User talk:Nativedupage

February 2015
Your recent edit to Glenbard West High School appears to have added the name of a non-notable entity to a list that normally includes only notable entries. In general, a person or organization added to a list should have a pre-existing article before being added to most lists. If you wish to create such an article, please first confirm that the subject qualifies for a separate, stand-alone article according to Wikipedia's notability guideline. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 06:04, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Help me!
Hello, I recently added my name to the notable alumni list of my former high school. I'm the author of novels for teens (my books are published by Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins), and my novels have won many state reading awards and have been reviewed in the New York Times. After adding my name, it was removed and the person who removed it stated it was because I wasn't a notable alumni. Can you tell me what is necessary to include so that Wikipedia will alow me to list my name? Thank you. Please help me with...

Nativedupage (talk) 06:28, 11 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Since the entirety of your editing career here has consisted of edits to add either your name or the title of a book you wrote, the best advice to be given to you is stop. Wikipedia is not the place for you to promote yourself. Any further attempts at self promotion may well result in revocation of your editing privileges. John from Idegon (talk) 06:56, 11 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Lists of "notable alumni" are intended for people who are already the subject of a Wikipedia article. The inclusion criterion called Notability looks for evidence of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." For how that applies to authors, see WP:AUTHOR.


 * In any case, Wikipedia is not a social-networking site for people to write about themselves: that is strongly discouraged, for reasons explained at Wikipedia is not about YOU, Autobiography and Conflict of interest. JohnCD (talk) 09:48, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Help me!
Thank you for answering my question. Please understand that I was not trying to promote my novels. They've been in print for over twenty-five years and because O.T. Nelson's teen novel was allowed on this page, I thought it would be all right to add mine, but I won't try adding it again.

Nativedupage (talk) 07:39, 13 February 2015 (UTC)