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Proposed deletion of Brenda Webster edit

 

The article Brenda Webster has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Notability. Does not meet: WP:BIO

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. OliverTwisted (Talk) (Stuff) 03:55, 16 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Brenda Webster edit

 

A tag has been placed on Brenda Webster requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

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Brenda Webster edit

  • Howdy! I happened on this article in the new page patrol, and I feel the subject was of questionable notability, so I added a PROD tag to get a few other editors involved in making a decison. One of the editors decided the article may have met the grounds for Speedy Deletion. In attempting to give the article fair consideration, I did some minor format and syntax changes to the article, including breaking it up into some rough sections, and finding at least a couple of independent sources for some of the claims in the article. This may not be enough to get past the copyright flag, but it's a step in the right direction. I'm going to leave the rest up to you, as I am unfamiliar with this author. I am also going to copy the article, as it exists now, to your userpage. In the event it is deleted, it will give you a template to work from when you have accumulated enough sources to meet notability guidelines, as expressed here: WP:BIO. Reliable sources are described here: WP:RS. What information can be included without references is described here: WP:V. Best regards on your future edits. --OliverTwisted (Talk) (Stuff) 05:03, 16 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
  • After further work, I went ahead and deleted the deletion notices, and let the editor who had orignally tagged the article for copyvio, know that I had done some work on it. It may still be nominated for deletion, but at least it won't be for copyright violations. On a side note, please feel free to change the Intro, in regards to what Brenda Webster is best known for. Penguin books are fairly notable, so it seemed the most likely candidate to use, without being more familiar with this author. If you can find WP:RS that can be used to assert a different "claim to fame" in the intro, you certainly have my blessing to do so. ;o) --OliverTwisted (Talk) (Stuff) 05:32, 16 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
  • Hi, thanks for continuing to improve the article. Unfortunately, the intro section has since been edited to no longer meet the guidelines on Wikipedia. An intro section should be one or two sentences describing briefly, the notability of the particular subject. Award nominations are discussed in their own section, and should not be repeated in the intro. Descriptions of the contents of books, as well as publisher information, should also appear in the full body of the article, rather than in the introduction. Please keep in mind this is an encyclopedia entry. I'm going to let you make any additional changes, but please read the guidelines regarding constructing a proper intro. WP:INTRO. Best regards.--OliverTwisted (Talk) (Stuff) 01:48, 18 September 2009 (UTC)Reply
  • Please consider responding to some of these comments. Wikipedia is a community of editors, relying on communication to insure articles are objective as possible. The introduction is now being edited in completely the wrong direction. All of this information is contained in sections below, and is just being repeated, in a non objective, unsourced, and improperly formatted way. Please review the guidelines I have highlighted above. --OliverTwisted (Talk) (Stuff) 02:43, 18 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Help request edit

{{helpme}}

(questions from editor have been copied here as a courtesy from the article talk page)

1) There are now two areas where the article is questioned that I don't understand. A citation is being asked for to address a simple summary of a book. I can cite all sorts of summaries. Is this what is being asked for?

2) The general questioning of the introduction, saying it may need to be rewritten. the original intro I submitted was taken from one written by Brenda Webster for redroom.com. It was considered a copyright violation and was then edited to be factually incorrect, saying that Webster is know for her translating and not her novels. So I rewrote it to be more factual and more informative.

  • I have no problem with changing what Brenda Webster is most notable for, though this has to be supported by the sources. An introduction does not contain every novel, a description of that novel, as well as non-sourced editorial comments. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, so naturally, would not read exactly like an autobiography on a writer's site. Publisher information should be contained in the references or sources section, not included inline in parantheses. Please view the helpful articles which are highlighted in blue above, especially. WP:INTRO, and WP:STYLE.

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Hi there.
The article currently only references primary sources, and that is the major problem at present. In order for readers to be able to verify the information, and to pass the notability guidelines, articles need references to appropriate independent reliable sources. Links to the actual books or publishers are not independent; examples of suitable sources would include newspaper or magazine articles about the person - but they must be independent.
Fixing this would solve both the issues that you mentioned. Please read the links above, and perhaps look at some good examples of similar articles, maybe in featured articles or good articles. Do ask again if you require any further help.  Chzz  ►  03:15, 18 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

File permission problem with File:Brenda.webster.jpg edit

 

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