Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Wolfington

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was No consensus. Essjay (Talk) 10:02, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sean Wolfington

Sean Wolfington (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

A vanity article that is mostly edited by Seanwolfington (talk · contribs), who also ran a spam campaign to get his name on a lot of articles. The edit history speaks for itself. Danny Lilithborne 22:47, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete per both comments above. Bytebear 06:49, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
  • The self-editing/spamming is a problem, but that doesn't mean the subject is not notable. If the article is beyond repair (which I disagree with) but the subject is notable, it can be stubbed to restart. There is an obvious assertion of notability: the subject was one of the producers of Bella (film), a notable film. Please debate the inclusion of this article from first principles (notability, verifiability) rather than only who edited it. —Quarl (talk) 2006-12-18 01:56Z


  • I am Sorry I genuinely did not intend to do anything wrong and i would be happy to fix anything you want me to fix or provide back up information that shows that my biography is accurate. Please advise me on what you would like me to do. Here is a summary of what has happened: First, i did not creat the article about myself. After i found that i had a page i added truthful facts and reviews on the film i made. I did not have the intent to create a "vanity" article. I did add content to other people's articles that linked to a film we made and i am sorry because i just learned that is spamming. I just read the "spamming" link you added to my page and now i realize that what i did was not right. I am genuinely sorry.

Thank you. Sean. User:Seanwolfington / User:76.18.54.173

This excerpt explains what happened to me: "Some people spam Wikipedia without meaning to. That is, they do things which Wikipedians consider to be spamming, without realizing that their actions are not in line with building an encyclopedia. A new editor who owns a business may see that there are articles about other businesses on Wikipedia, and conclude that it would be appropriate to create his own such article. A Web site operator may see many places in Wikipedia where his or her site would be relevant, and quickly add several dozen links to it."

  • I made the recommended correctionAfter discovering my page i updated a few missing facts from my bio and reviews of the film i made. One of the editors suggested that i remove the reviews of the movie i made so i did that today. As for my biographical information, it is all truthful and factual. All of the information on the page has appeared in many other publications and on the web. If you search Yahoo you will find alot of this info. Here is a link: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=sean+wolfington&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8 I understand that i have violated some editing guidelines and i would appreciate your advice on how to avoid this in the future. Thank You.User:Seanwolfington / User:76.18.54.173
  • Keep. Seems to fit notability criteria, and article can be cleaned up without deletion. delldot | talk 19:48, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep - I see multiple independent media nontrivial coverage in the Yahoo search - Hollywood Reporter etc. So, it appears to meet WP:BIO.--Kubigula (talk) 05:38, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.