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A tag has been placed on Edward R. Thaden, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page (below the existing db tag) and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.
For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Daniel J. Leivick 00:14, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
- Please do not remove speedy delete tags from articles even if you feel they were placed there in error. In the future you may place a hangon tag on the page and assert notability on the talk page (which you did). Since you asserted notability on the talk page I nominated the article for deletion, as the article does assert some notability, but it fails to meet WP:NOTE which is the standard all articles must meet in order to be included. You may of course participate in the deletion discussion, but first please read some of Wikipedia's policys such as WP:BIO and WP:COI. Any how welcome to Wikipedia! Sorry your first experience is a deletion discussion but get to know us and you will find that we are really not too bad a crowd, good luck editing in the future. --Daniel J. Leivick 00:43, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
In case you're still around
editAs I said in my comments on the AfD, we need links to sources or citations of sources. If you provide links or citations, the arguments for deletion all disappear! --N Shar 03:32, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
- Seconded. I tried to find the reviews you referred to in the NYT and Chicago Tribune archives, but was unsuccessful. You should consider obtaining copies of the reviews and writing the article based on them. I would want to keep an article on this musician if there were reliable sources documenting his career, such that he met the criteria in the notability guidelines for musicians and composers. Of course, if you are too close to the subject it may be better to let someone else write the article. I'm not saying you are or not; it's just something to consider. JChap2007 20:18, 4 February 2007 (UTC)