User talk:Sdgunter

Deletion discussion about Voted Most Random
Hello, Sdgunter, and thanks for contributing to Wikipedia!

I wanted to let you know that some editors are discussing at Articles for deletion/Voted Most Random whether the article Voted Most Random should be in Wikipedia. I encourage you to comment there if you think the article should be kept in the encyclopedia.

The deletion discussion doesn't mean you did something wrong. In fact, other editors may have useful suggestions on how you can continue editing and improving Voted Most Random, which I encourage you to do. If you have any questions, feel free to ask at the Help Desk.

Thanks again for your contributions! Gaijin42 (talk) 16:47, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Conflict of Interest
Hello Sdgunter. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Voted Most Random, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to you, your organization or its competitors; and
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 08:21, 10 December 2011 (UTC)tokyogirl79

Reliable Sources
Hi! Just wanted to let you know, facebook and forums are not considered to be reliable sources and should not be used as a source in a Wikipedia article. I highly recommend that you read through WP:RS to see what is considered to be a reliable source here on Wikipedia. Anything released by your group (press releases, facebook pages, promotional articles, web pages, etc) is not considered a reliable source and generally should be avoided as far as using it as a resource goes. The rule of thumb is that if it's notable, a reliable source would have covered it. Also, be aware that blogs are not considered to be reliable sources either unless they're from a notable blog. Brief articles and news pieces where the group is only mentioned or quoted briefly also aren't considered reliable sources since they aren't about the group itself. Routine notices of performances are not considered to be reliable sources either and should be avoided as far as references in general go. Generally speaking, you really only need 3-5 good hard reliable sources to show notability. You can add a bunch of sources that aren't reliable or are trivial at best, but having umpteen links does not always guarantee notability. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 08:50, 10 December 2011 (UTC)tokyogirl79
 * As far as notices of performances go, the only type of article that you should link to would be an interview with a local paper or a story about the band performing. The ones in the article that I deleted are less a highlight and more just an incidental mention and shouldn't be used as sources to prove notability. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 09:06, 10 December 2011 (UTC)tokyogirl79