User talk:Pgulgowski

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Hello, Pgulgowski, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Peter Gulgowski, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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Proposed deletion of Peter Gulgowski

The article Peter Gulgowski has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp/dated}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Melcous (talk) 14:42, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not write about yourself

Please do not write or add to an article about yourself, as you apparently did at Peter Gulgowski. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. Melcous (talk) 01:48, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Peter Gulgowski

Hello. I deleted the above article because it does not establish how the subject is notable using reliable, verifiable, third-party sources (e.g., newspapers, books, magazines, etc.). You specifically wrote "Gulgowski is best known for his novel The Government (2016) which has received excellent reviews since its publication." The only citations in the article were Goodreads, Facebook, and Amazon. These sources are insufficient to support the claim. Book reviews from Goodreads are similarly insufficient. A reliable source establishing notability in this case would be an article about the subject winning an award, or the book making a bestseller list, such as the New York Times. Failing something of that nature, there is insufficient evidence of notability at this time. Please see this guide for further information concerning notability and references. KnightLago (talk) 15:46, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]