Talk:Inkwell Awards

Multiple issues

I've gone through and done my best to address the severe WP:TONE and WP:PEACOCK issues that made this read like a company brochure, but the overall tone of this article is still self-promotional. The vast majority of the links are all to the Inkwell website itself. Other links appear to be to personal blogs and forum pages. I would advise that no one connected to the awards edit this article — that would be a clear conflict of interest. --Tenebrae (talk) 22:54, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Full discussion

For future reference, I have imported, below, the discussion between Particletracker, the primary editor of this article that has multiple issues, and myself -- Tenebrae (talk) 03:49, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your replies. I'm not inker Bob Almond, nor anyone on the Inkwell Awards staff, but it looks like Bob has thanked me on his sites for doing the wiki-page. As a freelance writer, I've exchanged e-mails with Bob Almond regarding professional matters, and he talked to me about inking and how it has trouble getting respect in the industry, pointing out there are many more pencilers on wikipedia thank inkers. I started the Wiki pages for Bob and the Inkwell Awards out of respect for Bob and other great inkers (I'm not an inker either). I e-mailed him to tell him I wrote a Wikipedia page for him. Bob made a big thank you to me on one of his webpages, calling me his "offical chronicler" and he even put me on a list of "contributors." But I'm not hired by him or the Awards. I contributed on my own as a fan. I think I'll leave the profiles alone, and see if others continue to contribute to it.

As for notability, the awards were mentioned by Wizardworld and Sketch magazines, two reputable sources, which is more attention than a fly-by-night fan-invented award would receive.

I agree that it would be good to get more references from other sources besides its own homepage. Thanks again, and sorry for any rookie mistakes or breaches of wiki-etiquette. --Particletracker (talk) 03:17, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

I appreciate your taking the time and effort to discuss this today, and I'm glad you agree it's time to step back and let other editors, if any, take over contributing. As you mentioned, you're a fan of Bob Almond's efforts and he considers you his "official chronicler," so I can see how it would be difficult for you to remain neutral.

I hope you stick around, learn more of how Wikipedia is edited, with its policies and guidelines, and contribute more dispassionately to articles. The more the merrier; Wikipedia can always use new good, responsible editors. With regards, --Tenebrae (talk) 03:49, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Recent (Aug '14) edits

I, Krakoom, am not involved in the Inkwell Awards. I have spoken to Mr. Almond, the founder & director, at a few shows. At Heroes (Charlotte, NC) and Pittsburgh Comicon, I have exchanged polite pleasantries and that sort of thing. I am teaching myself to be an inker, but don't get any help from professional inkers. I decided to update this page because I have friends who have attended the awards show at HeroesCon in Charlotte. — Preceding undated comment added 03:00, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

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Question(s)

I was wondering something after reading articles on the Inkwell Awards website. They have a spokesmodel called Ms Inkwell. It was originally a logo that now has actual models portraying her. I thought at first it was only a booth babe. After talking to one on Facebook, it seems the Ms Inkwell also handles auctions, awards ceremonies, and helps gather donations for the Inkwell Awards.

Could I add a page about Ms Inkwell? I'm not sure about the policies regarding that.

Question re Staff section

It seems like this page is trying to function almost like the organization’s website. The text in the Staff section should be shortened to something like: “Past staff members have included ….” Not sure Wikipedia is the place for the revolving list of staff members—that’s more for the org’s own website to maintain, imo. Thoughts OkieMFA (talk) 07:17, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

I agree, I removed it. It's just not notable, half the stuff on this page looks like press releases. Why is there an entire paragraph for a company "spokesmodel"? An unpaid volunteer position, of no notability except on this page. Nothing on this page makes any sense MayCauseDrowsiness (talk) 20:52, 23 September 2023 (UTC)