User talk:John Barth jr.

Welcome![edit]

Hello, John Barth jr., and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as The National Memorial, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.

There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{help me}} on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! —Largo Plazo (talk) 20:32, 4 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of The National Memorial[edit]

The article The National Memorial has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:GNG, with virtually no coverage found from a Google search on "national memorial" "john barth jr". Also, falsehoods, as the 2016 London book festival won't take place till November, and it received only honorable mentions at the New England, Los Angeles, Great Northwest, and Pacific Rim festivals. The reviews aren't from established critics, I believe, comparable more to Yelp reviews. Further, the tone is fairly promotional.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. —Largo Plazo (talk) 20:32, 4 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of The National Memorial for deletion[edit]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article The National Memorial is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The National Memorial until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. —Largo Plazo (talk) 23:58, 4 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

April 2016[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would ask that you assume good faith while interacting with other editors, which you did not on Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/The National Memorial. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Randykitty (talk) 08:42, 5 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, John Barth jr.. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the article The National Memorial, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, please:

avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your circle, your organization, its competitors, projects or products;
instead propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. Randykitty (talk) 13:46, 5 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

April 2016[edit]

Please remember to assume good faith when dealing with other editors. You have now accused me of being "prejudiced" and of drawing a "negative conclusion based on envy and political bias".[1] I had never heard of you before you posted the article, and know nothing about you other than what I've inferred from your writings here since you first appeared. Therefore, I am devoid of preconceived opinions about you, so I can't imagine where you're getting "prejudiced" from. I'm not a writer, even an aspiring one, so it eludes me what I could possibly be envying about you. I have no idea what your politics are, and you have no idea what mine are, so how in the world did you figure political bias to have anything to do with this? Your characterizations of me and my activities with respect to the article are not only a contravention of Wikipedia policy, they don't even make sense. —Largo Plazo (talk) 15:48, 5 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to The National Memorial has been undone because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. //nepaxt 01:56, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Talk:The National Memorial without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 01:59, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop attacking other editors. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. This is about this edit summary. —Largo Plazo (talk) 02:13, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Re your two uses of the word "prejudiced" subsequent to my note about it above, perhaps you're familiar with what Inigo Montoya said in The Princess Bride: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." As for "vain", it's a surprising charge to come from someone who decided to write an article about his own book on a website where that sort of writing is strongly discouraged. —Largo Plazo (talk) 02:25, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You flatter yourself absurdly to believe that anyone here has a special animosity toward you. Our guidelines for what does or doesn't belong in an encyclopedia have been around since long before your book existed, with bruised egos like yours railing embarrassingly against them day in and day out. Maybe one day someone will be justified in writing about you here, but you have not earned that honor yet. —swpb^T 13:31, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]