User talk:RossSense

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Speedy deletion nomination of Ross Williamson


A tag has been placed on Ross Williamson 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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Notability and other things
Please read WP:BIO and very importantly WP:RS. RS is about reliable AND independent sources that are needed to prove notability. Own sites and promotional profiles cannot do this, and nor can directories or registers. I have two other concerns. Your username appears to be that of your website, and this could be regarded as a violation of WP:USERNAME. The other concern is your forthcoming book. I'm sure you will understand that this triggers thoughts of promotion in the mind of someone who has spent a few years fighting advertising and promotion here. As a writer myself, I understand that promotion is always needed, but Wikipedia is not the place for it. As I don't know the publishing source of your book, I'll post the advice I give to self-published authors just in case. Being published by a regular publisher doesn't give automatic notability, but it does give a vastly better chance of independent reliable reviews (we ignore Amazon reviews as many of them are fake - and some quite laughably so too...). Being self-published gives very little chance of these reviews, and without the vetting procedure of the regular publishers before publication, we require exceptionally good reviews - and more of them. If you are getting published by a regular publisher, please ignore this bit. But do read the notability and referencing parts. By the way, if there are any problems in future about previous deletions, there were two previous articles under this name. As both were about school kids and obviously not you, you can point this out to anyone claiming repeated re-creation. Peridon (talk) 21:43, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

If my username is in violation of Wikipedia can I delete my profile and make a new profile name that would fit within Wikipedia's terms and conditions, I selected a username that would be notable for me and easy to remember, a user name that I tend to use on a number of sites.

I apologise that my post is seen simply as some kind of promotion, which was not my intention, i am a novice to all this so I think I am best to leave this for the time being. Thanks for your feedback. RossSense (talk) 22:16, 29 May 2014 (UTC)