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Proposed deletion of Mick James

The article Mick James has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

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February 2011

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I created a page for a friend of mine "Mick james". It was flagged for deletion due to lack of references, I found himat IMDb and a life magazine source and it was deleted anyway, was it the format? this is my first page -SCOTT

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Firstly - most important - it is a bad idea to write about your friend, because of the conflict of interest.

Secondly, for an article to be accepted, it needs to show significant coverage in independent reliable sources. IMDB is not a reliable source, and a single magazine mention would not be enough. Please see WP:VRS and for more detail, WP:BIO.

If you could tell us, for example, 3 newspaper articles about this person, then they would probably satisfy the notability guidelines.

See also Wikipedia:Your first article.  Chzz  ►  17:10, 23 February 2011 (UTC) Note, I am not an administrator - but, for this question, you didn't need one.

Thank you, He's not really a "Friend", He's a local musician who asked me to help him with this. Thank you for responding, I'll keep trying :) Superqwertyboy (talk) 17:02, 28 February 2011 (UTC)superqwertyboy

Good luck. My advice is: edit some other articles first. Get the hang of things; you'll soon get to know how Wikipedia works.

I'm not sure if this local musician will pass the notability guideline - to be honest, I doubt it. You really need to demonstrate "significant coverage" in "reliable sources". For example, if there were 3 or more newspaper / magazine articles about this person (and not just some mentions in a local paper).

You could make a draft article, and work on that; e.g. make a page User:Superqwertyboy/Mick James.

But, really, the very best thing is - edit something else. We've got plenty of things to do here.

Maybe you could join Wikipedia:WikiProject New York, and/or Wikipedia:WikiProject Television, or browse the other many projects.

Have a look at the cleanup campaign, or look at the newest articles, and try to improve them. Or try to answer some requests for feedback. And there's always a huge backlog of tasks.

Whether or not you can, in some time, write an 'acceptable' article about Mr. James, I don't know; but you'll have a much better chance if you work in other areas first. And if you help people out, you'll get to know them, and they'll help you in return. Best of luck,  Chzz  ►  17:52, 28 February 2011 (UTC)