User talk:Skyelogic

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Hello, Skyelogic, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you created was Skye pie, which appears to be an article about yourself. This is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians—as this is an encyclopedia, we wouldn't expect to have an article about every contributor. Your user page, however, is a great place to write about yourself, making sure to stay within user page guidelines. Just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit it normally.

The page you created about yourself may well be deleted from the encyclopedia. If it is deleted and you wish to retrieve its contents, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Skye pie


A tag has been placed on Skye pie 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.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. Ruby  Murray  06:13, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Self promotion on Wikipedia and notability
I thought I'd explain why I've deleted both your userpage and the article. Basically, setting up your userpage like that can be seen as self-promotion. It's generally considered to be highly inappropriate to set it up like you would an article in the mainspace. Some information about yourself is fine, but by large it should be about editing Wikipedia. Talking about your personal YouTube channel is kind of a no-no. A beautiful example of what you can do with a userpage can be seen at User:Yunshui.

The reason I deleted the page in the mainspace is because I didn't see anything to show that you're a particularly noteworthy YouTube personality. By that I mean that you have to have received coverage in multiple independent and reliable sources per WP:RS. I saw primary sources (WP:PRIMARY) but nothing that would be say, a story about you in a newspaper. The thing to remember is that existing is not notability when it comes to people (WP:ITEXISTS) and that popularity doesn't automatically mean notability either. (WP:POPULARITY) Sometimes, in the case of PewDiePie, it can help make it more likely that you'll gain coverage but it's not a guarantee. For example, KPopp is incredibly popular but has never gained enough coverage to merit a mention- nor has Cry, Marzipan, or a host of other YT personalities with followers in the 5-6 digit range. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   08:06, 26 March 2014 (UTC)