User talk:Christopher Fosh

Welcome!

Welcome to Wikipedia, Christopher Fosh! Thank you for your contributions. I am I dream of horses and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Wikipedia:Questions or type {{help me}} at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes (~~~~); that will automatically produce your username and the date. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{Ping|I dream of horses}} to your message. (talk to me) (contributions) @ 13:18, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

July 2015

Please do not write or add to an article about yourself, as you apparently did at Christopher Fosh. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 13:21, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The page Christopher Fosh has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the content of the page appeared to be blatant advertising which only promoted something, and which was unlikely to be suitable for an article (or at best would need a fundamental rewrite). Wikipedia is not a medium for promotion of anything, whether a company, product, group, service, person, religious or political belief, or anything else. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item G11, as well as the guidelines on spam. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 13:21, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Notability and writing about yourself

Hello Christopher. As User:JamesBWatson noted in his response to you, you have not yet achieved the level of notability to be considered worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia. Since this is an encyclopedia, it is selective about the topics it includes, and has specific criteria that must be satisfied before a topic can be included. As he also mentioned, Wikipedia is not a place for you to promote yourself or your work. It's not a tool for people to gain notability, but a place for readers to learn about topics that are already notable.

There is another point that must be made here. You should not be writing about yourself, as Wikipedia has specific rules against autobiographies. It is reasonable to assume that an individual isn't capable of judging their own notability objectively. That is why we ask you to let other people write about you, if and when you become notable enough as evidenced by significant coverage in reliable sources. Sources that are considered reliable are independent of the subject, with an established reputation for fact checking an editorial oversight. Self-published sources like social media are not considered reliable, and citing the IMDb is only considered acceptable to reference the following:

The writing credits marked with "WGA" that are supplied directly by the Writers Guild of America (where applicable).
The MPAA ratings reasons, where they appear, that are supplied directly by the Motion Picture Association of America.

This also applies to anyone you may be personally or professionally connected to. Having them write about you on your behalf would be considered a conflict of interest. While not expressly forbidden, this is highly discouraged because of the perception of inherent bias. Anyone doing so that is being paid for their efforts would be required to disclose this fact as per Wikipedia's terms of use.

Keep in mind as well, that an article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing. Positive and negative information about you, if properly sourced and expressed in a balanced manner, is all fair game for Wikipedia. Once the article is created, you have no right to control its content.

These links should provide you with some further insight on what I've mentioned above.

--Drm310 (talk) 14:51, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]