User talk:Leeasher

Lee Asher
Mr Asher: There's a controversy over whether you are notable enough to be in Wikipedia. Please see WP:VAIN and the talk page at Talk:Lee Asher. Wikipedia has explicit policies on notability, and the standards are rather high. Normally, biographies in Wikipedia are posted by others, not oneself. There's a formal process for resolving "articles for deletion" disputes, and it will probably be started shortly. Thanks. --John Nagle 21:51, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Welcome
Welcome to Wikipedia! I'd like to take the opportunity to give you a few tips and tricks; you might think of this as a basic orientation to membership in the editing community of this project.

We have quite a few guidelines and policies for editor conduct here. Not everyone agrees with all of these rules but most of us agree with those labeled Policy; and those labeled Guideline have broad, though not universal support. These policies and guidelines are in constant flux but those that have remained fairly stable over time are highly respected. I suggest you take some time to familiarize yourself with these.

A good starting place is Help:Editing. This will teach you about the mechanics of editing using our tools.

Another important starting place is What Wikipedia is not. I strongly suggest you follow all the links from this page, especially those listed at the bottom under See Also.

Nearly every policy-related page is linked to one or more others. You may wish to spend several hours reviewing this material. Although officially we welcome all users to Edit this page, in practice it takes several months of daily editing before you can expect to avoid all common mistakes. Meanwhile, you may be schooled -- gently, we hope, but not always -- by experienced editors who have discovered some error in your work. I suggest you listen carefully to all comments and try to keep an open mind.

Please don't be dismayed! We can use an editor in your specialized field of knowledge. If you have any questions, you are more than welcome to ask me on my talk page. John Reid 06:10, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Vanity and sockpuppetry
Like many new editors, you seem to have run afoul of one of our most strict guidelines; I expect it to be elevated to policy soon. This is Vanity guidelines. Strictly speaking, it is not a violation of policy to create an article about yourself or your company; but so many editors have strong feelings about this that it is unwise. It leads to the kind of fine-toothed scrutiny that leads to articles being deleted on other grounds.

Our position is If you are notable, then sooner or later some other editor will create an article about you. You don't need to do it yourself. Again, no need for you to edit an article about yourself; somebody else will find out whatever factual information is available publicly and insert it or correct it. If some fact about you is not publicly available then we can't publish it anyway.

You appear to have committed another faux pas: sockpuppetry. This droll term refers to the act of editing under more than one registered user name. You seem to deny this in your email to User:Nagle; but this is not really here nor there: there is no way to prove, absolutely, that a user is a sock; nor is there any way to disprove it. Experienced members of our community can and do make rapid judgements of sockpuppetry; some admins are able to perform internal checks but results are never absolutely conclusive.

Nonetheless, it is the prevailing opinion that Lee Asher was created by you; and there is very little you can do to dispel this perception. If you abandon all efforts to edit this article (and perhaps abandon ) then in time the issue will fade away. John Reid 06:24, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Ross bert sig copy.jpg
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Possibly unfree Image:SS-logo.jpg
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Servais Le Roy
I noticed you have Servais Le Roy in your list of articles you plan to start sometime. I just wanted to point out that there's already an article on Servais Le Roy. Any additional information you can contribute to that will be very welcome. Circusandmagicfan (talk) 09:03, 1 October 2008 (UTC)Circusandmagicfan

You're right... I did not notice it. I will remove it from my list of to-do. Before I add additional info, I want to assimilate the rest. Thanks for the heads-up. Lee Asher (talk)

Jean Hugard
This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Jean Hugard, and it appears to include a substantial copy of http://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php/Jean_Hugard. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences.

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RE:Jack Chanin
I removed the Ukrainian magicians category because Wikipedia does not have one. I also changed the title of "Books and Media about" to "Further reading" and slightly reformatted the article, per your concerns.

ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 22:13, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Karl Fulves
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Manual of Style
Hi, this is just a quick note to ask you to make sure that your new articles follow the Manual of Style. Have a look at some of our better biographical articles to see how they're formatted. For a quick look, I'd recommend glancing at some of the biographies on the Good articles page. Thanks. Bob talk 13:35, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

You maybe interested in the Article Rescue Squadron


I notice that you are part of Category:Inclusionist_Wikipedians. I would like you to consider joining the Article Rescue Squadron. Rescue Squadron members are focused on rescuing articles for deletion, that might otherwise be lost forever. I think you will find our project matches your vision of Wikipedia.

Ikip (talk) 00:28, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Image source and copyright licensing problem with File:American-playing-cards.jpg
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File:Ross bertram.jpg missing description details
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Proposed deletion of Jack Chanin


The article Jack Chanin has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Can't find reliable sources that would show this passes WP:GNG. Nothing more than trivial mentions in books, and no reliable websites. Currently this article is sourced to 'MagicPedia' which is a magic-focused wiki and extremely unreliable."

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Proposed deletion of File:52plusj.gif


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Proposed deletion of File:Lee asher poster.jpg


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