If you’re a rising star of a particular niche online, involved in a current event or in someway news worthy you might qualify to get your own Wikipedia page. The reason you would want to do this in the first place might be for name branding or to drive traffic to your product or service.

There are guidelines however, and not everyone who tries will get their own Wiki page. You’ll also want to keep in mind that if you do get a Wiki page of your own that anyone can edit it. So if you’re concerned about receiving bad press you may wish to consider this point.

To get your name included on a Wiki page you’ll need to have some noteriety about you on the web. Wikipedia editors will check your credentials to see if they stack up.

People who should definitely qualify for their own Wikipedia page are the following:

Actors, entertainers, comedians, television personalities, authors, filmmakers, politicians, editors, journalists, artists, photographers, athletes, scientists and other creative professionals.

If you do qualify you’re bio page will go live and will enable you to point to your products or services. To find out if you qualify to get your own Wikipedia page go to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_%28people%29