User talk:Lewpuls

After wading through the sometimes extraordinarily Byzantine administrative instructions of Wikipedia for several days, I have submitted the article under its proper name and added it to the Biography project. Lewpuls (talk) 19:16, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For two years or more, to the best of my recollection, there has been a request for an article about Lewis Pulsipher at Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Culture_and_fine_arts).

There are more than ten references within existing articles to me or my work, as well. Googling both forms of my name (Lew and Lewis) yields more than 78,000 hits, most of them about me thanks to the rarity of my name. Recently I decided to write an article myself, having found the following guideline on Wiki:

"The proper way to get your own writing about yourself in if you really think you can meet the inclusion criteria and are willing to accept having a neutral, non-promotional article is to make a proposal containing the text you want, instead of just putting it up directly, and seek the consensus of the community through discussion. Not only does this provide independent viewpoints on it that can allow you to discover biases you were not aware of having, it also helps provide an indication of good faith and that you are willing to put the interests of Wikipedia first instead of standing in a position of conflict of interest."

I hereby request that you consider the article I have constructed at user:lewpuls.

I have a photograph, taken by someone at a talk I gave at a game convention and posted online at Boardgamegeek, but I am not certain of the legalities (BGG operates on a form of creative commons license, I think) and in any case I do not have rights to upload the photo to Wikipedia.

Lewis Pulsipher

Lewpuls (talk) 18:35, 3 September 2010 (UTC) lewpuls[reply]

Autobiographies

You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, instead of writing it yourself. 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 Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 19:13, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Lewis Pulsipher

A tag has been placed on Lewis Pulsipher, 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 an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, 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 render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Blest Withouten Match (talk) 19:22, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]