User talk:David R. Wells Jr.
David R. Wells Jr., you are invited to the Teahouse![edit]
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Hi David R. Wells Jr.! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. Come join experienced editors at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a space where new editors can get help from experienced editors. These editors have been around for a long time and have extensive knowledge about how Wikipedia works. Come share your experiences, ask questions, and get advice from experts. I hope to see you there! Dathus (I'm a Teahouse host) This message was delivered automatically by your robot friend, HostBot (talk) 16:12, 26 August 2014 (UTC) |
- I have responded to your Teahouse question, although I do not think it will please you. I suggest that the best course of action for the moment is to blank your user page as I think you may be in violation of WP:UP#NOT.--Mark Miller (talk) 01:25, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
- I have removed the personal section from your user page as a violation of BLP policy. You user page cannot contain content about other living people. As stated, the user page is for content in regards to your work on Wikipedia and is not a Wikipedia article. Please be very careful with what you place on the page in that regard as it could lead to a block from editing. Please review Wikipedia:User pages, specifically WP:FAKEARTICLE as well as Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons, taking special note of WP:BLPTALK. Due the large amount of contentious material on your page (even after deletion of the BLP concerns) you may be required to OTRS proof that you are this person. To avoid this all together...please take the recommendation and blank the article.
- This is a formal warning that you may be in violation of further BLP violations but are indeed violating the User page guidelines. Thanks you.--Mark Miller (talk) 02:55, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
- Taking a further look, it appears that you are attempting to actually write an article about yourself. This is generally not acceptable, but for the moment I think I can sort a little of this out for you. First, don't use the user space for your "draft article". I will be moving that to your sand box, however I will not be restoring the BLP content from the personal life as that is simply not a good idea at all. You should not be writing this. If you are notable someone else will create an article for you.--Mark Miller (talk) 03:02, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
- Here is your sandbox. It is located at User:David R. Wells Jr./sandbox and can always be reached by clicking the "Sandbox" at the top of the page no matter what article you are on. It is located next to your Username, notification icon and the "talk". --Mark Miller (talk) 03:06, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
- Due to our WP:COI (conflict of interest) guidelines, it is best to make only drafts to the sandbox and suggest edits to your own Wikipedia article, however it may also be deleted as an autobiography and lacking notability. This is not absolute of course because others may be able to establish notability through secondary sources but you should refrain from further direct editing of that page.--Mark Miller (talk) 03:11, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
- The content in your sandbox may be deleted at anytime you wish without asking anyone, and you may place drafts and other content you are working on to transfer to other articles that do not relate to your conflict of interest.--Mark Miller (talk) 03:14, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
- One last thing...due to privacy reasons you may not want to mention the names of your parents if they are living people as this could still be a BLP violation.--Mark Miller (talk) 03:19, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
- The content in your sandbox may be deleted at anytime you wish without asking anyone, and you may place drafts and other content you are working on to transfer to other articles that do not relate to your conflict of interest.--Mark Miller (talk) 03:14, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
- Due to our WP:COI (conflict of interest) guidelines, it is best to make only drafts to the sandbox and suggest edits to your own Wikipedia article, however it may also be deleted as an autobiography and lacking notability. This is not absolute of course because others may be able to establish notability through secondary sources but you should refrain from further direct editing of that page.--Mark Miller (talk) 03:11, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
- Here is your sandbox. It is located at User:David R. Wells Jr./sandbox and can always be reached by clicking the "Sandbox" at the top of the page no matter what article you are on. It is located next to your Username, notification icon and the "talk". --Mark Miller (talk) 03:06, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
- Taking a further look, it appears that you are attempting to actually write an article about yourself. This is generally not acceptable, but for the moment I think I can sort a little of this out for you. First, don't use the user space for your "draft article". I will be moving that to your sand box, however I will not be restoring the BLP content from the personal life as that is simply not a good idea at all. You should not be writing this. If you are notable someone else will create an article for you.--Mark Miller (talk) 03:02, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
- This is a formal warning that you may be in violation of further BLP violations but are indeed violating the User page guidelines. Thanks you.--Mark Miller (talk) 02:55, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
Welcome[edit]
Hi, David R. Wells Jr. I saw your question at the Wikipedia Teahouse and have to say I agree Mark Miller's assessment given above. You have a little more freedom when it comes to posting stuff on your user page than you have in articles, but there are still rules that need to be followed. User pages are not really intended to be free-substitutes for a personal webpage. Some personal information may be added, but Wikipedia's rules about adding information about other living people still apply and are quite strict. Even adding seemingly harmless information about your family and friends is subject to these rules, so you need to be very, very careful when you do. The best thing is probably not to add anything in any kind of detail at all. If you fail to adhere to the rules of what kind of content is acceptable for user pages, you may find the page being nominated for speedy deletion per "Blatant misuse of Wikipedia as a web host", etc.
I noticed that you have been working on the article Dino Wells. If you are just using your user page to work on improvements for that article, then that is sort of OK, but you need to be careful on how you go about doing that in order to avoid any misunderstandings. I suggest you read through WP:USERSUBPAGE, WP:HUD, WP:MADEDRAFT and WP:DRAFT to find out the best way to do something like that. Moreover, if you are the same "Dino Wells", then I suggest you also carefully read both WP:COI and WP:PSCOI because editing an article about yourself means that you have a conflict of interest. COI editing is not unilaterally prohibited, but it's not really desirable and there are some pretty strict rules you have to follow. One more thing about the "Dino Wells" article is that I noticed from the article's revision history that an editor named Dinowells has also made edits to the "Dino Wells". If this is by chance also you, then you probably should read "Using multiple accounts" because this is also something not desirable and can easily be misconstrued as sockpuppetry.
Please understand that I am not trying in any way to discourage you from participating in Wikipedia. I am just trying to point out that there are certain policies/guidelines which all Wikipedian's are expected to follow. If you have any questions, please post them below and I will try to answer them the best that I can. 
- Marchjuly (talk) 03:28, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, please do not see this as discouragement. You have a great deal of interests and therefore could well have a great deal to contribute to articles under the scope of Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports, Wikipedia:WikiProject Film (as long as you do not edit any articles directly that your have been involved in), Wikipedia:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers (again as long as there is no conflict) or a number of other areas of your own interest. If you have any questions or concerns or just want to touch bases over any situation, please feel free to contact me on my own talk page at User talk:Mark Miller. Happy editing!--Mark Miller (talk) 03:46, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
- @David R. Wells Jr.: Hi there. I have now tagged the Dino Wells article for notability as it does not appear to meet the required threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia. Articles require significant coverage in independent reliable sources. Passing mentions of a topic do not establish notability nor do interviews with blog sites. Please add additional references meeting the above requirements or your article is likely to be subject to Wikipedia's deletion process. Thanks, Philg88 ♦talk 08:11, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of User:David R. Wells Jr.[edit]
A tag has been placed on User:David R. Wells Jr. requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.
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