This is really one of the weirdest things ever. I have to admit.
I also remember when Danese Cooper wrote an email to this list
complaining about her article and I rewrote it and it's never had a
problem since. Sadly, I can't write my own article. ;)
I'm flattered anyone would even consider writing about me. I'm also not
surprised that it's OrangeMike who has nominated it for deletion.
By the time I hit 16 technically I had met notability guidelines, but, I
don't expect anyone to go digging into my past that deep. If anyone
wants a list of reliable sources independent of the subject, let me
know. I have coverage about me dating back to when I was in my early
20's. That probably sounds crazy, but, they don't call me "DJ Sarah
Vain" (I DJ'd for 10 years and promoted concerts nationally for longer)
for no reason. ;) I even have content about me that was published in
old punk rock fanzines that are notable from the 90's someplace. Ha ha
ha ha.
I can also provide you a list of 10 other people you probably know who
deserve their articles deleted if I do. ;)
I have to say, the sad thing is watching people nominate you for
deletion and not even bother actually researching you. And yeah, as
Carol said, there are a lot worse people out there with coverage. I
actually had to nominate Alolita Sharma's article after I tried to
improve it for hours on end, because of lack of reliable coverage. So
it's not like I don't know what I'm talking about.
I suppose watching myself get nominated for deletion just makes me want
to say "try to improve before you delete." But, when I graduated high
school I was voted most likely to be serial killer, the US president,
and the class clown. So.. whatever ;)
-Sarah
On 1/20/13 4:07 PM, Michael J. Lowrey wrote:
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Valerie Aurora
<vale...@adainitiative.org> wrote:
Can you believe Wikipedia Community Fellow and first Smithsonian
Wikipedian-in-residence Sarah Stierch didn't have a Wikipedia
biography until today?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Stierch
It's only my second article creation, and I could use some help
expanding it from a stub if you have some time to contribute!
Much as I like Sarah, I don't think she qualifies as notable to the
outside world per [[:WP:BIO]]. With a great deal of reluctance, I've
started an AfD discussion, which I hope you will all chime in upon!
--
*Sarah Stierch*
*/Museumist and open culture advocate/*
>>Visit sarahstierch.com <http://sarahstierch.com><<
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