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Jeff Hitchcock

I'm sorry you're upset by the deletion of this article, but regardless of the good intentions of your posting, Wikipedia is a tertiary source encyclopedia, and as such a source of general knowledge of the world around us. Individuals must pass WP:BIO to be included; articles with multiple external links imbedded into the text are regarded as advertising. Flowery wording and an otherwise unencyclopedic tone are further indicators of a promotional article. See also WP:Business FAQ. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 17:07, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

It seems to me that any real notability would come from the website and not this individual. Wikipedia operates by community consensus. All those laws and policies are what everyone here agrees upon for a worthwhile online encyclopedia that doesn't plug everyone and their mom who wants to be in it. I'm going to look into the website more, but unless Jeff has done something truly notable outside of this project, I'd recommend a redirect back to the website article, if, indeed, it deserves one.

There are literally hundreds of other websites more in tune with this kind of promotion, which would be better suited to glean the response you likely desire. I will, however, genuinely search for verifiable, reliable sources that may yet give evidence that the article has some notable merit. Please understand what our goal is here, and don't presume that our structure is too cumbersome or unwieldy for you to bother with. We encourage all users to be bold, and your interactions thusfar indicate you weren't here to mess around. We appreciate your efforts, and will work to see if our goals can coincide here. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 17:40, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

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Great !

CobaltBlueTony™: "articles with multiple external links imbedded into the text are regarded as advertising."

well, great! so much for the wikipedia. so that's it: external links = advertising . such a pantyhose (one size fits all) judement/solution! just fyi, Jeff Hitchcock who i was trying to introduce is the founder of the awarded best medical website in the world. reconsider your decision for gods sake! without making me read dozens of laws and regulations and policy pages and having to talk online with half a dozen well intended administrators, or omiting the external links. the main link i provided is to a website considered a godsend to hundreds of thousands of parents of children with diabetes. i shall omit other links though. do your research/homework first, THEN press the delete button. i'm just about to give up. send your answer to my talk page please. i was a wikipedia editing virgin until just now an find it a bit too difficult to follow answers elsewhere.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Payam7777777 (talk • contribs)

Sorry, but the way it works here is that you ensure a biographical article complies with WP:BIO before posting it. If it doesn't then it'll be deleted. That's it. Nothing personal, just meet the requirements of the policy and there'll be no problem. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:46, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

The "article" that was deleted was not an impartial, encyclopedic article but a blatant advertisement for him and his website, written in a highly promotional and hagiographic tone. As such, it was not going to last. If you have impartial information showing that Hitchcock is notable, please provide that in proper citation format so that we can see why he is notable. If you've got information that you don't know how to format, lots of editors (including CobaltBlue and myself) are glad to try to help. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:51, 25 April 2008 (UTC) (and do sign your posts)

I understand that you put alot of work into the article; I can create a sandbox for you and dump the text of your submission into it so that you can work on it there, without fear of speedy deletion. Do you want to do that? - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 17:53, 25 April 2008 (UTC)