User talk:MichaStone

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Ivan Rusilko

All that I deleted was a "redirect" left behind when the article was moved from "Dr Ivan Rusilko" to Ivan Rusilko, because Wikipedia does not include titles in article names. The actual article, as you will see by clicking on its "redlink", was deleted by another administrator, user Phantomsteve (talk), and you should ask him whether he is willing to "userfy" the article - move it into a draft subpage where you can work on it.

If you do, the key is to be clear that you are not writing for Dr Rusilko, you are writing for Wikipedia about him; not telling the story he would like told, and not addressing potential customers or buyers of his books, but writing what a general encyclopedia reader might like to know about him.

Looking at the history of the article, I notice that it has been maintained by a series of single-purpose accounts. Since you are a new account here in order to ask for the article to be restored, I must advise you that if you are employed by or connected with Dr Rusilko or his publishers or agents, you should read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and the Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. Note in particular that you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use (Paid contributions without disclosure under Section 4) to declare your interest in any edits where you have a COI. JohnCD (talk) 11:27, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]