User talk:Garyfong

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Even though I will scrutinize the article about you, that you created, I still welcome you to Wikipedia. I moved the title to Gary Fong. Please contribute to other sections of the encyclopedia without using it to publicize yourself or advertise your products or services, if you believe Wikipedia has any meaning beyond promotion. Hu 19:02, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

THANK YOU! I'm just trying to figure out this system! Garyfong 19:08, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

OH COOL I FIGURED OUT HOW TO RESPOND - THAT wasn't easy to find! Garyfong 19:09, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Gary Fong article
A tag has been placed on "gary fong", requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add  on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Have a nice day, and welcome to Wikipedia. :)  Switcher cat  talkcont 18:30, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Writing about yourself
Please read the guidelines on autobiographies. Writing about yourself, and things you've done is not a good idea, and you should avoid it as much as you can, as it forms a huge conflict of interest. Thanks! --Lijnema 19:19, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

OK I edited and then I'm going to leave it alone. Let me know how this latest change looks to you - the other guy asked me to put in my photographic inspirations and influences. I am a famous photographer and I'm sure others will contribute I just wanted to give a feeling after the "Stub" Garyfong 19:23, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, not too sure about it, the problem is still verifyability. You saying it is not an acceptable source really, Wikipedia is a tertiary source, which means everything in Wikipedia must be backed up by secondary sources, that might be an interview with you, or an article or similar. You saying it's so isn't enough, I fear. However, I'm sure someone else will come along and fix things up, I don't think you need to worry too much about it ;) --Lijnema 19:30, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

OH OK GOT IT - well I have an article for you as a secondary source! This is from a magazine:

http://www.imaginginfo.com/publication/article.jsp?pubId=3&id=1350

let me know if this helps!

Garyfong 19:35, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia is open, but people should refrain from editing articles in which they have a conflict of interest. However, as a practical matter, if edits are properly sourced with citations and are written according to strict neutral point of view, then edits will be accepted. The Wikipedia:No original research policy means that an edit based on "I know Gary" will not work.

One thing that you can do to help yourself is to release a picture of yourself into the public domain or Creative Commons or GFDL licensing. One of the things that Wikipedia needs right now is a lot more photos of people which can be used freely according to Wikipedia policy, which requires relatively open licensing (but not necessarily public domain). Wikipedia is getting stricter about Fair Use. If you have portraits of people that you own the copyright to, you could upload them and then place them in articles, with a discreet credit containing a link to your article. I don't think you need a model release, since this is educational use, not commercial promotion or advertising, but you might investigate the whole Wikipedia licensing issue and see if you could help out. It could use some input from photographers knowledgeable about the issues (legal and practical). Also, perhaps some of your photographer friends could help out in the same ways. Hu 19:46, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Garyfong 20:00, 16 December 2006 (UTC)GREAT thanks!!! I have put up a license-free headshot of myself at:

http://garyfong.com/licensefree.html

Now, do you put the photo up? Or do I?