User:Akichan Yamada/Creation of 'Akihiro Yamada - Wikipedia'

Dear Administrators/Friends/Ammarpad/Stormy clouds/ and Shakespeare Experts,

I approached Wikipedia for the first time on 17 September 2018. After many trials and errors, I submitted the following: 'I am glad to find online a Japanese entry about me: ‘山田昭廣 - Wikipedia’. However, I think that an English entry would be of more use since I am a specialist of English literature, especially Shakespeare. I know that I am not entitled to create an English entry titled ‘Akihiro Yamada – Wikipedia’ myself. So I wish you to be a host for it on your website. What I would like to state in it is very short and the text would run as follows: "Akihiro Yamada (born 1929 in Nagoya) is a Japanese scholar specializing in English literature and bibliography. He published some twenty books on Shakespeare and his contemporaries. For more information, visit him at http://researchmap.jp/yamada-akihiro-6002/?lang=english"'

My proposal had three responses, one of them (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia Teahouse/Questions/Archive 835#Creation of an article: Akihiro Yamada -) was as follows: 'Essentially, the IP asked about the creation of an article about themselves in en.wikipedia.org, translated from their entry in ja.wikipedia, but was aware that they could not create a translated autobiographical article themselves owing to the obvious conflict of interest. They were subsequently advised to refrain from editing matters related to themselves, and advised of the potential pitfalls of an article about one's self. Finally, the ultimate advice given, which still stands, is that, if a subject is notable enough to merit an article, someone else will create it. If this is not satisfactory, consider requesting a translation. Given the existence of the Japanese article, the inertia to create an English one, given sufficient coverage in reliable sources, is likely lower than from scratch, but such a request would still be heavily scrutinised, and the downsides of an article would still persist. Hope this helps'

I appreciate this advise. And I have explained thus: 'Since English-speaking specialists will find the Japanese version of little use, I am proposing for their benefit (and mine) an English version, though very short (which you may expand by visiting me at the provided URL). The English version will be of great use to them who would share academic interests with me in order to advance scholarship, simply by clicking the Wikipedia. I am afraid that a mere translation of the Japanese version, primarily addressed to Japanese scholars, will be of no use to English-speaking specialists. I do not know if I am 'notable enough to merit an article' but may I mention that you will find me in various editions of Marquis *Who's Who in the World* (U.S.A.) as well as in various publications of International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, U.K. I do hope that there will be some expert(s) willing to be a host of my proposal.'

Not knowing exactly where to appeal, I submitted an almost identical draft to a 'talk' page ('WikiProject Biography#Expert attention'), which I cannot trace now. I apologize if my double submission incurs any inconvenience to you.

Best wishes. Akihiro Yamada

Creation of 'Akihiro Yamada - Wikipedia'

124.40.70.66 (talk) 15:52, 22 December 2018 (UTC)Akihiro Yamada

Dear Administrators,

After a long silence, I am writing this because I have just received an email from Wikipedia concerning the deletion of my proposed article due to the absence of responses for some weeks.

Being a novice, I do not know how to improve my article. But I think that, in order to support the substance of my article, I may add two reliable sources publicly announced by the Government. They are as follows: http://researchmap.jp/yamada-akihiro-6002/?lang=english http://jglobal.jst.go.jp/en/public/201101099502005335

Best wishes. Akihiro Yamada