By Mitt Navn, Hollywood Correspondent

Reedsy is a British publishing services company. Emmanuel Nataf is the CEO of Reedsy. While it is difficult to piece together a complete history of the Reedsy Wikipedia article from the traces that are left, I have analyzed the various logs and discussions so that you can get a full picture.

In 2014, an account named Neguev created the first version of Wikipedia’s Reedsy article, but it was deleted within an hour due to lack of evidence that the company was notable. Neguev waited until 2017 to try again. Within days, the article was moved out of public view and into “draftspace.” On their user page, Neguev wrote:

“I’m Emmanuel, a startup entrepreneur and street photographer: http://www.emmanuelnataf.com/“

Neguev was warned about Wikipedia’s conflict of interest policies. A discussion was started at the Conflict of Interest Noticeboard.

During the course of that discussion, editor Tomwsulcer decided to create a new version of the article. Although Tomwsulcer stated that he had no connection to Reedsy, he can be found making an endorsement on the Reedsy page of editor Geoff Smith, whom he apparently hired to work on his manuscript. (A real editor, not a Wikipedia “editor.”) That version of Wikipedia’s Reedsy article got its first deletion discussion, and the result was deletion. (Tomwsulcer is discussed in this forum thread. He was banned from Wikipedia in 2022.)

In 2019, Tomwsulcer again created an article for Reedsy. No one seems to have noticed until shortly after Tomwsulcer was banned. Reedsy got its second deletion discussion; again, the result was deletion.

In 2025, over a decade since the first attempt at a Reedsy article on Wikipedia, an account named PapyrusPoet created a draft of a new article and submitted it for approval. Although the draft was initially deleted for “unambiguous advertising or promotion in userspace,” they were given another chance to submit the draft and they were warned about Wikipedia’s conflict of interest rules because, as PapyrusPoet notes on their user page:

“I’m Emmanuel. In my spare time, I’m often going on long bikepacking adventures and taking photos. I will respect all conflict of interest rules while learning more about this unique community. I disclose my conflict of interest with publishing services company Reedsy, as its founder. My old username was User:Neguev.”

The draft was approved by an account named Shocksingularity, an account that had not quite 4 months of experience on Wikipedia at that point. Reedsy had a Wikipedia article again! Less than a day later, Reedsy’s third deletion discussion began.

This time, only two editors participated. One is the aforementioned Shocksingularity and the other is an account named ChrysGalley, a user with even less experience but some apparent knowledge of Reedsy. Since both of them voted to keep the article, the article lives on, without even the usual discreet notice on the talk page that it was written by the company’s CEO.

The lesson here is that if you want to have an article about your company on Wikipedia, you need to be persistent. Don’t give up the first time it is deleted. Or the second. Or the the third. Just keep trying. It may take you ten years, but you can do it so long as you believe in the Wikipedia way.

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