User talk:Phillidev

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Daniel Case 22:12, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

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Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s):

Allowing username change to Phillidev (talk · contribs). Please put this request in at Wikipedia:Changing username as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. But please read our guidelines on conflict of interest about editing articles in which you have a vested interest

Request handled by: Stephen 23:02, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your work in helping to maintain the integrity and accuracy of the Wikipedia. I did not realize that the user name of "Sterling history" was not in compliance with Wikipedia’s standards and I certainly want to abide by the guidelines and standards in order to maintain the purpose of Wikipedia. Therefore, I would like to request a change in user name to Phillidev. I appreciate any insight or guidance you can provide. Thank you for all you do. Sterling history (talk) 20:58, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Robert David Irwin

Thanks for your note with respect to Robert David Irwin. I note that this article contained almost no information about the individual himself and everything to do with his relationship to a company. Frankly, this makes me think that it is more appropriate for his name to be attached to the article about the company, since he seems to have no notability of his own. However, if you are determined that he should have an article, you should create it by assembling quotations about Mr. Irwin that have been published by independent third-party experts in reliable sources such as newspapers and magazines (not blogs or web-forums). That is how notability is demonstrated in Wikipedia terms. You should probably familiarize yourself with notability policy, verifability policy, reliable sources policy, and specifically WP:Notability (people) to get an idea of what makes up a good biographical Wikipedia entry -- that and read other such articles for Mr. Irwin's peers. Generally speaking, it is rather difficult to have an article about an industry person stay in Wikipedia unless his/her notability is significant and widespread (Carly Fiorina or Bill Gates); you may be more successful, as noted above, in having his name attached to the entry about his company. If I can be of any further assistance with Wikipedia policy, please leave a note on my talk page. Accounting4Taste:talk 20:39, 22 January 2008 (UTC)