User talk:ChrisBooth

Welcome!
Hello, ChrisBooth, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you created or edited appears to be an article about yourself. Creating an autobiography is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians—as this is an encyclopedia, we wouldn't expect to have an article about every contributor. Your user page, however, is a great place to write about yourself, making sure to stay within user page guidelines. Just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit it normally.

The page you created about yourself may well be deleted from the encyclopedia. If it is deleted and you wish to retrieve its contents, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page. If your contributions to an existing article about yourself are undone and you wish to add to it, please propose the changes on its talk page.

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Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you. This is about the article Chris Booth. Wikipedia does not allow you to write about yourself. See WP:SELFPROMOTE. John Nagle (talk) 05:24, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

July 2017
This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because the username, ChrisBooth, matches the name of a well-known, living person.

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If you think that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text on your user talk page, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Widr (talk) 16:41, 28 July 2017 (UTC)