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[edit] Lee Asher

Mr Asher: There's a controversy over whether you are notable enough to be in Wikipedia. Please see WP:VAIN and the talk page at Talk:Lee Asher. Wikipedia has explicit policies on notability, and the standards are rather high. Normally, biographies in Wikipedia are posted by others, not oneself. There's a formal process for resolving "articles for deletion" disputes, and it will probably be started shortly. Thanks. --John Nagle 21:51, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome

Welcome to Wikipedia! I'd like to take the opportunity to give you a few tips and tricks; you might think of this as a basic orientation to membership in the editing community of this project.

We have quite a few guidelines and policies for editor conduct here. Not everyone agrees with all of these rules but most of us agree with those labeled Policy; and those labeled Guideline have broad, though not universal support. These policies and guidelines are in constant flux but those that have remained fairly stable over time are highly respected. I suggest you take some time to familiarize yourself with these.

A good starting place is Help:Editing. This will teach you about the mechanics of editing using our tools.

Another important starting place is Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. I strongly suggest you follow all the links from this page, especially those listed at the bottom under See Also.

Nearly every policy-related page is linked to one or more others. You may wish to spend several hours reviewing this material. Although officially we welcome all users to Edit this page, in practice it takes several months of daily editing before you can expect to avoid all common mistakes. Meanwhile, you may be schooled -- gently, we hope, but not always -- by experienced editors who have discovered some error in your work. I suggest you listen carefully to all comments and try to keep an open mind.

Please don't be dismayed! We can use an editor in your specialized field of knowledge. If you have any questions, you are more than welcome to ask me on my talk page. John Reid 06:10, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vanity and sockpuppetry

Like many new editors, you seem to have run afoul of one of our most strict guidelines; I expect it to be elevated to policy soon. This is Wikipedia:Vanity guidelines. Strictly speaking, it is not a violation of policy to create an article about yourself or your company; but so many editors have strong feelings about this that it is unwise. It leads to the kind of fine-toothed scrutiny that leads to articles being deleted on other grounds.

Our position is If you are notable, then sooner or later some other editor will create an article about you. You don't need to do it yourself. Again, no need for you to edit an article about yourself; somebody else will find out whatever factual information is available publicly and insert it or correct it. If some fact about you is not publicly available then we can't publish it anyway.

You appear to have committed another faux pas: sockpuppetry. This droll term refers to the act of editing under more than one registered user name. You seem to deny this in your email to User:Nagle; but this is not really here nor there: there is no way to prove, absolutely, that a user is a sock; nor is there any way to disprove it. Experienced members of our community can and do make rapid judgements of sockpuppetry; some admins are able to perform internal checks but results are never absolutely conclusive.

Nonetheless, it is the prevailing opinion that Lee Asher was created by you; and there is very little you can do to dispel this perception. If you abandon all efforts to edit this article (and perhaps abandon Generuffalo (talk ยท contribs)) then in time the issue will fade away. John Reid 06:24, 5 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Ross bert sig copy.jpg

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This is an automated notice by STBotI. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 19:41, 6 May 2008 (UTC)