Almahoda

March 2022

Please do not add self-published ebooks to Wikipedia articles. If you can't find the book in Google Books - because it doesn't have an ISBN or a real publisher - then the book it not notable and we consider talking about it in an article to be promotional spam. Also, we do not source to Wordpress blogs or to Twitter. Skyerise (talk) 15:51, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

You can find self-published ebooks on Google Books. Also, if tweets can't be cited, why is there a template for citing tweets? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_tweet Almahoda (talk) 01:09, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Here's the policy. WP:SELFPUB. Self-published books are not notable - even when they can be found on Google Books. You will end up blocked from editing if you continue to promote this self-published book. Skyerise (talk) 11:17, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Please review the policy because you are mistaken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_and_using_self-published_works#Acceptable_use_of_self-published_works. My edit falls under the acceptable use of self-published sources policy: "A self-published work may be used as a source when the statement concerns the source itself." Please also review Wikipedia's objective regarding accuracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy. Speak of the Devil by Joseph Laycock is not the first book-length study of The Satanic Temple. You will end up being banned if you continue to promote inaccuracy. Almahoda (talk) 16:32, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Self-published books are not notable. A blog post and a tweet about the book don't make it notable. What makes a book notable is publication by a publisher followed by reviews in peer-reviewed journals (for books that purport to be academic). When you can provide an ISBN, show that the book is not self-published or published by a vanity press, show that the book is in libraries, esp. University libraries, and that it has been reviewed by qualified academics, then we can discuss what sources would be required to support its inclusion.

Right now, you look like you are probably the author of the ebook, or hired by the author of the ebook to promote the book. We do not allow such promotions on Wikipedia. If you are the author, you must disclose this or if you are being paid to promote the book, you must disclose this. If not, your attempt to include the book is misguided. Publishers have legal departments and remove any potential legal issues before publication. Self-published books are not vetted in this way. They may say untrue and libelous things about living people - Wikipedia may not link to books which have not been published by a real publisher for this reason. Skyerise (talk) 17:18, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

April 2022

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to The Satanic Temple. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Skyerise (talk) 11:17, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did at The Satanic Temple, you may be blocked from editing. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. Skyerise (talk) 16:35, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Almahoda. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page The Satanic Temple, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Skyerise (talk) 16:36, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

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