User talk:AlexHarris

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It's good that no copyright infringement exists for your draft of the Alex Harris article, but that isn't sufficient for Wikipedia: check out WP:C for more detail. You have to either release into the public domain, or release under the GFDL, because you have to allow others to edit the material you contribute. If you have questions on how to do this, feel free to ask me on my talk page and I'll help.

Also, I think you're going to run into some trouble with your pages on Alex and Brett Harris: you claim the two people are notable, but look at WP:WEB for notability criteria: especially because it's a page you're putting up about yourself (or at least it looks a lot like that), you should add a note explaining notability. Mangojuice 15:39, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

It's generally considered good policy on Wikipedia not to write articles about yourself, even if you are notable. It removes any perception of bias. If you are genuinely notable then someone else will write the article for you. Thanks. DJ Clayworth 15:41, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Mangojuice and DJ Clayworth. The reason I wrote the article was because an article already did exist (the one under question for copyright violation) and because it contained inaccurate information. It was an edit/rewrite, not an article creation. As far as notability, the blog in question has been featured in the New York Daily News, and received multiple blog awards, though I don't know if that qualifies for notability. Direction would be appreciated. AlexHarris 15:51, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

That's great! Yes, if the website has been written about by a reputable, independent source, that meets the WP:WEB criteria. Let me recommend the following edits, which will help keep people from being concerned.


 * 1) Start a page for therebelution.com; it's a notable blog, so it is reasonable for it to have a page.  On that page, describe the blog, and describe Alex & Brett Harris: as it's their blog, it's reasonable to give brief biographies there.  Also, on that page, put an external links section and link to the NY Daily News article as well as some more notable blog awards, which will help prove notability.
 * 2) Change the Alex Harris, Brett Harris, and Alex and Brett Harris pages (which all say the same thing, really) to redirects to the therebelution.com page.

I'm recommending this because I'm a mergist: I feel that Wikipedia is better when it has fewer good articles than many smaller ones, and it seems to me that the two people (Alex and Brett) are mainly notable because of the blog, so the BLOG deserves an article, while it's not clear if the individuals do. Again, I can help if you have any questions. Mangojuice 15:59, 16 February 2006 (UTC)


 * FWIW, the website in question has no traffic data, according to alexa. Many will see this as a pretty solid indication of a lack of significance.  Friday (talk) 17:45, 16 February 2006 (UTC)


 * The website in question just switched domains. It has received nearly 160,000 hits since last August and receives over 1,200 hits a day (see Sitemeter). AlexHarris 22:57, 16 February 2006 (UTC)