Talk:Lewis Pulsipher

Autobiography
For two years or more, to the best of my recollection, there has been a request for an article about Lewis Pulsipher at Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Culture_and_fine_arts).

There are more than ten references within existing articles to me or my work, as well. Googling both forms of my name (Lew and Lewis) yields more than 78,000 hits, most of them about me thanks to the rarity of my name. Recently I decided to write an article myself, having found the following guideline on Wiki:

"The proper way to get your own writing about yourself in if you really think you can meet the inclusion criteria and are willing to accept having a neutral, non-promotional article is to make a proposal containing the text you want, instead of just putting it up directly, and seek the consensus of the community through discussion. Not only does this provide independent viewpoints on it that can allow you to discover biases you were not aware of having, it also helps provide an indication of good faith and that you are willing to put the interests of Wikipedia first instead of standing in a position of conflict of interest."

I have a photograph, taken by someone at a talk I gave at a game convention and posted online at Boardgamegeek, but I am not certain of the legalities (BGG operates on a form of creative commons license, I think) and in any case I do not have rights to upload the photo to Wikipedia.

I have not been able to figure out why the last reference is not an active link.

Lewis Pulsipher Lewpuls (talk) 19:11, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

It appears to me that essentially automated systems have marked this page for deletion without anyone bothering to read the discussion page. Wikipedia's own guidelines suggest that one can write autobiographically provided the result is submitted to peer review. While the page was on my user page I tried to do this, but the procedures and guidelines are very unclear, at least to a person who is not a frequent contributor. In the end, submitting through the Biography project was the best method I could find to gain the attention of the "editors". As a Ph.D. in history I understand the proper way to write items of this nature, it is up to others to decide whether it is accurate. Yet presumption of guilt seems to be built into the system. In my view, and the view of others I have asked, this article fits with others written for game designers/writers. Lewpuls (talk) 19:35, 7 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Nope, we're real people. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 19:39, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Gamasutra has some coverage, FYI. I'm pretty sure they're considered a reliable source of information. BOZ (talk) 02:58, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

After reading present article, I think this could be made a lot stronger (GA?) if we can harvest further info from secondary sources: I apologize for not doing this myself, but time seems to be of the essence and I have some work to do at that other job that actually pays a salary :) Re a photo, if we can find one with a CC license, that would also strengthen the article. Surely someone took a photo of Lew at a con. Guinness323 (talk) 14:33, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Biographical details of early childhood, birthplace, etc., and personal life (family, etc.)
 * Reviews of his games and other contributions to gaming
 * Articles highlighting, describing or otherwise outlining his contributions to gaming

As for peer review, it's here now, so it will get reviewed every time it is read. Stevebritgimp (talk) 18:47, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

I'm wondering how long one must wait until the "autobiographical" notice is removed from this entry. 71.51.244.83 (talk) 19:25, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Well I've removed the autobio tag now, as it was put up when the article appeared, and now after four months most of the editing seems to have been done, and by other editors. So I don't think autobio is justified, especially as it is not a 'descriptive' article.  Of course further work and citation may be needed. Stevebritgimp (talk) 03:20, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

"was Contributing Editor to Dragon magazine, White Dwarf, and The Space Gamer " - to my knowledge, White Dwarf does not/did not have Contributing Editors. It's not a common term in the UK, certainly not in the '80s. 86.166.116.75 (talk) 20:29, 19 April 2012 (UTC)