User talk:Stevebaile

August 2012

Please do not write an article about yourself. 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). 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. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 11:13, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Stevebaile. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article List of inventors, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Please don't promote yourself on Wikipedia. SchreyP ^(messages) 12:13, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What happens now?

Can you tell me what the process is that I should follow at this point? Can I make the case for inclusion? Can I argue that despite this fact the article is unbiased and referenced? Will the article automatically be deleted? I'm not sure what my options are at this point. Stevebaile (talk) 13:27, 18 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Steve, On this noticeboard you find the people with the correct policy knowledge in this area. I suggest to leave here a request for help. Kind Regards, SchreyP ^(messages) 06:25, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Stephen C. Bailey

The article Stephen C. Bailey has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No independent, reliable references for anything. PR releases or company info is all that is provided. Does a non-notable job. There needs to be independent, reliable references that go into some detail about him.

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. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Bgwhite (talk) 06:02, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]