User talk:Carolyn Arnold

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Carolyn Arnold


A tag has been placed on User:Carolyn Arnold, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising that only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an acceptable page. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this page is not blatant advertising,. Clicking that button will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit |the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. You are welcome to edit the page to fix this problem, but please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. As well as removing promotional phrasing, it helps to add factual encyclopaedic information to the page, and add citations from independent reliable sources to ensure that the page will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Mean as custard (talk) 14:58, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not for writing about yourself
Hi. Welcome to Wikipedia, but it is not a place like Myspace or Facebook for people to write about themselves. It is a quite different sort of site, a project to build an encyclopedia, so it is selective about subjects for articles, it is not for advertising or promotion of any kind, and writing about oneself is strongly discouraged, for reasons explained at Wikipedia is not about YOU, Autobiography and Conflict of interest.

Unlike those on a social-networking site like Myspace, Wikipedia user pages are for the volunteers who are here to help build the encyclopedia to say something about themselves and their Wikipedia activities, if they choose, to assist communication within the project. They are not for substantial content... that is unrelated to Wikipedia.

You can learn more about Wikipedia at the WP:Five Pillars, the WP:Welcome page, and the guide to writing WP:Your first article. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 15:13, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

This page should not be speedy deleted because...
This page should not be speedily deleted because...I am an author and should be searchable on Wikipedia just as other authors are. Here is a "blanket" list by way of example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_writers

Here's one for David Baldacci for example, as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Baldacci
 * Too late! If you are a writer then you should be an asset to Wikipedia, as long as you don't begin by writing about yourself. . . Mean as custard (talk) 15:54, 13 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I am sorry that we do not explain better to new users what Wikipedia is and more particularly what it is not. I could almost put it in two words: not Myspace. Yes, Wikipedia has articles about authors, but it does not follow that it wants or expects to have articles about every author that publishes a book, still less that it should allow them all to use it as a platform for self-promotion. I know that advice sites for new authors tell you to establish an internet presence with Twitter and blogs and working the social-networking sites, but they should also say that trying it on Wikipedia will end in disappointment. You say you "should be searchable on Wikipedia", but there are Amazon and Google Books for those who want to search the whole range of published authors, and WorldCat which lists all who have been bought by libraries. That is not what an encyclopedia is for. JohnCD (talk) 20:02, 13 October 2012 (UTC)