User talk:Gadgetmeister

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Shannon sylvia
Hello ,

It seems to me that an article you worked on, Shannon sylvia, may be copied from http://shannonsylvia.com/bio.html. It's entirely possible that I made a mistake, but I wanted to let you know because Wikipedia is strict about copying from other sites.

It's important that you edit the article and rewrite it in your own words, unless you're absolutely certain nothing in it is copied. If you're not sure how to fix the problem or have any questions, there are people at the help desk who are happy to assist you.

Thank you for helping build a free encyclopedia! MadmanBot (talk) 15:23, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

January 2013
Please do not write or add to an article about yourself, as you apparently did at Shannon sylvia. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. Altered Walter (talk) 15:47, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Shannon sylvia


A tag has been placed on Shannon sylvia, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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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 and their products. It is a quite different sort of site, a project to build an encyclopedia, so it is selective about subjects for articles

Also, Wikipedia 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. The links in the Welcome message at the top of this page will tell you more about Wikipedia. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 16:10, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Reply to your email
I am not at all sure that the other article you mentioned would withstand a challenge on WP:Notability grounds - that is Wikipedia's inclusion criterion, which requires references showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject", see also WP:42, and WP:ENTERTAINER if notability is based on TV appearances. At least it does not appear to be a copy of his own website, and does not mention his products and their "economical price and accessibility", nor was it obviously written by him - it was started six years ago (when standards were probably lower) by a user with many edits on other subjects.

I see that another user, with a previous editing record, has started a more neutrally-written article about you, and that's fine, but it will need more references to establish notability. You should not edit it yourself - please see Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest.

An apology: Wikipedia is so keen to attract new contributors that it does not (in my view) do enough at account creation time to explain that it is not another Myspace/Facebook social-networking site for people to write about themselves. In fact it is trying to do something quite different from those sites, and therefore requires a neutral point of view and is fiercely resistant to any kind of advertising or promotion. That means that people join, as you did, under a misapprehension, copy in a promotional screed from Facebook or their own website, and see it deleted; I am sorry for the time you have wasted. I have this conversation so often that I have written User:JohnCD/Not a noticeboard as background.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:35, 10 January 2013 (UTC)