User talk:Brian-in-Jamaica

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Speedy deletion nomination of User:Brian-in-Jamaica


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Contested deletion
This page should not be speedily deleted because I just removed all content except one encyclopedic reference.

Spam
Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Brian Reynolds. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Kuru  (talk)  23:37, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks
I wish to follow the rules; may I put myself on the Brian Reynolds disambiguation page without an external link, just to indicate that I exist? For instance "Brian Reynolds a System Designer living in Jamaica", but only as text to indicate that I am not one of the other Brian Reynolds? This is to avoid confusion of people looking for an article about me and mistakenly thinking one of the others is me. Brian-in-Jamaica (talk) 13:55, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Now I see that a disambiguation entry without a blue link is not allowed as the disambiguation is intended to be only between Wikipedia articles. Would it be possible to have another paragraph on the disambiguation page separate from the blue lines section? This would be where other people with the same name can list themselves to avoid confusion with those who have articles.

For example I "Brian Reynolds Systems Designer" have been confused with "Brian Reynolds Game Designer". because these are similar. I was attempting to differentiate myself from "Brian Reynolds Game Designer" by adding "in Jamaica" as I dont think any other Brian Reynolds lives here. The purpose is not to promote me, but to help people looking for me realise I dont yet have an article and am not one of the Brian Reynolds who do.

This has happened and lead to some confusion when an acquaintance thought they had read an article about me and was talking about it and I didnt understand them. In that case we met and I was able to eventually understand and say that "Brian Reynolds Games Designer" is not me, though I would love to say hello to him! If we hadnt met, my acquaintance might still think he is me and others just online may do so now.

Therefore is it possible to add a under the disambiguation paragraph? "Others without Articles written yet" "Brian Reynolds System Designer in Jamaica"

Brian-in-Jamaica (talk) 23:48, 10 December 2018 (UTC)