[winternett]

I can't get on there myself with over 20 years of making and publishing music and being on radio etc... And for that same reason can't get verified on Twitter and many other sites I promote my music work on.

First of all, Wikipedia has banned all T-Mobile IPs from being able to even log in to my account... 10 years ago when I tried to post my biography there, they rejected it for lack of notability... Twitter also requires an entry to be published on Wikipedia for artists, now I could probably wait forever until someone still never writes one about me, or I could choose to pay a renowned publication to run a fluff piece on me like many other musicians do.

I am so tired of the manufactured gatekeeping nonsense that is required of me just to make music and be heard, no wonder why so many quit the business... ugh.

[zasdffaa]

From your profile "A web design, promotions, branding, and PR group based in Washington DC http://www.winternett.com"

I don't want crap on wikipedia, thanks.

[winternett]

>I don't want crap on wikipedia, thanks.

Wow, that's not the company I was referring to...

The company I was referring to is RUFFANDTUFFRECORDINGS.COM

[nonameiguess]

It's kind of amusing to think of this from the perspective that the requirement for a person to be eligible for a page on Wikifeet is they need to have a bio on IMDB, and that is really easy to get. A whole lot of people I know from primary school are there for appearances in student films. I could be on there since I was on a television game show in 1992, but no one has bothered to create an entry for it.

If you're not already there, perhaps you can try to get yourself an entry in allmusic.com, which presumably would warrant a Wikipedia entry. You're gonna need to get someone else to write the article for you, though. You're not supposed to create a Wikipedia page for yourself no matter who you are, which is stated here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Your_first_article#Things....

[WalterBright]

I just created my own site - https://walterbright.com/ - where I decide what goes on it and what doesn't.

[bityard]

Wikipedia isn't (or isn't intended to be) a platform for promotion.

[winternett]

That's not what I wrote. I said a Wikipedia entry is required for Twitter verification... Where we do promotion (On Twitter).

[Victerius]

I'm surprised more ambitious people don't have "having an entry on Wikipedia" as a life goal.

[winternett]

It's def. not any sort of life goal. More like getting a driver's license, so that you can drive. Once you pass the test, the driver's test is no longer a concern (unless you change countries perhaps).

[bazoom42]

So Twitter requires you to have a Wikipedia page? It seems the problem is with Twitters policies, not with Wikipedias.