User talk:MrsGorilla

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Hello, MrsGorilla, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Matt Gifford, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Catfish Jim & the soapdish 12:46, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Matt Gifford

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A tag has been placed on Matt Gifford 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 see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hang on}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Catfish Jim & the soapdish 12:46, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Matt Gifford

I've userfied the article for you to work on here: User:MrsGorilla/Matt Gifford.

There are some guidelines to work from when creating biographical articles that can be found at WP:BIO. In a nutshell, you need to demonstrate significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Several newspaper articles or magazine interviews and the like would do the trick. Catfish Jim & the soapdish 13:26, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, yes the Ben Forta article isn't very well written, although there are credible indications of notability. I've tagged it for reference improvement. I've transferred it from a "speedy deletion nomination" to an "articles for deletion" nomination, so you can make your case... the WP:OSE argument isn't one to make though. Catfish Jim & the soapdish 14:06, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Matt Gifford for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Matt Gifford is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Gifford until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Catfish Jim & the soapdish 14:04, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Author

See WP:AUTHOR; need (normally at least two) independent third-party (not connected to the author or publisher) Reliable Sources (not blogs, facebook, youtube, twitter, personal or 'official' sites, and certainly not sites that look like they came ~~from~~ from Wikipedia, which we call 'mirror sites' - the article is new enough that these haven't popped up yet) which cover the author as an individual (best new writer, etc.), although information about the book (or that is also included in the 'about the author' page/flap/cover info) may be there also. If there are any that you can include in the discussion, progress would be faster. Information might include who his writing influences were, birth date & location, parents, (siblings?), childhood, education, (degrees?), work history, (marriage?), etc. Sometimes this information is incomplete, vague, or even contradictory ('At 38', 'born in the 60s', 'oldest of three children', etc.). These may be in newspapers and not available online, although confirmation would then be more difficult. Dru of Id (talk) 15:57, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]