Talk:Shaggy Flores

--Noopinonada (talk) 02:11, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Afro-Puerto Rican
I have been cleaning up various pages relating to Afro-Puerto Ricans. First off, the fact that this gentleman has an article on Wikipedia dedicated to him (by himself, apparently) is questionable. He is not that noteworthy. Next, he is not Afro-Puerto Rican. A bit of black ancestry, as is common in the Carribbean, does not make one Afro-Puerto Rican. The racist "one-drop rule" is just that, racism. If we follow that line of thinking, the majority of Puerto Rico would be simply black, which is an outrageous assertion. It is great that you are in touch with your black ancestor, but ignoring the rest of your ancestry is a bit childish and disingenuous. Afro-Puerto Ricans are blacks from Puerto Rico. Flores is not black, so I am deleting this reference. --Noopinonada (talk) 04:18, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion
The author of this page, upon examination of the discussion page, is Shaggy Flores himself. While Shaggy Flores may have other websites (including his own site) referring to his poetry or his minor published works, this article in Wikipedia obviously, for all intents and purposes, seves only as a beacon to advertise Shaggy Flores. For reference, see the relevant sections where Flores discusses that he is pursuing a masters and what not. It reads like an autobiography, it reeks of self-advertisement, and the subject of the article is quite low on the notoriety/noteworthy scale. Mr. Flores, Wikipedia is not an avenue for self-adulation. I've visited your website and it does the trick as far as advertising you. I am sticking with my proposal for deletion. Hopefully you will realize that this is an encyclopedia and not a forum for you to self-aggrandize. Furthermore, you ridiculous inclusion of yourself as "Afro-Puerto Rican" only furthers suspicion that you have some sort of agenda here. I will push (fairly, unless you feel unable to stoop down to discuss yourself here) for deletion of this page.--Noopinonada (talk) 02:15, 12 March 2008 (UTC)