dr eddie lawrence hi congrats on your recent elevation to adminship you may want to closely read the criteria for speedy deletion criterion a merely requires an assertion of notability this article has that publishing multiple books is an assertion of notability i removed the speedy tag when as an admin i was clearing the csd backlog and determined that this article was incorrectly tagged and removed the tag this is the proper procedure the references and notability tags are apropriate since this article is not eligible for speedy deletion under a if you feel that this article should be deleted you may use proposed deletion or afd also please note that it is usual practice to place speedy tags at the top of the article