User talk:Kirby2010

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Speedy deletion nomination of Thomas erl

A tag has been placed on Thomas erl, 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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License tagging for File:Canonical-protocol.jpg

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Thomas Erl

I'm going to keep my notes to the page itself, but there is one point which I seem to correct over and over again, and you seem to miss the point. You keep wikilinking SOA. First, the link itself is wrong, since SOA is a dab page. If you really must link, link to SOA. Second, Service-oriented architecture is already linked at the lead. There is no need to do it again. I just felt this explanation will be better served here than as an edit summary. --Muhandes (talk) 19:41, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Another recurring issue is me removing external links and you reinstating them. Please peruse WP:EL as to what can be added and where. I'd also like to point out that the article is about the person, Thomas Erl. I removed much material which was not directly about him. I might have overdone it a bit, and I apologize if I did. Feel free to add material back as long as it is about him, not about SOA, SOA patterns, etc., which belong in their own articles. --Muhandes (talk) 19:56, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Muhandes - Thank you for your message. I am new to Wikipedia and there does seem to be a lot to learn. I appreciate your assistance as I do not understand why the warnings from the page have not been removed. I read a lot of pages on Wikipedia about different people and Erl's doesn't seem much different in context, importance and verifiability. I am trying to successfully build my first page. I will reread the pages you suggested for reference. Thanks. --Kirby Kirby2010 (talk) 17:08, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the notability tag. The remaining tag is a refimprove tag. It means that the article needs additional citations since some facts are not verified. For example, it says that he was born in 1967, this isn't verified. It says that he is Canadian-born. It says that he is series editor of the Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl, and editor of the SOA Magazine. Neither are verified. In essence, every fact that is in the article needs a verifiable source. The fact that other articles in the same state is no excuse. With over 3 million articles, many do not get the needed attention. We try to improve what we can, and believe in time the other articles will be improved as well. See WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. --Muhandes (talk) 19:26, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Thomas Erl for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Thomas Erl is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas Erl(2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. -- Cirt (talk) 15:11, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]