User talk:Marshala2036

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I have added the cross links and the links to other articles. There is so much more to this story, but I am working on it piece by piece. It's very complicated. Regarding notability, this is a person that fled America to Russia to protect the American rights of Freedom of Speech, to allow American Freedom of Speech. Do you have suggestions? Marshala2036 (talk) 13:01, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What that article needs isn't links to other articles but reliable third-party sources such as newspapers or reputable magazines that discuss Dougan in some detail - maybe an article in Pravda about his case? You should also keep WP:BLP1E in mind - if one event, fleeing to Russia, is all Dougan is notable for, we probably should not have an article about the person. I rather doubt the YouTube video's reliability, and interviews are not independent coverage anyway. That leaves the article with a single source, not enough to establish notability. Huon (talk) 19:56, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I am satisfied that Dougan satisfies our notability standard because of significant coverage by the Palm Beach Post (here, here). However these sources need to be incorporated into our article. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 20:22, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ahhh, okay! I get it know. Thank you so much for the direction! It is very late here, but I will make the appropriate changes from your suggestions first thing in the morning!

Marshala2036 (talk) 20:32, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

May 2016[edit]

Hello, Marshala2036. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the article John Mark Dougan, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, please:

avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your circle, your organization, its competitors, projects or products;
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Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 17:44, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest? I've never met this man! I wanted someone to write my first biography and he happens to be the hot topic in Moscow at the moment! Marshala2036 (talk) 19:00, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The reason I posted the notice about COI is because at File:John Mark Dougan.jpg you wrote that you took the photo. That seems unlikely if you've never met the guy. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 20:18, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes of course I did. I had to write about someone who I could take the photo of or else the photo would be deleted because the work was not original. I wasn't the only one taking photos during the interview. There was a pretty big croud. I 2anted a selfie but was not able to get it! ;))) Marshala2036 (talk) 20:23, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Marshala2036: I see that you added some sources in Russian to the article on John Mark Dougan. Editors with more than one language are a great asset for Wikipedia. So if your Russian is up to it, then you could go to https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Mark_Dougan.jpg and provide a description also in that language. (It's pretty easy, just edit the 'Summary' section and reuse the markup from the existing description in English. The language code for Russian is ru). That way, Russian speakers will be able to better use your photo. All the best, Lklundin (talk) 06:28, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yes! I never thought about editing text, that would be very interesting! I will go provide that Russian text to the photo, but I can certainly do this. Oh, I looked, and it seems very simple. I can do this now. Have a great day and thank you for the wonderful advise!!! In fact I think all the people who have given me advise to make this page. I am excited to do more on this site now. Any requests for biographies? :))) I am in Moscow and have much access to many people.

Marshala2036 (talk) 06:35, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

OK! Let's say that you would like to volunteer to translate from Russian to English. Then you can go to Wikipedia:Translation#Userboxes and copy the userbox (using ru as language) template into your userpage here on the English Wikipedia. That should automatically add you to the pool of translators offering this valuable help. The same page has a second type of userbox, to indicate your willingness to translate in the opposite direction. Good luck! Lklundin (talk) 18:01, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of John Mark Dougan for deletion[edit]

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