User talk:Jim Lacey

JFL seems a worthy subject for an article, but if you would like the article to remain you must write it in the WP style, which includes:

looking like an encyclopedia article not a CV (use asterisks for lists, just as I did)
saying in the first sentence something to demonstrate notability, like professor of X at, winner of the XYZ prize and N honorary doctorate (whatever applies).

not going into disproportionate personal details
listing college degrees with university and year -- and putting the university names in double brackets
listing important awards
listing important memberships and offices held
listing books published as formal references style: Author, title, Publisher, year ISBN if possible.
listing some major published papers, say how many.

and, most important, giving some 3rd party sources. A website at a university etc. can be one, but it cannot be the only one. Book reviews are fine, or a newspaper stories. Print or web is OK, but not from a list or a blog.

There is serious prejudice here against articles written by the subject or a member of his family, so it has to be a really solid article. See WP:AUTO and WP:COI These is also, unfortunately, prejudice against people from the academic world. Look at similar articles.

If you do not do this immediately, the article will probably be deleted in a day or two--though not by me. I apologize for not having the time to help you personally. DGG 00:25, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Goposaur

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Goposaur, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

Non-notable suggestion from web blog

All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because, even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Passportguy (talk) 14:59, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Goposaur

I have nominated Goposaur, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Goposaur. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. mhking (talk) 15:18, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You want to help it catch on, write it in your own blog. Wikipedia is not a place to "help things catch on." --mhking (talk) 21:00, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Again, if you want to do that, feel free to get your own blog to do that. Wikipedia guidelines prohibit such things. Any further attempt to "help it catch on" would be construed as vandalism, and dealt with accordingly. --mhking (talk) 18:53, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Goposaur

I could restore the deleted content into your userspace, if you'd like. Would that help? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:58, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done at User:Jim Lacey/Goposaur. Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:54, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]