User talk:Troyjenkins1973
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Speedy deletion nomination of Troy Jenkins
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]The article
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You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, instead of writing it yourself, as you did at
Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.
If you are not
The claims of your involvement in politics are enough to prevent the speedy deletion of the article; however, the article is still subject to the automatic proposed deletion for not having (independent) reliable sources and could be nominated for deletion discussion via the WP:Articles for deletion process. —C.Fred (talk) 05:15, 18 January 2011 (UTC)