User talk:RTChambers

Hi! I noticed that you tried to add your webcomic to the list of webcomics here on Wikipedia. I assume that you are the creator, since your name here matches with the creator name, but if I am wrong then I do apologize. The reason why the comic was removed from the list was because it lacked a Wikipedia entry. Now before you rush to add it, I do want to extend some words of caution: you must make sure that your comic would pass notability guidelines. This is fairly hard for most webcomics to do because many of them either won't get any form of recognition in the places that Wikipedia considers to be reliable sources that give notability or they won't get anything beyond a trivial or offhand mention. Being listed briefly in a list with other webcomics isn't something that shows notability, which is what most webcomics usually get. This isn't a zing against the comic, just that it's very hard to find sources that Wikipedia would consider counting towards notability. The other bit of advice I'd give is that you try to get someone else to help you write an entry about your comic. The best ones would be people from WP:WEBCOMIC or the comic wikiproject in general, as they're usually the ones that are most familiar with where to look for sources and what would be usable. The reason I suggest getting a helper is because it's very hard to sort through sources when you're new to Wikipedia in general, but even more so when you have a personal tie to whatever you're writing about. It's incredibly hard to write neutrally when you have a WP:COI and it's easy to see notability or reliability in sourcing material where there often isn't any. Having an editor help you that is both versed in Wikipedia's RS/notability guidelines and is uninvolved with the webcomic will help out a lot. I hate to say it, but there's a definite prejudice against people editing and creating entries about themselves or things they've done. I mean no disrespect, it's just that we've had so many people come on here with the intent to out and out spam (as opposed to genuine goodwill attempts to add information) that it's sort of a knee jerk reaction sometimes. It's a lot easier to get someone to help and run interference when this happens.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 12:04, 26 November 2012 (UTC)