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Speedy deletion nomination of Gerald Waterson

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on Gerald Waterson requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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Help me!

A name I listed on the Waterson page has been Speedily rejected. Not sure why as the person I entered is a notable member of society. Chairman of Board of Barger Corproation, (barger-corp.com)now located in Hong Kong with various offices throughout the world Former member of various Boards,...I just did a Google search and found these (among many others) ,

Please help me with...

Chesapeakesailor (talk) 17:00, 22 March 2018 (UTC)Chesapeake Sailor

@Chesapeakesailor:, you need to read what is considered a reliable source and the Biographies of Living Persons policy. You should also read the content guideline on notability. To summarize those links, however, "notable" has a slightly different meaning here than it does in regular English. Here is means that a person needs significant, independent coverage in secondary sources with a clear editorial and journalistic standard and those sources must be cited in any article that mentions that person to merit inclusion. The sources offered above are not that. They are mostly to sources directly connected to Waterson and not independent. I hope this helps. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 19:44, 22 March 2018 (UTC)