Thanks folks. I've decided to curb my career as an artist and will, from now on, focus on my career as an unwanted, mediocre bass player. If I get really good, I'll add a couple of strings and become an unwanted, mediocre guitar player.
Best r. Pall Thayer On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Pall Thayer <[email protected]> wrote: > quote > > Speedy deletion nomination of Pall > Thayer[edit<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Pallthayer&action=edit§ion=1> > ] > > Hello Pallthayer, > > I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Pall > Thayer<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pall_Thayer&action=edit&redlink=1> > for > deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is > important enough to be included in an encyclopedia. > > If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to > work on it, you can *contest this deletion > <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3APall+Thayer&action=edit§ion=new&preload=Template:Hangon_preload&preloadtitle=This+page+should+not+be+speedy+deleted+because...+>*, > but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top. > > You can leave a note on my talk > page<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Trivialist> if > you have questions. Trivialist<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Trivialist> > (talk <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Trivialist>) 01:12, 26 > May 2014 (UTC) > > > /quote > > > On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Pall Thayer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pall_Thayer >> >> >> On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 9:02 PM, Pall Thayer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It goes without saying that an article about oneself, written by oneself >>> is not an authoritative article. Yes, you can be an authority on yourself >>> but only for yourself. Your commentary will be inherently introspective. >>> You cant be an authority for others. >>> On May 25, 2014 8:52 PM, "Rob Myers" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Randall Packer: >>>> > >>>> > I consider writing one¹s own bio on Wikipedia not >>>> > only critical to making sure the information is accurate, but it is >>>> actually >>>> > empowering for the artist to take control of this platform to >>>> communicate >>>> > precisely who they are. Too often artists are at the mercy of >>>> curators, >>>> > editors, and dealers, etc., who think they know the true meaning and >>>> spirit >>>> > of an artist¹s work and identity. In Wikipedia, the artist can say >>>> (almost) >>>> > exactly what needs to be said and how to say it. Not that Wikipedia >>>> doesn¹t >>>> > have rules: it is crucial to cite references, including links to other >>>> > relevant Wikipedia articles, etc. >>>> >>>> The Wikipedian viewpoint is that editing one's own article is likely to >>>> lead to a conflict of interest or to a non-neutral point of view: >>>> >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest >>>> >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view >>>> >>>> > A solution that I chose, was to >>>> > appropriate the biography of another artist, and use it as a >>>> structural >>>> > framework. But from the point on, I keep up my Wikipedia biography as >>>> I >>>> > would a carefully tended garden. >>>> > >>>> > If an artist can¹t maintain their own bio on Wikipedia, then the Web >>>> is >>>> > dead. >>>> >>>> Wikipedia strongly recommend against creating or maintaining one's own >>>> article: >>>> >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography >>>> >>>> If for no other reason than it can be annoying to deal with >>>> wikilawyering deletionists when some n00b doesn't bother doing the five >>>> seconds of Googling it would take to establish notability for you. >>>> >>>> Your article is well written and has strong citations. I've added it to >>>> my watchlist. >>>> >>>> - Rob. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> ***************************** >> Pall Thayer >> artist >> http://pallthayer.dyndns.org >> ***************************** >> > > > > -- > ***************************** > Pall Thayer > artist > http://pallthayer.dyndns.org > ***************************** > -- ***************************** Pall Thayer artist http://pallthayer.dyndns.org *****************************
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