User talk:Johndhalsted

Hello, Johndhalsted, and welcome to Wikipedia. Here are some pages that will help you to find your way around, understand key policies and guidelines, and develop your contributions:
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Please sign your name whenever you leave a comment by using four tildes (~~~~), which produces your name and the date. Whenever you edit a page, even if the edit is minor, you should include a descriptive edit summary. If you need help, visit the help desk, or place {{helpme}} and a question on your talk page and someone will respond shortly. If you would like mentoring, you can join the adopt-a-user project. I hope you enjoy contributing to Wikipedia and find it a rewarding experience. ··coelacan 08:08, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. ··coelacan 08:09, 7 May 2007 (UTC)