User talk:Blockpartyweho

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the username you have chosen (Blockpartyweho) seems to imply that you are editing on behalf of a group, company or website.

There are two issues with this:

It is possible that you have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, you must exercise great caution when editing on topics related to your organization.
Your account cannot represent a group of people. You may wish to create a new account with a username that represents only you. Alternatively, you may consider changing your username to avoid giving the impression that your personal account is being used for promotional purposes.

Regardless of whether you change your name or create a new account, you are not exempted from the guidelines concerning editing where you have a conflict of interest. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. The article in question is Historic Boystown. Thank you. --Nat Gertler (talk) 00:35, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Historic Boystown

The article Historic Boystown has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

This entire page reads like a promo for Larry Block and his store and views.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Nat Gertler (talk) 00:49, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Historic Boystown for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Historic Boystown 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/Historic Boystown 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 good 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 template from the top of the article. Nat Gertler (talk) 04:14, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your note to me

Other-Nat:

I appreciate your desire to contribute to Wikipedia, and to promote Historic Boystown. My criticisms of your actions are nothing personal, they are based in Wikipedia policy. I understand your desire to use Wikipedia to get the message out, but Wikipedia is not Facebook or Myspace; it's not there to get out whatever message people feel like getting out, but rather to work toward a goal of a balanced, neutral, and in some ways selective encyclopedia. I understand you are likely new to Wikipedia, and I will try to help you straighten things out and deal with things in ways that fit Wikipedia policy.

Your user name is a problem, as it suggests that you represent Block Party in West Hollywood. You say you don't, and that's fine, but then you should change your user name so that it is not misleading. Higher up on this page you should find a link which will tell you how to do so.
The article is problematic. Wikipedia is not supposed to be used to sell ideologies and beliefs, its goal is to convey information from a neutral point of view. Even if it is agreed that the proposed Historic Boystown designation is notable enough for a Wikipedia article, the article now reads more like an ad brochure.
The use of Wikipedia as a promotion tool is actually a poor idea, because people who do not agree with your take can edit the article as well. Which would you rather have as the first link that shows up on Google when someone searches for Historic Boystown: your website, with a spin that you control, or the Wikipedia article, which may end up full of inconvenient information?
You've deleted two deletion messages on the article. The first was a proposed deletion message, and deleting that is quite kosher - it's a flag that basically says "if no one objects, we'll delete this page", and by deleting it you showed your objection. The more recent one, however, is a flag announcing that a more serious deletion discussion is taking place. Deleting that message is both against policy and ineffective; deleting it does not stop the discussions from taking place, and does not stop the deletion that may result from that discussion; it only stops people who might be interested from finding out about that discussion.

If you want to prevent the deletion, the best way is to get into the discussion, and give your reasons why the article should not be deleted. This is best done not by talking up the subject of the article, but through Wikipedia policy. I suggest you read this section on how best to handle a Wikipedia discussion; the policy you're most likely to want to use in protecting the article is WP:NOTABILITY, and showing how the campaign for the Historic Boystown designation matches the notability requirements. If you have any other questions, please leave a message on my talk page. --Nat Gertler (talk) 19:06, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

May 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed a file deletion tag from Historic Boystown. When removing deletion tags, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Nat Gertler (talk) 00:29, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]