User talk:Monica Gotta

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Hello, Monica Gotta, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Monica Gotta, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may soon be deleted.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Monica Gotta


A tag has been placed on Monica Gotta 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 see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance 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. Cindamuse (talk) 07:48, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

December 2010
You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, instead of writing it yourself, as you did at Monica Gotta. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to No original research, Neutral point of view, and Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. Cindamuse (talk) 07:48, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of article
Hello there, I am going to delete this article but will write again on your userpage shortly to discuss in more detail. Kim Dent-Brown  (Talk)  15:34, 1 December 2010 (UTC)


 * OK, I deleted your page for now but I have pasted it into your user space here so that your work is not lost. There are a couple of problems with the page, the main one being that it does not assert notability - in particular, the degree of notability we ask of articles on academics. If you look at the list at that link you will see what needs to be asserted of an academic before Wikipedia deems them notable. If the subject does indeed meet the criteria, you need to state this more clearly.


 * However the second problem is around your conflict of interest. I assume from your username that you (the author) are also the subject of this article. There's an article on autobiography here and as you'll see it is strongly discouraged. The thinking is that if any person is sufficiently notable, then they will have been noticed! In other words there will be sufficient other people around to draft a more objective article with no conflict of interest. Have a look in particular at this section of the guideline and it will make it clear that a self-authored article by the article's subject stands a very poor chance of survival here.


 * I hope this does not feel too discouraging, though I realise it is not nice to have any article deleted, still less one about oneself! It can feel a very personal blow and that is not our intention. If you would like to discuss your options further (limited though they are....) please reply here. I will be watching your talk page and will see you have replied. Best wishes, Kim Dent-Brown   (Talk)  15:49, 1 December 2010 (UTC)