User talk:Bigfish2003

Hello, Bigfish2003, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I have also replied to your post at the Drawing board.

Again, welcome! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 19:31, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Email

Hello. It is my assumption that the following email is from you, if not, please correct my error. Thanks! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 00:07, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

From: name removed for privacy <email removed to prevent spam>
Date: Jul 11, 2007 7:01 PM
Subject: Your Response To my Proposed Wikipedia article on James Edward Cowan
To: elipongo@gmail.com
Cc: email removed to prevent spam

I am disappointed with your failure to recognize my reliable, valid sources located in the body of the text of the article.

I am a MSW from UCLA. I cited secondary sources, Catherine Cowan Ross,(daughter 301-350-6175),Thelma Cowan Teamer (daughter, and CVA survivor in nursing home). Also, I cited Louis Christian, Lt. Grand Commander of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Masons of the Central Jurisdiction as a reliable, valid source. His address is cited in the body of the article text.

Furthermore, I cited the fact that my reliable,valid sources gave me information by "by word of mouth," (oral tradition), because the records of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Masons of the Central Jurisdiction were destroyed in a fire at the home of W. W. Hoover in Salisbury, No. Carolina in 1989. (body of text)

Should you fail to recognize my reliable, valid sources and the "by word of mouth" or "the oral tradition" which is recognized in research as a valid citations, then you need to go back to school and take a course in research and statistics, as I did at UCLA.

Do your homework in research and statistics, please!

Sincerely,

signature section removed for privacy

P. S. I am traveling on the East Coast, and will not return home until after 7/31/07

Hello, and thank you for your email. I hope you don't mind that I copied it to here since I feel that discussions should take place on the wiki where everyone interested can review them.

I'm not sure you understand the purpose of the Drawing board, it is there for you to get advice and input before you yourself start the article. I simply gave you links to the relevant guidelines and policies that you need to use when you write an article here on Wikipedia. If you try to create the article without following the guidelines, it could end up being deleted. In my response I cited at least one part of your post that might be a good way to establish notability per our guidelines, that doesn't mean that other ways couldn't be used too.

If you would like somebody else to write the article for you, Articles for creation is where you should make your request.

I hope this clears up any misunderstanding that you may have had. Thanks for your patience and happy editing! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 00:07, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notability of Who Was James Edward Cowan?

A tag has been placed on Who Was James Edward Cowan? requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article 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 article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Vgranucci 03:10, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Try writing a straightforward bio (with references) and posting it to James Edward Cowan. If you clutter the page with self-referential crap such as 'this page should not be considered for "speedy deletion"' and 'I tried to do research', it is bound to get deleted. -- RHaworth 08:34, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Kiss my ass you chicken shit ugly motherfucker! Don't call my comments crap! Bob Fisher (via email) —Preceding unsigned comment added by RHaworth (talk • contribs) 07:59, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]