User talk:Markprent

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February 2008

You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, as you did at Mark Prent. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 04:44, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Mark Prent

I have nominated Mark Prent, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Prent. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Gary King (talk) 05:55, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Addressing Stated Concerns

This article is not written by Mark Prent, because I am not him. I only made the account name the same as his, because I don't plan to add or edit any other articles on Wikipedia with this account. I'm not sure how Mr. Prent does not qualify as a notable person, as his work has been featured in in many primary and secondary sources. Although there isn't much available online, he's been in several books and I'd be more than happy to cite them. Mark Prent also owns a well-known and highly respected molding and casting company, and produces technical videos. His sculptures are also regularly on display at various galleries, and have been bought for many different private collections. Other articles on Wikipedia make mention of Mark Prent, including the "Avrom Isaacs" and "Lothar Wolleh" articles.

Also, according to Wikipedia, this should not be already tagged for deletion: "If you know that it will take you a few edits to properly list references, put the template "{underconstruction}" on top of the page to signify to other editors that you are working on it, so they don't tag it for deletion yet."

As I am working on obtaining more sources, and since the article is listed as being incomplete, there should be no reason to tag it for deletion less than 2 hours after I created it.

I will continue editing the page to make it more neutral, as I agree with you on that point.

Otherwise, though, I feel like the concerns you raised with the article are very vague, so it would be extremely helpful if you could clarify a bit more. I'm new to Wikipedia, and I really want to get this article up and running, so please give me more specific suggestions if possible. Thanks!