User talk:Willis Ikedum
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[edit]Hello, Willis Ikedum, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
I notice that one of the first articles you created was Willis Ikedum, which appears to be an article about yourself. This is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians—as this is an encyclopedia, we wouldn't expect to have an article about every contributor. Your user page, however, is a great place to write about yourself, making sure to stay within user page guidelines. Just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit it normally.
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Nomination of Willis Ikedum for deletion
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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Willis Ikedum is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Willis Ikedum until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:58, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
Reply
[edit]Hi, I think you misunderstand the purpose of Wikipedia; it is an encyclopaedia, not social media. It isn't your page, it's a page about you that anyone can edit if they provide suitable sources. requires a go-to account of myself where people can Google my name and information of me pops up which is why I created the account in the first place— it's not what you want, it's a matter of whether the article satisfies our criteria.
The article hasn't been deleted yet, there is a discussion whether it should be. You can argue your case there, and/or fix the article to address the problems.
Articles must:
- provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that you meets the notability guidelines. It is now Wikipedia policy that biographical articles about living people must have independent verifiable references, as defined in the link, or they will be deleted. Sources that are not acceptable include social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the you claim or interviewing you. Most of your text was completely unsourced
- be written in a promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic. There should only be facts about you, not opinions, and there shouldn't be any url links in the article, only in the "References" or "External links" sections, and even in ELs there should be just a link to your main website. No spamlinks to productions etc
- The article must be in your own words. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient.
- You have an obvious conflict of interest when it comes to editing articles about this subject. Thank you for declaring your interest. See WP:Autobiography and Wikipedia:Best practices for editors with conflicts of interest.