User talk:Brian Pellham

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Hello, Brian Pellham, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you created or edited was Draft:Brian Pellham, which appears to be an article about yourself. Creating an autobiography is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians—as this is an encyclopedia, we wouldn't expect to have an article about every contributor. We require individuals to meet Wikipedia's definition of a notable person to accept articles about them.

The page you created about yourself may well be deleted from the encyclopedia. If it is deleted and you wish to retrieve its contents, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page. If your contributions to an existing article about yourself are undone and you wish to add to it, please propose the changes on its talk page.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Brian Pellham (June 2)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Numberguy6 was:

The comment the reviewer left was:

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.


 * If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Brian Pellham and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Brian Pellham, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "Db-g7" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
 * If you do not make any further changes to your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
 * If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:AfC_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Draft:Brian_Pellham Articles for creation help desk], on the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Numberguy6&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:AfC_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=Draft:Brian_Pellham reviewer's talk page] or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Numberguy6 (talk) 17:51, 2 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm not interested in become an experienced editor. But as an author, I would like to join the other authors on Wikipeda who are acknowledged for their work.  How do I get connected with someone that can post for me?  Since they are saying I'll get refused if I write about myself, even though we've sold just as many copies, if not more, than other authors credited on Wikipedia.  Thanks. Brian Pellham (talk) 19:04, 2 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Any topic must be considered notable by Wikipedia's definition to merit inclusion. For people, there are basic criteria that can be used to evaulate them, or, in the specific case of authors, the notability criteria for creative professionals can be used. If either set of criteria is satisfied, then the person is considered worthy of inclusion.


 * However, the sources you have provided in your draft (which has no content, by the way, it's just a list of sources) are either primary sources, meaning you are their author (eg. social media like YouTube); or they are simply routine listings of products that merely show they exist. Existence does not equal notability; we need to see that you, the subject, have already received significant coverage from a variety of reliable sources (sources with an established reputation for fact-checking and editorial oversight) that are independent of you (having no political, personal or financial interest).


 * We also caution people from justifying an article's existence on the basis of other, similar articles existing. With 6.5 million articles on English Wikipedia and an entirely volunteer-based editing community, some unsuitable articles are going to creep in. If there are specific articles about other authors you think are undeserving of mention here, then you can name them and we can check them out. If any of them turn out to be not notable, or their articles irreparably promotional, then they can be nominated for deletion.


 * Finally, one should never be motivated by a desire for recognition... having a Wikipedia article is not a badge of honour. Please have a look at the essays entitled "Wikipedia is not about YOU" and "An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing". --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 22:07, 2 June 2022 (UTC)