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Getting in Wikipedia

by oliverjones
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I have a new social network bongal.com. I really want a nice simple Wikipedia page but mine keep getting thrown out. Any ideas or any people that can do me one?
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  • Profile picture of the author txconx
    Make sure you read the Wikipedia FAQ on why pages are deleted. The purpose of Wikipedia isn't to provide backlinks and generally your page will be deleted if it's seen as self promotion of your site.
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  • Profile picture of the author oliverjones
    Are there any people that do it as a service?
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    • Profile picture of the author Voland
      You need to check the Wikipedia policy on posting the articles about the sites.
      On top of my head:

      - there should be a set of mentions of the website in some trusted sources (famous news agencies etc)
      - if it is a SN then the number of members should be significant - nowadays it means millions.

      Also when the page is marked for deletion it usually goes though some discussion on the reasons why it should be deleted.

      Wikipedia is not a commercial project and many people will try to reject the articles that they consider "insignificant" or posted with marketing purposes.

      It is not that I think that your site is bad. Looks nice.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Colson
    Do not simply add your website to wikipedia; it will get speedy deleted. Generally, don't add stuff you've created at all. Let someone else add it. For your specific website, the site is not noteworthy. It does not warrant a page on Wikipedia. If at some point in the future it does warrant a page, someone will make it. But I checked your site and researched it for a few minutes and can tell you with 100% certainty that it does not warrant a page.

    I have been editing wikipedia for a few years now and have been granted status for autopatroller, reviewer, and rollback.

    Here is the relevant guideline to review: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...lity_%28web%29
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  • Profile picture of the author jewin
    I think even to backdoor into Wikipedia by getting a listing about yourself (i.e. CEO bio), you would need to 1) have some notable contributions (i.e. public speaking, a history of making news in your industry, etc) and 2) have someone else add the article.
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    • Profile picture of the author SerenitySerenity
      don't concentrate so much on wiki. its an informative site but it does not help in indexing or back linking. submit snippets of your site to article based websites and you'll acquire decent exposure
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    • Profile picture of the author oliverjones
      Originally Posted by jewin View Post

      I think even to backdoor into Wikipedia by getting a listing about yourself (i.e. CEO bio), you would need to 1) have some notable contributions (i.e. public speaking, a history of making news in your industry, etc) and 2) have someone else add the article.
      Where do I find someone that can add us?
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      • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
        Originally Posted by oliverjones View Post

        Where do I find someone that can add us?
        You don't. I mean you will NOT find any responsible wiki-editor/contributor who would risk their position and reputation to post a spam page.

        FYI: I also used to be a contributor to wiki in another language and we always deleted "promotional" pages.

        Wikipedia is not for getting backlinks and self-promotion. Which part is so difficult to understand? :rolleyes:
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        • Profile picture of the author oliverjones
          Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

          You don't. I mean you will NOT find any responsible wiki-editor/contributor who would risk their position and reputation to post a spam page.

          FYI: I also used to be a contributor to wiki in another language and we always deleted "promotional" pages.

          Wikipedia is not for getting backlinks and self-promotion. Which part is so difficult to understand? :rolleyes:
          Just to be clear I dont want back links or to spam Wiki I simply want to add my site to a list of social networks and add a little detail about it.
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          • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
            Originally Posted by oliverjones View Post

            Just to be clear I dont want back links or to spam Wiki I simply want to add my site to a list of social networks and add a little detail about it.
            Let's get back to the basics...

            What is Wikipedia? - An online encyclopedia; i.e. a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty - a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts.

            Now, before the online wiki... there was the "authoritative" Encyclopedia Britannica, for example. I can't really imagine casual webmasters and IMers asking EB editors to add their little work to the "human knowledge" assembled in those toms.

            Why would anybody think it is different with an online encyclopedia...?

            Let's face it: our little websites are NOT important enough to deserve a page in any encyclopedia :p
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Colson
    Wikipedia is not a list of social networks. It is not a soapbox to promote your site. It is not a repository of links.

    Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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  • Profile picture of the author oliverjones
    So what do you call this List of social networking websites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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