Jpzank
Hi, I noticed you created this article, and state "Article primarily written directly from information collected from Hank Lower himself. Hank Lower, the race car driver about whom this article is written, was interviewed numerous times over several months by the author of this content." This violates the policy No original research. Unless your interviews were published, say, by a local newspaper, readers cannot verify your claims. Please consider rewriting the article to only contain information that can be verified by reliable, third-party sources. Thank you. BlazerKnight (talk) 01:16, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
- Yes, I did receive your message, you posted it to the right place. The problem with the article is, the NOR policy states that you need to use verifiable, reliable third-party sources (such as that news article) to back up statements in the article, not your own research/interviewing, even if you did confer with the subject of the article himself. This is because readers would have no way of verifying that those quotes were not fabricated, or that those facts are accurate (no offense intended), since there is no published source for them to refer to. Published sources are also more trustworthy than the person in question, since they have editorial controls while the person might not be truthful or accurate (again, no offense intended). Right now, unless you find more sources, you can only include the facts that are explicitly backed up by the content of the News Sentinel article. By the way, it is not advisable to post your email address like that so publicly, as it can be harvested by spambots. Regards, BlazerKnight (talk) 04:48, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
- Hmm, I just realized that you ARE the author of the News Sentinel article. That, er, changes things. I'll get back to you in a while. Also, is his given name Henry or Hank? I moved the article to Henry Lower, but now I'm wondering if it should've been Hank Lower. BlazerKnight (talk) 11:21, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
Editors, please see this talk page section and chime in. BlazerKnight (talk) 23:37, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Articles for deletion nomination of Henry Lower
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I have nominated Henry Lower, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry Lower. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.
Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Drdisque (talk) 20:37, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Henry Lower
edit A tag has been placed on Henry Lower, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.
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