User talk:Mannys

concerns about Wikipedia
I have attempted on several occasions to include information about South African authors whose names and information does not appear on the Wikipedia pages. The information is deleted by one of your volunteers or editors. It appears to me to be strange that you list the names of some South African writers, and some African writers, yet you will not allow the information of others to appear on Wikipedia. Why is this? Is Wikipedia exclusive? I myself will distribute this information through Twitter and Facebook so that readers are aware that there is a vast array of South African and African writers whose names and works are being excluded from the pages of Wikipedia. My attempts to place a record of these writers on Wikipedia are being frustrated by someone at Wikipedia. I will also inform the BBC of my concerns. Agnes Sam. BA (Hon)York, BSc (South Africa), PGCE (London), author, poet, playwright.

Does Wikipedia exclude certain writers?
I have since clicked at the 'Contributions' tab on the Wikipedia website relating to writers. I see that I have made contributions since 2007 to the Wikipedia site but none of these show the information I have added to the Wikipedia pages. This really is a matter for the outside world to be made aware of. Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn need to know that Wikipedia is exclusive. Some writers are excluded from Wikipedia. I wonder why? Agnes Sam

Who is deleting the names of South African writers?
Come Wikipedia. Let your volunteers explain why all the contributions I have made to the Wikipedia site since 2007 have been deleted. I want an explanation. Agnes Sam


 * I can only imagine that edits have been undone (which I belive deletes them from your edit history) because they have been judged not to be adequately sourced. It helps when adding iformation to an article - especially one about a living person- if the addition is refererenced ie a source is given for the information. I am sure you can see why this is desirable. Looking at the article Agnes Sam that you've created, and ignoring the fact that writing ones own biography is strongly discouraged, the sources are not good: an authors website may be reliable for certain facts but does not establish that the writer is noteworthy (which generally means that their works have recieved serious critical attention): Facebook and Linkedin are not reliable sources, and the other two are not real references: what is needed are references to newspaper or journal articles or other specific published works. A quick google did find this, although since I can only read the first page it's not much use to me, but it does suggest there might be more. Print sources are of course acceptable: it doesn't have to be online.TheLongTone (talk) 22:16, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Agnes Sam


A tag has been placed on Agnes Sam requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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