User:Pineapple Storage/Discussions/Community/Teahouse

I've had my first experience with Speedy deletions today, but I couldn't find a concrete reason for why a subject page I was working on was suddenly deleted! Could someone run me through whether it's the use of incorrect/insufficient references, or something else, please?

Regarding - Alexander Valerievich Yakovlev Plantlover3000 (talk) 15:17, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Your references are not notable enough. Half of them don't even mention the person the article is about. RPI2026F1 (talk) 15:23, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Plantlover3000 Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. It seems that you are attempting to write about yourself, while this is not absolutely forbidden, it is highly discouraged, please read the autobiography policy. You should have left the draft as a Draft and submitted it for a review via Articles for Creation. As noted, your references are not sufficient. 331dot (talk) 15:24, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

You have contested the SD nomination of Alexander Valerievich Yakovlev on the article's talk page, but it may go forward anyway. I concur that the refs never mention Yakovlev. I recommend you copy all of the content to your computer before it vanishes, as SD'd content also vanishes from your editing history. David notMD (talk) 15:45, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Too late. David notMD (talk) 15:50, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Not too late, it's still at Draft:Alexander Valerievich Yakovlev. ~Anachronist (talk) 16:28, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi Plantlover3000.

As others have already said, many of the references provided in the article Draft:Alexander Valerievich Yakovlev are not directly relevant to the article's subject as they do not specifically mention the person in question. Also, the references provided do not meet Wikipedia's requirements for reliable sources: sources must be independent, ie. not affiliated with the subject of the article, and verifiable, ie. not original research. Perhaps check out Help:Find sources#Types of sources for more guidance on what can be accepted as a source.

In order to merit a Wikipedia article, a subject should be notable enough to have received coverage from a variety of reputable, reliable sources; I would recommend you take a look at Wikipedia:Notability for more details on what is required for a subject to merit a new article.

Again, this has already been mentioned, but Draft:Alexander Valerievich Yakovlev does read like self-promotion/advertising... Maybe have a look at Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (specifically WP:SOAP) and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest (and/or Wikipedia:Autobiography) to see if Advertising or Conflict of Interest guidelines are relevant to your situation.

I hope this helps! Pineapple Storage (talk) 20:09, 14 October 2022 (UTC)