User talk:Fromtheteys
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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Fromtheteys
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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. A tag has been placed on User:Fromtheteys requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.
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Contested deletion
[edit]This page should not be speedily deleted because...
I'm still editing the page and need to link in the citations!
I'm also struggling to work out how to change the title. Help would be welcomed.
I think the page fits with Wikpedias requirements:
a) it is a newly written, summarized description of an individual
b) the individual has interests and investments in several countries
c) there is currently very little openly published about the individual, who has remained private for many years
d) it's been written from a neutral view point
e) there are links to various documents, etc to illustrate the points
f) the individual is notable - the recipient of a political smear campaign for many years who transpires to be a successful business man now hoping to buy one of Slovenia's most successful football teams
Fromtheteys (talk) 14:43, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
Reply
[edit]Your user page is to tell us about your activities on Wikipedia, not to write about yourself or anyone else. It's not for hosting articles.
Even if you had posted the content as a draft, there are still some concerns.
You say that you have not been paid to write the article. If you work for him or his organisation, that still counts as paid editing and must be declared as such. Anyway, the fact that you have dedicated your user page to writing about this person suggests that you have a conflict of interest of some sort, please don't write about yourself, your friends, relatives or emplyer 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, Wikipedia, 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.
- You had no in text references of any kind. There was a list at the bottom headed References, and what looked like a list of urls, although none actually linked anywhere. Even if you Google the link, many supposed refs don't mention him, eg this page
- He might be notable as defined above, but we need to be able to verify everything you claim
- You must write in a non-promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic, with verifiable facts, not opinions or reviews.
- You claim that your text is neutral. Academia was Zdenko’s first passion... an avid sportsman and accomplished windsurfer, his dream job... his successful business portfolio and so on, your opinions, not real facts
- You make unsourced accusations of wrongdoing, eg These actions were deemed to be part of an orchestrated smear campaign... you must not do that
- You have no wikilinks in the text
- There shouldn't be any url links in the article, only in the "References" or "External links" sections.
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- Many thanks for this helpful feedback. I understand the content issues. I'm not so clear on the technical stuff - but hopefully by reading the various articles I'll be able to work it out. Fromtheteys (talk) 12:19, 26 January 2023 (UTC)