User talk:DaveZeltserman

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Wikipedia is not a promotional platform for your novel
As far as I'm concerned what I added was factual and not at all promotional. 'Monster: A Novel of Frankenstein' is being published by Overlook Press this August, and what I provided was a short description and not a promotional piece with blurbs or quotes. And the fact is my book is an important contribution to the popular culture of Frankenstein. But I'm not going to waste any more time with Wikipedia.DaveZeltserman (talk) 23:49, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Frankenstein in popular culture do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used as a platform for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. -- The Red Pen of Doom  20:56, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

while I'm the author of the book, what I wrote was factual and I included a reference, so I don't understand why it was removed. It's not as if I added blurbs or quotes} '''
 * Hi there. Okay, there are a couple of reasons it was removed. a) The reference is to a press release and they are not generally suited for use as reliable sources as they are promotional in their very nature. b) the book is not released yet, so it can't really qualify as a notable example of Frankenstein in popular culture. If you have further questions, feel free to ask, here or on my talk page. Ooh Bunnies! Leave a message 23:50, 19 April 2012 (UTC)


 * OohBunnies, thanks for responding and giving me actual reasons. I added the reference because I thought it was needed for verification, since my first attempt without a reference was taken down. Again, what I added was purely factual, and not promotional (unless you consider the reference link promotional, which wasn't my intent). I understand taking it down if it's because the book hasn't been released yet (although ARCs have been sent out), but you should be consistent and then remove the other novels that haven't been released yet, like the one due out in 2013. Anyway, I do appreciate your more civilized response than what I received earlier.DaveZeltserman (talk) 23:59, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry if you found earlier responses uncivil. It was factual, yes, although the description of the book added could've been toned down I think. We tend to use a very bored, factual tone when describing things around here. I think the tone was why it was considered promoting, that and the conflict of interest as you are the author. I'll take a look at that list. People often add unsuitable examples to popular culture sections. When the book does come out, and if there's an independent source you can cite, you can always re-add, although you might find someone else does it before you get a chance. Regards, Ooh Bunnies! Leave a message 00:16, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Removed two examples of novels not yet released, and added the article to my watchlist. It can be yet another thing for me to keep my eye on! :) Ooh Bunnies! Leave a message 00:32, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks to the links you added it's no longer tagged as not meeting notability so it won't be deleted. I've formatted them and done some minor copyediting. Thanks for adding those links, nice job. Ooh Bunnies! Leave a message 15:50, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

No problem
It's no problem at all. If anything it's a good example of why conflict of interest editing isn't so bad. While we do get some people inserting promotional or non-neutral information into articles about themselves or a subject they are closely related to, sometimes the subject themselves are able to easily find materials and links and really help out. If you have any material or links such as interviews about writing, background etc, you can always fire them my way and I can see about expanding the article a bit. Ooh Bunnies! Leave a message 16:19, 20 April 2012 (UTC)