McPhersonddx

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Roxanne Blanford

If you would like to discuss the deletion of the Roxanne Blanford article, please contact the deleting admin, CactusWriter (talk · contribs), about the deletion. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:01, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Hi, McPhersonddx. Gogo Dodo directed me to the questions you wrote at Talk:Roxanne Blanford regarding the deletion of the page. The page on Roxanne Blanford was tagged for deletion per Wikipedia's WP:A7 criteria -- i.e. no assertion of significance. Significance of an individual is determined by quality independent sources which describe (usually in-depth) that person's work, impact, awards, etc. The sources must be about the person -- and not merely a bi-line, a mention of their name or a self-published blurb. This is especially true for biographies of living people which require all information be sourced to reliable independent sources. (See WP:BLP).

In the case of the article on Blanford, she was described as a copywriter, marketer and an independent music reviewer for online music sites. Unfortunately, there are hundreds of thousands of writers with a bi-line, copywriters, music reviewers, and interviewers, so o its own, this is not an assertion of significance. Moreover, the only reference provided was a single sentence in which an editor described her as a nice woman but not suitable for their site. All the other external links were to bi-lines or self-published, non-independent sites. The bulk of the text about her life, education and background was entirely unsourced. There was no assertion of significant awards, impact, etc. A quick search on google search found only self-published info, but did not find any articles written about Blanford. Therefore, the article was deleted. And, by the way, there is no time limit beyond which an article becomes ineligible for deletion.

Please note that deletion is not a negative aspersion towards Blanford or her work. Not everyone will meet the encyclopedic criteria for notability or significance. If Blanford's work has earned her acclaim, awards or signicant coverage from independent sources, than an article about her would certainly be appropriate -- and I would be willing to WP:Userfy the page to allow you some time to add reliable sources. If you wish another editor to review the deletion, you are welcome to submit a request at Deletion Review. If you have questions about this, please feel free to ask. Cheers. — CactusWriter ^(talk) 02:10, 17 December 2011 (UTC)