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Speedy deletion of Thomas John (Tom) Quilty

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March 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Michael Crocker, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you.

Hi - you really do need to be careful about having reliable sources when adding personal information and other claims to biographies of living persons and that when attaching references they substantiate the edits and don't rely on interpretation or original research. Let me know on my talk page if you need any help. Cheers,  florrie  12:51, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Self-published sources are not considered as reliable sources when dealing with biographies of living people. A newspaper article mentioning Tom Quilty as your great-grandfather would be good. It might also be a good thing to read through the conflict of interest guidelines when editing, what you appear - as far as anything can appear on the internet - to be claiming to be your husband's article. Sorry about all the blue links, but it helps to read up before editing and getting into edit wars.  florrie  13:23, 17 March 2009 (UTC)