User talk:Poettruth

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[edit] Unspecified source for Image:HS2.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:HS2.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, then you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, then their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 11:16, 30 June 2007 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. ShakespeareFan00 11:16, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Duplicate images uploaded

Thanks for uploading Image:Lawrence Mays.jpg. A machine-controlled robot account noticed that you also uploaded the same image under the name Image:HS2.jpg. The copy called Image:HS2.jpg has been marked for speedy deletion since it is redundant. If this sounds okay to you, there is no need for you to take any action.

This is an automated message- you have not upset or annoyed anyone, and you do not need to respond. In the future, you may save yourself some confusion if you supply a meaningful file name and refer to 'my contributions' to remind yourself exactly which name you chose (file names are case sensitive, including the extension) so that you won't lose track of your uploads. For tips on good file naming, see Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions about this notice, or feel that the deletion is inappropriate, please contact User:Staecker, who operates the robot account. Staeckerbot 11:45, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lawrence Mays

A {{prod}} template has been added to the article Lawrence Mays, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice explains why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you endorse deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please tag it with {{db-author}}. --Brian Olsen 16:16, July 30, 2007

[edit] In response

Hi - I appreciate the comments you left on my talk page. Please understand that it was nothing personal, and the decision to remove your page was not made by me. I flagged it for deletion, and what that does is draw the the attentions of an administrator. If that person doesn't agree with me that the page is worthy of deletion, it won't be deleted. I posted a notice on your talk page when I added the tag - it described the steps you could have taken to defend the page, and have it sent to Articles for Deletion instead, where a consensus of Wikipedia editors would have been required in order to delete the article.

Nevertheless, I believed the article was worthy of speedy deletion. I looked up all the sources you added, and they seemed to be either from your own company, or simply your entry on the Dramatists Guild page, and yes, being a member of the Dramatists Guild page in and of itself doesn't make you notable, any more than being a member of Actors' Equity makes me notable. I couldn't rewrite your page in order to save it, because I couldn't find any reputable sources that established notability.

Another big problem is that Wikipedia has a guideline against conflict of interest, and in creating a page about yourself, you are violating that guideline. The general assumption is that if you are notable enough to have a page in an encyclopedia, someone else will create it. If you create a page on yourself, it comes across as self-promotion (perhaps a term I should have used instead of advertising). Still, conflict of interest isn't the main reason your page was deleted; violating the guidelines on biographies was.

You ask if it is up to me to decide who is notable; no, it's not. But here on Wikipedia, it is up to the consensus of editors. And consensus defines who and what is notable enough for inclusion. I didn't decide that policy, but I did bring a page that violated it to the attention of an administrator.

You said, "The world is full of new emerging playwrights and although they may not be in any book you have read, they exist. Shouldn't they be remembered? Shouldn't their story be told?" Absolutely they should be - I'm a director, and I work primarily with new emerging playwrights to help them tell their stories. But Wikipedia isn't the place for that.

You're right that a lot of pages have a lot of problems, but all that does is encourage me to fix what I can, not throw up my hands and ignore the problems I see. I hope you stick around and contribute; read some of the main guidelines:

and dive in; we can always use more editors. --Brian Olsen 00:16, 24 August 2007 (UTC)