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Speedy deletion nomination of Sandy Krolick

Hello Krolickinaltai,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Sandy Krolick for deletion, because it seems to be promotional, rather than an encyclopedia article.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. LouiseS1979 (talk) 13:46, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sandy, I appreciate you are disappointed with my assessment. Unfortunately, while you say you wanted to create a neutral biography, it reads more like a biography on a directory site, and the conflict of interest issue is very hard to overcome, such that you might want to have waited for someone else to decide you were notable and write it first. Most of the references you've provided are self-published - we really need external, neutral assessments of your contributions to academia rather than samples of your work or simple interviews you've done to promote your writing. Do you have any reviews from newspapers which were written without your input (e.g. without a direct interview taking up most of the article)? That might help establish that you're notable enough for an entry on Wikipedia. I'll also take a look at Orlov's article to determine whether that should be up here as well.

Once again I'm sorry for the disappointment. Maybe a draft would have been better as it would perhaps have been a more pleasant experience than being speedy deleted. Take a look at some of the article guidelines in the welcome message to see whether you couldn't redraft what you've got and create a better article, taking into account the issue of notability. LouiseS1979 (talk) 14:12, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Orlov's article, I can see it's quite heavily referenced and written in the sort of style we'd normally expect from a Wikipedia article - it also looks as if it wasn't directly written by Orlov himself, or he was considered notable at the beginning and has been heavily edited since then. I think if you focused on finding some neutral, third party reliable sources, then you might qualify - but nothing is guaranteed, and it would be better to get someone else to draft the article for you to keep your own voice from coming through. LouiseS1979 (talk) 14:15, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]