User talk:Lilandrew96

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Speedy deletion nomination of Wikipedia talk:About/New and anonymous editors


A tag has been placed on Wikipedia talk:About/New and anonymous editors, 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/Business for more information.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Osiris (talk) 19:03, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

August 2012
Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:55, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Please do not write an article about yourself. 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). 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. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:56, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Dear lilandrew. Here’s the truth about how individuals of note, but not celebrity, get WP pages. I’m a relatively new editor, but I read a lot of articles and I think this to be the case. If you have some claim to fame in your field but are anonymous to the public at large, typically your child or other close relative or some associate you know in the business world writes your article. Once it gets on WP, various “bots” correct the editing errors and sooner or later others will contribute. There are a lot of people out there and if you have some renown at all in your field someone will look you up sooner or later. If you check the person who has written the article initially, however, you’ll see that is often the editor’s only contribution. I’ve seen literally dozens of these things, called “Biographies of living persons” or BLP’s written by someone within arm’s length. If you’re Madonna or Tom Hanks, then the WP editors want to feel important so they add stuff. But the vast majority of BLP’s are written by people very close to the subject. So the ban, in my opinion, on autobiographies is probably the most abused rule on WP editors. It’s easy to get around. Just tell your daughter to write an article about you. It’s not a perfect world and WP is not perfect, far from it. That's the main reason that book editors don't allow citations from WP articles as well as other unreliable-because-anyone-can-edit-them sources such international movie data base (imdb). Galfromohio (talk) 23:37, 4 August 2012 (UTC)