Hello, Robin.f.moore! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already excited about Wikipedia, you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field when making edits to pages. Happy editing! Cindy(talk to me)16:11, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have been asked over and over again to create a page for the artwork of my late husband. I believe he counts as a "friend" but there is no one else to create this page because everyone has some interest in it (i.e., they own artwork by him and would benefit from his reputation being increased.) I am sure that nothing I write will be controversial or even read as "promotional" and I would of course allow anyone to edit the page. May I please create this page?
There are a few things at play here. Are you wanting to create an article about your husband? Or about his artwork? The first thing that you need to do determine whether or not an article would be suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia. Articles should be about topics that have received significant coverage in independent, reliable sources. It is essential that the subject is recognized as notable, in accordance with specific guidelines. Once we are able to determine whether or not the subject meets the guidelines (it depends on the subject), it is recommended that you draft the article in a subpage of your userspace, for example, here: User:Robin.f.moore/sandbox. Once you create the article, you can then ask for feedback through the Articles for Creation process. You can review the Conflict of Interest guideline here: WP:COI. Feel free to contact me directly if you have additional questions. Cindy(talk to me)16:08, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]