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Speedy deletion nomination of Leonid Afremov
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A tag has been placed on Leonid Afremov requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. Theroadislong ( talk) 15:01, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
The reason that a Wikipedia article is considered significant is that it means that someone not connected with the subject considers him important or significant enough to write about in an encyclopedia. If autobiography were freely allowed, Wikipedia would count for no more than Myspace.
You wrote "I want this exact bio to be on wikipedia", but that is not how Wikipedia works at all. If you want a page about yourself that you can control, Wikipedia is not the site for you. Nobody owns a Wikipedia article, not its first author and least of all its subject. If an article about you is accepted, others can and will edit it, and you will not be able to insist on your preferred version. Many people have encountered Wikipedia's Law of Unintended Consequences.
If you want to proceed, read the Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. You should not post an article directly, but make a draft by clicking on Help:Userspace draft and filling in the title. That will create a draft page where you can work on the article, with a link to submit it, when it is ready, to WP:Articles for creation, where an experienced user will check it and either accept it or give you feedback.
First, read WP:Your first article, noting particularly the need for references. Those are needed for two reasons:
- Because of the policy Wikipedia:Verifiability: "any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source."
- In order to establish WP:Notability, Wikipedia's inclusion criterion, which is not a matter of saying so but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones such as galleries selling your work, and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people not connected with the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about? See also WP:Notability (summary) and WP:ARTIST.
When writing, do not copy from your website or any previously published material, without making a formal copyright release as described at WP:DCM. It is likely that previously published material will be too promotional in tone: you should take great care to write from a WP:Neutral point of view, with no promotional language, glowing adjective or unsubstantiated claims, only plain facts cited to reliable sources. If the draft article reads as though it is trying to "sell" you, it will not be accepted.
Welcome!
Hello, Leonidafremov, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay.
There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called
Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the
New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{
helpme}} on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:
- Your first article
- Biographies of living persons
- How to write a great article
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- Help pages
- Tutorial
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!-- Mishae ( talk) 14:50, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Leonid Afremov
If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.
A tag has been placed on Leonid Afremov requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. Theroadislong ( talk) 15:01, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
The reason that a Wikipedia article is considered significant is that it means that someone not connected with the subject considers him important or significant enough to write about in an encyclopedia. If autobiography were freely allowed, Wikipedia would count for no more than Myspace.
You wrote "I want this exact bio to be on wikipedia", but that is not how Wikipedia works at all. If you want a page about yourself that you can control, Wikipedia is not the site for you. Nobody owns a Wikipedia article, not its first author and least of all its subject. If an article about you is accepted, others can and will edit it, and you will not be able to insist on your preferred version. Many people have encountered Wikipedia's Law of Unintended Consequences.
If you want to proceed, read the Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. You should not post an article directly, but make a draft by clicking on Help:Userspace draft and filling in the title. That will create a draft page where you can work on the article, with a link to submit it, when it is ready, to WP:Articles for creation, where an experienced user will check it and either accept it or give you feedback.
First, read WP:Your first article, noting particularly the need for references. Those are needed for two reasons:
- Because of the policy Wikipedia:Verifiability: "any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be attributed to a reliable, published source."
- In order to establish WP:Notability, Wikipedia's inclusion criterion, which is not a matter of saying so but has to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones such as galleries selling your work, and anything based on press releases. The test is, have people not connected with the subject thought it significant enough to write substantial comment about? See also WP:Notability (summary) and WP:ARTIST.
When writing, do not copy from your website or any previously published material, without making a formal copyright release as described at WP:DCM. It is likely that previously published material will be too promotional in tone: you should take great care to write from a WP:Neutral point of view, with no promotional language, glowing adjective or unsubstantiated claims, only plain facts cited to reliable sources. If the draft article reads as though it is trying to "sell" you, it will not be accepted.