User talk:Mdabkowski0

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[edit] Speedy deletion of Richard E. Petty

A tag has been placed on Richard E. Petty requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

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As the reviewing administrator, I removed the tag as he pretty clearly is notable. But the manner of writing is similar to that of a press release. I cleaned it up slightly, but it needs some further work. It also needs a list of his major publications: books, and the 3 or 4 most cited articles. It would very much help if you listed his official web page, and found some third party published reliable sources, print or online (but not blogs),to his work---probably in connection with his awards.

I also want to remind you about WP:Conflict of interest. And make absolutely sure non of the material is copied from a web page or other published source. DGG (talk) 19:23, 23 April 2008 (UTC)