User talk:Benjaminjohnjones

AfD nomination of Ben Jones (British Politician born 1978)
I have nominated Ben Jones (British Politician born 1978), an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Ben Jones (British Politician born 1978). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Mayalld (talk) 12:39, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

February 2009
You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

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 No original research, Neutral point of view, and Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedians with articles.)  Mayalld (talk) 14:36, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Self promotion
You wrote;

''Apologies for the problem with my submission. I am said Ben Jones. I hoped that the entry would be permitted as it gives the UK (more specifically the Halton) electorate greater information about one of their candidates to make an informed choice at the next election. I hoped that wikipedia would see a greater role for itself and in engaging more people in the democratic process.''

Wikipedia sees a role for itself in building an encyclopedia, a repository of factual information, derived from reliable sources. That role is hopelessly compromised if we start allowing articles written by people about themself.

Wikipedia isn't here to allow you to put forward the picture of yourself that you want. It is here so that others can (if you ever become notable) write about you from a 3rd-party POV. Mayalld (talk) 14:42, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia. While objective prose about products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Mayalld (talk) 14:45, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Once again, my apologies.