User talk:Validus.mus

August 2010
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Hi Validus. I have deleted Trans Cat, as it did not indicate how it may be important. There are thousands of webcomics and few are of note, so such topics can be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. You can claim that Trans Cat is "popular", but you will need a secondary source to back this up. Marasmusine (talk) 13:37, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Responding to your questions at the (deleted) Trans Cat talk page
Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia. I think you may have the wrong impression of how the encyclopedia works. Wikipedia has a number of different policies relating to inclusion in the encyclopedia; the most important one that you might want to read is WP:N, which discusses something called notability. Basically, this policy says that Wikipedia is never the first (or even second, or third....) place that should report on something. Wikipedia requires that all subjects of articles be notable. Notability is usually established by significant coverage in reliable sources--that is, newspapers, magazines, reliable journals, books, etc. It seems from your description of Trans Cat that your comic doesn't qualify. In fact, very very few websites ever qualify--only those that have been written about in other, reliable places. Also, I think you asked whether or not the "user place" would let people read about your work and possibly edit it, and the answer to that is also no. The policy governing user pages is WP:UP, and it states that user pages are to be used primarily for things related to your work on the Wikipedia project. It can be okay to include a few sentences about your real life, but user pages cannot be used to promote other sites, works, or projects. As another policy says Wikipedia is not a web host. If you have any questions, feel free to post here or on my talk page. Qwyrxian (talk) 13:44, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Please do not vandalize pages, as you did with this edit to User talk:Marasmusine. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing. Qwyrxian (talk) 13:45, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Notability
Hi; I'm afraid whether or not something stays is not up to me. There are a set of guidelines under Notability which articles have to meet. New articles get checked, and if they dont meet the guidelines, they are usually deleted. Administrators are responsible for deletions, and are usually very experienced in judging material suitable for an encyclopedia. If your article has enough external information to meet notability (eg reviews and interviews outside wikipedia & not directly by the subject) then it will be kept. (be aware that wikipedia is supposed to be neutral, so you shouldnt be writing about your own work as its seen as a conflict of interest)
 * Also, you page is where you can include information about yourself. You need to be a little careful about putting too many things related to your external projects as if they look like advertising as they will be removed (so its not the ideal place for a fanpage). Hope this helps Clovis Sangrail (talk) 13:45, 19 August 2010 (UTC)