Talk:Ian Coburn

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I put this article up and then Wikipedia said it might be "speedy deleted" because the importance of the person was not stated. This confuses me, but I was told to write why I thought it was a good entry here. I've just been seeing his name all over the Internet recently. He seems to be getting quite popular and he felt he merited an entry. There is a blog discussion here, for example, with 60 comments about his book - http://legalpublication.blogspot.com/2007/05/legal-pub-salutes-one-of-our-own.html There are other reviews and discussions but I did not post them in the article because then it would look like I am advocating the book or Coburn, and I'm not; I'm simply adding him. Frankly, I'm perturbed. I spent alot of time writing this up and have provided plenty of good sources, at a very late hour. It took me forever to figure out how to add the reference list! We've all been there, I guess. Why is this article in question? I'm adding an article about the book, perhaps it will help clear up any issues. I still don't get it, though; it seems to have been questioned right away. There wasn't time to even check he sources for validity of this entry.

-G. Yaeger

[edit] IMPORTANT: TYPO

I wrote "He felt he merited an entry"; it should read "I felt he merited an entry." I really want to know how someone can question the importance of someone being on here within a minute of me posting. There is no way they checked the referenced articles, which I took time to get like 20 of them, yet they just say it's not a good entry? I put alot of time into this entry and it shouldn't be questioned but rather the person who is questioning it. Just my thoughts but if it's deleted, there is no way I'll ever post again. All this time spent and someone just has it removed.

Read your user page, theres a hangon template just for this. 70.80.113.243 10:35, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

If he actually was on the road for 106 weeks straight, that alone is worthy of an entry. That's over 2 years! It's a well-written entry; thoroughly researched. I found lots more by googling, so I wouldn't worry about it.

[edit] Notability

I've pared this down to ONLY the things that meet Wikipedia's notability and verifiability standards. Things like "He was voted nicest guy in his class" do NOT fit the standard for BOLP and frankly, hurt the credibility of the article. I deleted ALL unsourced statements. Even so, this article lacks the necessary CREDIBLE sources outside his personal website and user generated content. We are treading a fine line - which is totally OK - but we cannot tempt it by inserting peacock like facts. I am removing the label for now because the changes no longer meet that requirement. Let's keep it that way.

The rest of the ego-stroking vandalism needs to stop. TheRegicider (talk) 18:44, 12 May 2008 (UTC)