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I'm writing to you with some advice here, because you are highly unlikely to get a detailed response at User talk:Jimbo Wales. In fact, your continued commentary there risks being seen as badgering, whether you meant it to be or not.
First read WP:BASIC. These are the basic criteria for a biography here. In this case, the subject fails because there is a lack multiple reliable, independent sources writing in-depth about her, i.e. she is the subject of multiple newspaper, journal magazine articles, or book chapters. There are alternative criteria if the person doesn't pass the basic criteria, (although invariably if they do pass one of these, they have also received significant coverage).
The problem here is that you (and your other colleagues who participated in the AfD discussion) appear to be connected with the subject in some way (colleagues, students, friends, relatives, etc.). This makes it extraordinarily difficult to take a cold, dispassionate, objective view on whether the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria, or indeed to even accept those criteria as valid. Trust me, the editors who felt the article did not meet the criteria, are all experienced in these types of discussions, as am I. I too would have come down for deletion. An AfD is in no way an evaluation of the subject's talent or accomplishments. It is an evaluation of the available evidence that the subject is suitable for inclusion in an encyclopedia. Unfortunately, people close to the subject inevitably react as if a deletion decision reflects the former.
My only suggestion is that if you are truly convinced that in the next few months you'll be able to find multiple published independent articles which discuss this person in depth, you work on a new article at Draft:Margaret Varnell Clark and submit it for review by experienced editors at Articles for creation. Another important tip... a biographical article needs to be a biography with a biographical narrative, not a CV or LinkedIn entry. Where was the subject born? Where did she study? What was the trajectory of her career? What have others written about her and her work? I saw the article before it was deleted and it was basically a glorified CV and frankly read like an advertisement for her services as a speaker and/or writer. I will be away for the next week. I'll keep your talk page on watch, and if you have any further questions, I'll try to answer them when I get back. Best wishes, Voceditenore ( talk) 18:05, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
See our policy on multiple accounts. Guy ( Help!) 22:51, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you enjoy the encyclopedia and want to stay. As a first step, you may wish to read the Introduction.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at my talk page – I'm happy to help. Or, you can ask your question at the New contributors' help page.
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I'm writing to you with some advice here, because you are highly unlikely to get a detailed response at User talk:Jimbo Wales. In fact, your continued commentary there risks being seen as badgering, whether you meant it to be or not.
First read WP:BASIC. These are the basic criteria for a biography here. In this case, the subject fails because there is a lack multiple reliable, independent sources writing in-depth about her, i.e. she is the subject of multiple newspaper, journal magazine articles, or book chapters. There are alternative criteria if the person doesn't pass the basic criteria, (although invariably if they do pass one of these, they have also received significant coverage).
The problem here is that you (and your other colleagues who participated in the AfD discussion) appear to be connected with the subject in some way (colleagues, students, friends, relatives, etc.). This makes it extraordinarily difficult to take a cold, dispassionate, objective view on whether the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria, or indeed to even accept those criteria as valid. Trust me, the editors who felt the article did not meet the criteria, are all experienced in these types of discussions, as am I. I too would have come down for deletion. An AfD is in no way an evaluation of the subject's talent or accomplishments. It is an evaluation of the available evidence that the subject is suitable for inclusion in an encyclopedia. Unfortunately, people close to the subject inevitably react as if a deletion decision reflects the former.
My only suggestion is that if you are truly convinced that in the next few months you'll be able to find multiple published independent articles which discuss this person in depth, you work on a new article at Draft:Margaret Varnell Clark and submit it for review by experienced editors at Articles for creation. Another important tip... a biographical article needs to be a biography with a biographical narrative, not a CV or LinkedIn entry. Where was the subject born? Where did she study? What was the trajectory of her career? What have others written about her and her work? I saw the article before it was deleted and it was basically a glorified CV and frankly read like an advertisement for her services as a speaker and/or writer. I will be away for the next week. I'll keep your talk page on watch, and if you have any further questions, I'll try to answer them when I get back. Best wishes, Voceditenore ( talk) 18:05, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
See our policy on multiple accounts. Guy ( Help!) 22:51, 19 May 2015 (UTC)