User talk:Gareth.b.hall

Hello! Gareth Hall is not the appropriate place to post information about yourself, because it is in the part of Wikipedia where encyclopaedic articles are written. A "userpage" at User:Gareth.b.hall, however, is available for personal information about yourself. When adding personal information please remember that Wikipedia is not myspace. Your userpage is for anything that is compatible with the Wikipedia project. It is a mistake to think of it as a homepage: Wikipedia is not a blog, webspace provider, or social networking site. Please see Wikipedia:Introduction and Wikipedia:User page for more information. FreplySpang 09:39, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I'm sure. What must you do? I would say "nothing." We strongly discourage people from writing about themselves and their projects (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest for more details.) If you are interested in helping Wikipedia in general, we welcome your contributions - our welcome page has some suggestions for where to get started. Regards, FreplySpang 09:47, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Non-notable website" means that your website does not appear to meet our standards for articles about websites. In general, Wikipedia is looking for articles about things that are significant, influential, well-known, etc. This is best shown with references to reliable independent sources describing the subject. Please be aware that Wikipedia is not here for promoting new projects, but for documenting things that have achieved a degree of recognition. FreplySpang 09:56, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You said, "It can be debated that it is 'well-known.' It's just your opinion really. You after all, do not represent what everyone thinks." Well, no, I don't. That's why verifiability and external sources are so important on Wikipedia. Otherwise, you're right, it would just be a battle of opinions. We ask that articles about websites (and people) demonstrate the "notability" of their subjects with references to external sources. (When you create an article, the edit screen includes a prominent warning: "Articles that do not cite reliable published sources will be deleted.") That way, we can use representative opinions from outside Wikipedia to indicate what subjects are well-known, significant, etc. Also, the burden of proof is on the article - it must show that the subject is notable.

Please keep in mind that we really do discourage writing about one's own projects, because it is difficult to be objective. The general principle for this sort of thing is: when your project is successful (or you are famous), someone else will come along and write a Wikipedia article about you. FreplySpang 10:13, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anyway, I'm logging off for now. If you want to consult with someone else about this, you can leave a message at the Wikipedia:Help desk, or simply post a message here with the tag {{helpme}} (including the curly brackets but not the "nowiki" tags). FreplySpang 10:25, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. Sorry that it didn't work out the way you hoped. Best of luck with your web projects!! FreplySpang 19:11, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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