User talk:Dosimmon

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Image:PollDon.JPG listed for deletion

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File:Simmons speaks.JPG listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:Simmons speaks.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 00:10, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

your bio

Please read WP:COI and also our Business FAQ (which also applies to non-profit organisations and individuals. You cannot copy material from university web sites unless you can obtain a copyright release. I rewrote that, and shortened things a little. Your opinion of your own intelligence is not encyclopedic content. I clarified some things--as far as I can tell, your academic rank is Associate professor. In my experience in reviewing hundreds of academic articles for Wikipedia, when an academic omits his exact rank on a bio, it is usually not full professor. The article had been nominated for rapid deletion as not adequately showing notability, partly on account of the promotional language used. As reviewing administrator, I thought the career probably notable, with emphasis on the deanship and the directorship of the center. But the article can still be challenged for regular deletion. You really should try to find some 3rd party independent reliable published sources, print or online (but not blogs or press releases, or material based on press releases). Independent in this context means from outside the university. In particular, each award needs an exact reference. By the way, of just what town are you a member of the city council? And in the last convention as an alternate, which candidate were you pledged for? I'll be keeping track to see if it gets nominated for deletion, and you should also. Things can move very fast here. DGG (talk) 16:38, 31 January 2009 (UTC)