User:Ianb
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Hi, I'm entirely unnotable. See my vanity page for less information.
Right now I'm on a clean-up spree, due to having lots of odd moments but no creative energy. To prevent an overload of the vfd page I'm noting articles here which I've gleaned from Wikipedia:Cleanup here, for the time being.
deletion policy
At the moment I´m particularly interested in biographies.
- a biography is useless if it only tells me of the existence of a person. If further research does not reveal anything notable / encylopedic about that person, it should be deleted.
- autobiographies and vanity pages dilute the informational value of Wikipedia and should be mercilessly deleted. Wikipedia should not degenerate into a personal listings site for all-comers.
- Ambition is admirable. Potentially notable people should only be included when they have, err, become notable.
I would describe myself as an "anti-dilutionist". I'd like to see as many articles as possible, but I don't want the good stuff drowning in seas of irrelevant pages on empheral topics such as websites ( there's http://dmoz.org for those ), unnotable people or pure news reports. An article on Wikipedia should never contribute to, but only reflect notability (success, achievement, notoriety).
Should you see my vote on an article you submitted, possibly with a slightly sarcastic comment, it's not personal, but remember what it said on the editing page: If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, do not submit it. I have particularly little patience with obvious self-promotion.
bookmarks
- Wikipedia:Criteria_for_inclusion_of_biographies
- Wikipedia:No_original_research
- What_Wikipedia_is_Not
- Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Precedents
- Wikipedia:What's_in,_what's_out
- Wikipedia:Offline_reports
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