User talk:Tombrooke

March 2010
You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to No original research, Neutral point of view, and Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedians with articles.)  Erpert (let's talk about it) 19:19, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

From Talk:O'REAL
The article in question is the beginning of a larger article explaining the social implications this magazine has had and is having on the local creative scene in Fukuoka Japan. The magazine over the past year has supported local artists, helping them to become recognised out of the city and now becoming internationally respected. There is a creative renaissance in this city and the magazine is at the centre documenting the movement.

Instead of deleting please advise of ways I can edit the page to keep it alive.

Best regards,

Tom Tombrooke (talk) 19:31, 17 March 2010 (UTC) Tombrooke (talk) 20:05, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The problem here is that the article says it was established by Tom Brooke, which also happens to be your username. That said, Wikipedia discourages editors to create articles about subjects they are personally involved in. Please read WP:COI. Erpert (let's talk about it) 19:41, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi, I read the article you mentioned... I'm not sure what to do as I honestly can't imagine that the local foreign readers would start a wiki themselves about the magazine or what we are doing. Are you saying that there is no way for this article to remain on wikipedia or does it just need approval by someone other than me. Also, does "discouraged" mean it is not possible or it is possible, but not ideal?