User talk:Erastes

Hello, Erastes!

Welcome to Wikipedia. I have userfied the article you wrote about yourself, that means I've moved it from Erastes to User:Erastes. We usually don't have articles in the main namespace about authors who are still little known and have yet to publish their first novel. I wish you the best in the future. Contact me for any questions. Haukur 22:49, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

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Your edit to the Erastes page
I see the connection you are making, but this is too close to self-advertisement. On the other hand it would be great if you could help keep an eye on the articles in Category:Pederasty in ancient Greece. It seems you have been writing on that topic for some time. And best of luck with your publishing efforts. Haiduc 13:59, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Erastes article
Hi

I would like to change my entry from "user erastes" to Erastes as my first novel has been well-received, has been nominated for literary awards and I have sold 20 short stories. I'm now the Director of the Erotic Authors Association too.

I note that other authors with fewer writing credits than I, such as Alexander Chee have their own main space pages.

Kind regards

Erastes


 * Congratulations, I'm glad you're doing well. Autobiography cautions against writing articles about yourself but if you have your heart set on this... What your article needs most of all are reliable sources. Has your novel been reviewed by a newspaper? Or a respected online publication? Getting citations like that would help a lot. What awards has it been nominated for? Where can we read about that? Alexander Chee is not really a good article. Bryan Fuller might be a somewhat better model to follow, that one tries to reference its claims. Last of all, the Erastes article should most likely remain as it is - if yours migrates to the main namespace it should probably be as Erastes (writer). Haukur 11:52, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Response from Editor Assistance
copied from WT:EAR
 * No, we do not need to see anything of that sort. What we are looking for is reliable, third-party sources (e.g., newspaper, magazine articles, substantial reviews, etc) through which others (i.e., not you or your publisher) attest to your notability.  Follow this link and this link to read some about what we mean on wikipedia by reliable sources and notability.  It also wouldn't hurt to read up on our thoughts on conflicts of interest and auto-biographical articles.  You are, I believe, following the right path by not creating the article yourself.  Generally, when thinking about one's own place on wikipedia, a good rule of thumb is that if you (or any individual) is notable, chances are that someone (other than yourself, the publisher, or a pr person) would create the article without any encouragement from you - otherwise this project ceases to be an encyclopedia and becomes a venue for self-promotion and advertising. Pastordavid (talk) 14:34, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Erastes (author)
Do you have a connection with the subject of this article? If so, please review the guideline at Conflict of interest. Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 17:32, 16 August 2010 (UTC)