SettingSun45

CoI query

Hello, I observe that your first edits to wikipedia were to create the article Alex Hall (author) and most of your editing has been related to this individual, fairly exclusively. You also express a common interest in alternate reality games. Please can I ask, are you in fact the subject, Alex Hall or close to them? You may want to check WP:COI if so. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:51, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Hey there! No, I am not. I'm a huge fan of transmedia storytelling and have been fascinated with this story and the authors of ARGs in general. One of the big things that I find really important about these stories is the lack of permanence of record keeping for it, and I think for the ARG community to expand we need better record keeping of these individuals. I plan on adding more ARG authors of popular stories (Ben Drowned, The Sun Vanished, etc.) to Wikipedia over the coming months - as I think they are an underreported art form (despite being vastly influentially) and are just as significant to us culturally as other writers. I'm just focusing on one at a time for now. SettingSun45 (talk) 00:14, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

For example ARGs like The Sun Vanished, Cicada 3301, Ben Drowned, etc. have collectively more readers and a wider audience than most books, but for some reason because its all done online and appeals primarily to Gen Z it's not looked at in the same light as an author of a book. I think these authors have significant notability if we're accounting for cultural impact on a society, and I think that their influence easily warrants them an entry. I am working on an Aiden Elliot page next (the creator of The Sun Vanished) if you would like to help me with it to ensure I cite enough sources (I used 8 sources for Alex Hall, varying from scholastic entries to news websites). SettingSun45 (talk) 00:22, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

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