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Nomination of Terje Gerotti Simonsen for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Terje Gerotti Simonsen is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terje Gerotti Simonsen until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Slatersteven (talk) 15:56, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

COI

You need to read wp:coi, you should not be editing not writing articles about yourself.Slatersteven (talk) 17:14, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

I understand why that can be problematic. But as long as the content & sources is good enough in themselves - that is to say true, balanced and neutral - this should not be good enough reason for a deletion.

As long as you do not make the edits. Frankly a COI like this could be enough for a wp:CSD.Slatersteven (talk) 17:22, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Ok, i am not very much into the technical terms here. But I assure I want the article to be as good and objectively true as possible. And as in fact I am a reasonably internationally respected author on certain subjects which normally merits an article, how do you suggest I proceed?

That is why you cannot edit it directly, as you cannot be objective about yourself. Also this is all you have ever done here it seems, so there are issues about self promotion (see wp:promotion). By the way CSD means speedy deletion, it so badly fails policy there is no need to even discuss it.Slatersteven (talk) 17:29, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

I have written many articles on the Norwegian Wikipedi, which are very much up and running. And also a few on the English, even if it s a while since I cheked them. I am committed to objectivity. So how du you suggest I go about from here?

Stop writing about yourself.Slatersteven (talk) 17:54, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Point taken. I thought that as long as the FACTS and the SOURCES in themselves were correct and reliable, that would be good enough, but I will of course comply with all the standards demanded