User talk:MacGyvr

Hello, MacGyvr, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as J. Wesley Thompson, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Espresso Addict (talk) 07:07, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

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The article J. Wesley Thompson‎ has been proposed for deletion. The proposed deletion notice added to the article should explain why.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{Tlc|proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{Tlc|proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Espresso Addict (talk) 07:07, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

:Hi Espresso Addict.

:Please forgive what I'm sure will be a very obvious discussion with a Wikipedia "newbie." This is my first use of the talk page.

:I hope I'll be able to address concerns with the J. Wesley Thompson page but I'm sure I'll have a few questions. Let me address the easiest one first. Mr. Thompson did not know that he shouldn't edit his own page because I never discussed creating the page with him, knowing that would be inappropriate. He found a couple minor errors and corrected them without knowing the protocols of Wikipedia. While I do know Mr. Thompson, the creation of the page was completely my idea and he did not even know of its existence until after the fact. Would the appropriate action be to undo his changes and make those minor edits myself?

:I also completely understand the "cv-like" concerns and will make changes to address those, if I am able to address the third reason for deletion appropriately.

:As for the WP:PROF issue, I am hopeful that Mr. Thompson meets the #2 criteria (The person has received a highly prestigious academic award or honor at a national or international level) based upon his selection as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. He was awarded this in 2008, and currently there are only 795 persons bearing the title. Roughly only 100 persons receive this honor per year. Mr. Thompson may also meet criteria #7 (The person has made substantial impact outside academia in their academic capacity) based upon the fact that he is a highly sought after lecturer regarding HIV/AIDS at the local, state and national levels, speaking at more than 50 functions in the last year alone.

:I look forward to your input and guidance.

:MacGyvr (talk) 23:24, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

::Hi MacGyvr -- I've reviewed your response and still believe that Mr Thompson probably does not meet Wikipedia's notability requirements, and have accordingly started a community deletion discussion for the article (see the below notification for how to join the discussion). I will respond in detail to your points at the article's talk page in order to keep discussion in one place. Regards, Espresso Addict (talk) 00:55, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article J. Wesley Thompson 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/J. Wesley Thompson 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 high-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. Espresso Addict (talk) 00:55, 8 February 2013 (UTC)