Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moaya Scheiman

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The result was Delete ~ trialsanderrors 00:36, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Moaya Scheiman and Culinista

Blatant self-promotion by a chef. Culinista is a term he has invented to describe himself. -- RHaworth 20:07, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am his doing his PR, and felt that his Bio was missing here, the word is in use and is from a food history article on Salamanders that has been on the net for many years ( I now they are redoing his pages in anticipation of the new book-but I will see if I can find a current link), and the word is now in common use as it has been discussed in several forums as a word to be added to dictionaries. The citation is correct for the originator but if it offends to give credit I will remove the reference to coiner, but it seems silly.

I am also wondering why the Bio page has been flagged? I am trying to do a straight bio of a radio host,food writer, food historian who is well known in this part of the world. Before he was a chef he was a film director and published author. He is the Son of a famous American lawyer and would seem to be someone to be included..I thought...let me now before I go further here...thank you! JT — Preceding unsigned comment added by MisterTexperience (talk • contribs)

Comment. I am his doing his PR - translated into Eglish = yes, I admit that it is spam! -- RHaworth 21:18, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, neologism/advertising. Demiurge 21:22, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It's nice when spammers make it easy. Danny Lilithborne 21:47, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - we don't want PR, we want encyclopedia articles. - Richardcavell 21:52, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. May be recreated is notability established based on reputable independent sources. Mukadderat 16:54, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can understand what you are saying, and would like to say that I was not aware that adding a bio of a person of interest was spam. I had been given the task of doing several bios only one of which was a chef. But this was my first article and I am now worried about contributing anything for fear of it being marked as spam-despite the belief that we are contributing encyclopedic copy. Since I have been asked to do this, will all my work be considered spam? and any Biographical material on Mr Scheiman also be? When this was flagged I had not got to his filmography and other particulars. is there a place in here for newposters to learn how to post, What am I missing? "I am doing his PR" should not preclude or eliminate useful encyclopedic information, should it? Is there a way that this information can be edited to adhere to guidlines?

I really think that being someone's PR representative is incompatible with writing neutral-voice, encyclopedic material about him. I don't think that you can contribute on articles that you have a financial interest in. - Richardcavell 23:28, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please allow me to politely disagree. People do decent work for money all the time. This is how the world runs. As long as a person follows the wikipedia rules of notability/verifiability/"neutral point of view", following policies WP:CITE WP:RS, WP:NOR, etc. his contribs are OK. The major idea is that fo ar thing to be notable and information verifiable, it must be discussed in a reputable and independent source. Mukadderat 16:52, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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