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Abhijay (☎ Talk) (✐ Deeds) 08:26, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
The article Lyndia Titus has been proposed for deletion because, under Wikipedia policy, all newly created biographies of living persons must have at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.
If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. --Sp33dyphil ©hatontributions 09:40, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
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editHi Lyndia, thanks for the email. I assume it's the article above to which you refer. I deleted your article because it did not provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts or show that it meets the notability guidelines for people. It is also now wikipedia policy that biographical articles about living people must have independent verifiable references. As a matter of policy, all biographies of living people will be deleted if they do not have references. Although you gave references, one was to a commercial sales site, which is spammy, one was your own site, and the other was an anonymous review by an unknown editor.
Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. This seemed to be intended to promote your autobiography. You have an obvious conflict of interest when it comes to editing articles about this subject. Thank you for declaring your interest - your honesty in this matter is appreciated. If, after reading the information about notability linked above, you still believe that you are notable enough for a Wikipedia article (and that there is significant coverage of the centre in reliable, independent secondary sources), you could post a request at Wikipedia:Requested articles for the article to be created. See also Wikipedia:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest.
I deleted the article about the book too. The article was substantially a copyright violation, taken from Amazon (© 1996-2012, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates). Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. It again did not provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts or show that it meets the notability guidelines for books, and the links were to sales or other dubious sites.
Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:39, 15 January 2012 (UTC)