User talk:Christopher.f.clark

Welcome
Hello, Christopher.f.clark, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you created was Christopher Clark (compiler author), which appears to be an article about yourself. This 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 has been or will shortly be speedily deleted from Wikipedia, but if you want to use the content from it, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type   on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!  elektrik SHOOS  02:34, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
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 * I need to clarify on the above as the wording wasn't what I expected it to be: the page will NOT be speedy deleted as it's fine both in terms of notability and of NPOV issues. However, I'd urge you to exercise great caution when editing an article about yourself, perhaps refraining from editing it altogether, per WP:COI. Hope this helps.  elektrik SHOOS  02:44, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the advice. My last edits were simply to add a reference and to remove the items that I had added that could not be sourced. I will now leave the page in the hands of others, if there be any who have enough interest to change it.Christopher.f.clark (talk) 03:41, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Userpage
Hi again. I noticed that your userpage appears to look like an article. Per WP:FAKEARTICLE, userpages generally shouldn't pose as or otherwise appear to look like articles on Wikipedia. The practical solution is normally to add some sort of disclaimer to the page to help allay concerns about misrepresentation, which I've done for you. Cleanup tags and namespace categories, as well as stub tags, are also unneeded and I've removed them for you as well. I'd recommend you take a look at WP:USERPAGE to see what is and is not considered acceptable for userpages. Thanks for editing.  elektrik SHOOS  07:50, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about Christopher Clark (programmer)
Hello, Christopher.f.clark,

I wanted to let you know that there's a discussion about whether Christopher Clark (programmer) should be deleted. Your comments are welcome at Articles for deletion/Christopher Clark (programmer).

If you're new to the process, articles for deletion is a group discussion (not a vote!) that usually lasts seven days. If you need it, there is a guide on how to contribute. Last but not least, you are highly encouraged to continue improving the article; just be sure not to remove the tag about the deletion nomination from the top.

Thanks,

Dr Strauss  talk  12:06, 4 March 2017 (UTC)