Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:JHFitzhugh/William Wyvill Fitzhugh IV

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was Keep - users are generally given a good deal of latitude to develop articles in their sandbox space. Wily D 07:18, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

User:JHFitzhugh/William Wyvill Fitzhugh IV

"a profile of William W. Fitzhugh IV designed to be uploaded and given to him for his 70th birthday" Wikipedia is not MySpace or LiveJournal; this is not appropriate use of our facilities. Orange Mike | Talk 02:21, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No indication of notability, also WP:NOTMEMORIAL. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 12:45, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - per nom and Presidentman.--ukexpat (talk) 15:52, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Page was created in userspace on 21st December 2012. Page creator has made perfectly clear that this is a draft article intended to be worked on in userspace initially - "I am preparing a new article on my user page". This is an acceptable use of userspace. Draft articles are not deleted from userspace if they are being actively worked on in good faith - this draft was last edited 22nd December 2012. The creator's reason for wanting to create an article on this topic is not relevant - many people are prompted to create articles by forthcoming anniversaries. This is a userspace draft of material intended for mainspace, not a memorial page. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 17:23, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The subject is notable and is internationally known in his field. A show he curated was the subject of a Time magazine cover story. It would be easier to work on the article on my User page but if that is deemed not acceptable I will work on it offline and then upload. It is not yet ready for viewing by the public. That I am working on this article because of the subject's BD and likely retirement is irrelevant if he is otherwise notable. In any event difficult to determine notability until the article is complete. He is the author of at least ten books on archaeology.

JHFitzhugh (talk) 17:37, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep this is what userspace is for. The nominator clearly never did any research nor posted a message to the user before nominating. JHFitzhugh, I recommend you read the section on conflict of interest - writing an article about your brother is potentially problematic. Ego White Tray (talk) 20:19, 24 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I have decided to delete the draft bio until it is complete asnd is submitted by a non family member. JHFitzhugh (talk) 17:00, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.