User talk:Stephen Armstrong-Smith

A tag has been placed on your user page, User:Stephen Armstrong-Smith, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be blatant advertising which only promotes or publicises a company, product, group or service, and which is a violation of our policies regarding acceptable use of user pages; user pages are intended for active editors of Wikipedia to communicate with one another as part of the process of creating encyclopedic content, and should not be mistaken for free webhosting resources. Please read the guidelines on spam, the guidelines on user pages, and, especially, our FAQ for Organizations.

If you can indicate why the page is not blatant advertising, contest the deletion by clicking on the button that looks like this: which appears inside of the speedy deletion  tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy deletion candidate). Doing so will take you to your user talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also edit this page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would help make it encyclopedic. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Theroadislong (talk) 11:01, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This page is not unambiguously promotional, because... (Hi, I'm unsure what constitues breaking policy, I want to create a page about me, as a person in own right, during course of my career I've acheived several goals, in broadcasting, web design & music production.  Is linking these breaking rules? Sorry if sound dumb, but this is my first attempt at using wikipedia!  I'd really appreciate help.  Thank you, Stephen) --Stephen Armstrong-Smith (talk) 11:18, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

February 2015
Please do not write or add to an article about yourself. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 12:01, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not for writing about yourself
Welcome to Wikipedia, but if your aim here is "to create a page about me, as a person in own right" I'm afraid you're in the wrong place. Wikipedia is not a place like Facebook or LinkedIn for people to write about themselves or post their CVs. It is a quite different sort of site, a project to build an encyclopedia, so it is selective about subjects for articles, and writing about oneself is strongly discouraged, for reasons explained at Wikipedia is not about YOU and Autobiography.

Wikipedia user pages are not like those at social-networking sites. Their use is explained at WP:NOTWEBHOST: "'Wikipedians have their own user pages, but they should be used primarily to present information relevant to working on the encyclopedia. Limited biographical information is allowed, but user pages should not function as personal webpages or be repositories for large amounts of material that is irrelevant to collaborating on Wikipedia. If you are looking to make a personal webpage or blog or to post your résumé, please make use of one of the many free providers on the Internet or any hosting included with your Internet account.'"

You can find out more about Wikipedia at the WP:Welcome page and the WP:Introduction. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 12:12, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

My Music Wall
I have moved this to Draft:My Music Wall because it is a potential article, not a WP:Category. Since this is your own site, in writing about it you have, from Wikipedia's point of view, a WP:Conflict of interest and should read that page and the Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. In brief, where you have a COI you should not edit directly, but may make suggestions on article talk pages, or submit drafts for an uninvolved user to consider. (This is another of the ways in which Wikipedia differs from sites like Facebook where people tell the world about themselves and their own affairs).

Read Your first article for advice, and note particularly that Wikipedia has an inclusion criterion called Notability, which is not a matter of opinion but has to be demonstrated by references showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Facebook, IMDb, blogs, all places where anyone can post anything they like; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people not connected with the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about? See also Notability (summary).

That is quite a demanding test, and if My Music Wall is new you may not be able to pass it yet; but Wikipedia is not here to help announce the up and coming, it only covers what is already established, so that there is independent comment on which to base an article.

When you want to submit the draft for review, put at the top (two curly brackets each side).

Here are some pages that you may find helpful:
 * Introduction to Wikipedia
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page and How to develop articles
 * How to create your first article
 * Simplified Manual of Style

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 12:30, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Re: My Music Wall
Thanks John for moving to Draft, I see a COI from what I've started writing as I'm the MD of My Music Wall,  the reason I wanted to make a post was not to actually promote as an advert but to gain a reputation from 'Webutation' - 'Social Reputation' unsure if I'm allowed to post this link to show what I mean (apologies if not!) http://www.webutation.net/go/review/mymusicwall.co.uk. I am now starting to gain a better understanding of Wikipedia it's VERY apparent that what I have started is actually not the way to do things!... I will learn as I go. Thanks Stephen Armstrong-Smith (talk) 12:57, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Also, what had me confused when I started writing my own user page, was within the header "Wikipedia does not have a user page with this exact title. In general, this page should be created and edited by User:Stephen Armstrong-Smith."Stephen Armstrong-Smith (talk) 13:02, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
 * The thing is, a link to Wikipedia on the Webutation site only means something if Wikipedia articles are independent and based on certain standards. Otherwise, if anybody could write an article here about their site and link to it, the article would mean no more than a Facebook page. Read the advice above,and think hard about notability, because if you cannot find independent references to show it, any more effort you put into this will be wasted. Then, if you want to go ahead, when you are ready put  at the top of the draft and see what a reviewer says.


 * That talk page warning is intended to discourage other people from editing your user page. It is indeed there for you to write on, but within some limits; mainly about your Wikipedia activities or things relevant to that, rather than a social-media-style life-story or CV. Guidelines for user pages are at WP:User pages. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:54, 2 February 2015 (UTC)