User talk:Mike Dowswell

Your submission at Articles for creation: The Plantain Incident (March 8)
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microbiology Marcus [petri dish·growths] 17:10, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
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Plantain Incident
Hi there, you're obviously aware Wikipedia isn't the place to tell the world about your game, but I wonder if you've tried social media sites and the magic of hashtags. If not, maybe have a shot at promoting it on X/Twitter, Instagram, even TikTok, using hashtags so people browsing the tags might see it and want to play. Another thought might be to reach out to gaming YouTubers and ask if they'd be interested in a review copy of the game. Since you're not a big publisher (yet!) smaller channels will probably give you a better chance of someone being interested. And even smaller channels mean at least a few more eyes on the game, which is a great place to start. Good luck! StartGrammarTime (talk) 03:10, 10 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the advice :) had not thought about smaller youtube gaming channels, that's a great idea. I've been doing quite a bit of hashtags recently, not having a lot of success (so far) over at Youtube, but i'll continue soldiering on, never give up never surrender. Thank you. 52.144.111.53 (talk) 14:06, 11 March 2024 (UTC)