User talk:ShannonDeWitt

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Speedy deletion nomination of Southern-Fried Gameroom Expo


A tag has been placed on Southern-Fried Gameroom Expo, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Southern-Fried Gameroom Expo, and I noticed that your username, "Sfgameroom", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Jack Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

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January 2017
There have been two problems identified with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing.

If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy. Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In this reason, you must:
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Seraphimblade Talk to me 02:31, 10 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Hello, I'm willing to unblock you given the name change, but you also need to indicate what your plans to edit in a non-promotional manner are, since your previous edits were promotional in nature. Could you please clarify that? (That will mean editing on a different subject than the one before.) Seraphimblade Talk to me 11:23, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Seraphimblade My plans are to only create an informational page for people interested retro gaming. The page serves not to promote the show but to tell what it is and its history, attendance PREVIOUS GUESTS, etc. We have numerous people ask why this informational items are not kept. I see many other group use wiki to catalog the same information. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MomoCon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Con https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Con I dont consider this any different. NO links to purchase tickets or anything promotional as such just a reference point about the history of the show now in it's fourth year. ]]
 * (I fixed the wikilink in your comment so it appears properly.) It's true that we do have articles on various conventions. However, for the three you mentioned, there's a substantial amount of reliable source material published about the events, by people not interested in or affiliated with the events. Unless the same is true of the convention you're writing about, we could not accept an article on it. And please do note "article". Wikipedia is not for "profiles" or "information pages", it is an encyclopedia, so articles on it must be encyclopedic in nature. It sounds like your needs might be better served in a different venue like a web page for the event. Regardless, however, we require all articles to be strictly neutral, and not "talk up" their subjects. Some examples of promotional tone in the article in question: "The convention is unique..." (unique according to whom?), "...features console systems, indie devlopers, tabletop gaming, vendors, special guest speakers, movie screenings, tournaments and more!" (straight out of a brochure, and there's almost never a good reason to use an exclamation mark in an encyclopedia article unless it's in a direct quote), "SFGE is a family-friendly event that is fun for all ages." (Again, according to whom, and straight out of a brochure). Do you know if such reference material exists about this event? It would need to substantially cover it, not just name drop it or note that it happened. Seraphimblade

Talk to me 15:02, 10 January 2017 (UTC) [[User talk:Seraphimblade|You are correct in the tone of the page I was creating but it was only a start I was working to clean it and make it exactly as you described, using other pages to model tone and flow. I do have the facts and articles to back the text I planned to place on the page I would like to create. From our connection with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_and_Amateur_Pinball_Association] to our connection with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeekDad and numerous article from magazines like PASTE. If there is a way I can finish the page and then you approve it that would be helpful. We have our own site but it is THE PROMOTIONAL side of the house, this is meant to only be informational and historical. Thoughts?]
 * Alright, so one thing I'm noticing here is that you seem to be very fixed upon the idea of this particular article. That's characteristic of someone who's being paid or employed to edit on a particular subject. That's not forbidden, but if you're being compensated to edit (including being asked or expected to do so as a duty of employment), there are some mandatory disclosures that would need to be made before we go forward. Is that the case? Seraphimblade Talk to me 19:00, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Seraphimblade No not doing it for pay, just love the event and my extra time goes there. I work full time with a different job.
 * Thanks for clarifying that. Look above at how I reformatted that link so that it works properly. You've almost got it, but you piped in your whole response. So, I'd be willing to unblock you, but with some conditions. First, you'd need to create your proposed article as a draft rather than directly in the main encyclopedia. Drafts are given more leeway than articles in the actual encyclopedia. However (and this is the second condition), even the draft may not be blatantly promotional, and drafts can still be deleted for that reason. Greater leeway doesn't mean unlimited. That means keeping both content and tone neutral. Finally, you'd need to run the proposed article through the articles for creation process. The reviewer there will evaluate the article for suitability. That means, among other things, that it will need to be neutral, and that content in it will need to be supported by your sources, not from your personal knowledge or opinions. If the article doesn't pass AfC review, you can try to correct the problems they pointed out, but if it's repeatedly rejected, it's probably not an appropriate topic at this time. Are you willing to agree to these conditions? Seraphimblade Talk to me 22:43, 10 January 2017 (UTC)


 * As you were told already, Wikipedia is not for merely providing information. Wikipedia summarizes what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about an event, showing how it meets the special Wikipedia definition of a notable event. Do you agree to the things  has mentioned above? 331dot (talk) 07:22, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

331dot Of course I agree, I even defined my intent and usage. I was simply a newb who was working in what I thought was a draft.