavi

Speedy deletion nomination of Shayan Mortazavi

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A tag has been placed on Shayan Mortazavi 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 read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Welcome

Hello, Shayan Mortazavi, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you created was Shayan Mortazavi, which appears to be an article about yourself. This is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians—as this is an encyclopedia, we wouldn't expect to have an article about every contributor. Your user page, however, is a great place to write about yourself, making sure to stay within user page guidelines. Just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit it normally.

The page you created about yourself may well be deleted from the encyclopedia. If it is deleted and you wish to retrieve its contents, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

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Shayan Mortazavi (talk) 04:48, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

My article is unbiased and is properly referenced. Please take off the speedy deletion status.

To be frank, I disagree. Proper referencing should consist primarily of independent, reliable sources.

If you have a bit more time, you should also read about editing when you have a close connection to the subject. Anon126 (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 05:38, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Shayan Mortazavi (talk) 05:40, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Ok well what can I do to keep my article from getting deleted and remove the speedy deletion status?

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Use the links to find some sources, and then add them to the article. As I said, they need to be independent and reliable, as described in the first link in my previous post. Anon126 (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 07:03, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

@Shayan Mortazavi: You are not the best judge of your own notability. If you haven't done so already, please review Wikipedia's guideline on autobiographies, as well as Wikipedia is not about YOU.

Your userpage is somewhere you can put basic biographical data and your Wikimedia-related activities. However it, like other Wikipedia pages, is not to be used to promote yourself. --Drm310 (talk) 15:44, 17 March 2015 (UTC)