User talk:Jim Lacey
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JFL seems a worthy subject for an article, but if you would like the article to remain you must write it in the WP style, which includes:
- looking like an encyclopedia article not a CV (use asterisks for lists, just as I did)
- saying in the first sentence something to demonstrate notability, like professor of X at, winner of the XYZ prize and N honorary doctorate (whatever applies).
- not going into disproportionate personal details
- listing college degrees with university and year -- and putting the university names in double brackets
- listing important awards
- listing important memberships and offices held
- listing books published as formal references style: Author, title, Publisher, year ISBN if possible.
- listing some major published papers, say how many.
and, most important, giving some 3rd party sources. A website at a university etc. can be one, but it cannot be the only one. Book reviews are fine, or a newspaper stories. Print or web is OK, but not from a list or a blog.
There is serious prejudice here against articles written by the subject or a member of his family, so it has to be a really solid article. See WP:AUTO and WP:COI These is also, unfortunately, prejudice against people from the academic world. Look at similar articles.
If you do not do this immediately, the article will probably be deleted in a day or two--though not by me. I apologize for not having the time to help you personally. DGG 00:25, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
