User talk:Hola Lou

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Hello, Hola Lou, 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.

Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Jimfbleak - talk to me?  07:51, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
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You have an obvious conflict of interest, please don't write about yourself, your friends or relatives and read the guidance below:


 * When you write about a person, you must provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that they meet the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the person or an associated organisation, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the person claims or interviewing them. Note that references should be in-line so we can tell what fact each is supporting, and should not be bare urls.
 * You must write in a non-promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic, with verifiable facts, not opinions or reviews.
 * There shouldn't be any url links in the article, only in the "References" or "External links" sections.
 * You must not copy text from elsewhere. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. We require that text posted here can be used, modified and distributed for any purpose, including commercial; text is considered to be copyright unless explicitly stated otherwise. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient.

Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read Your first article. You must also reply to the COI request above. Jimfbleak - talk to me?  07:52, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

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There's quite a lot guidance above, which you will have to follow to have a hope of your article surviving, but I'll expand a bit
 * This will be our article about you, not your personal page. That's why we discourage autobiographies because you are too involved to write neutrally and factually about yourself
 * You need to read notability guidelines for artists. If you don't meet those criteria, you can't have an article here.
 * Read carefully what we accept as references, and note that anything significant about you must have an in-line independent third-party source
 * We discourage external links in text, because it ends up as a link farm. Your exhibitions need references, not in-text links
 * Far too many external links too. Perhaps link to the exhibitions there, but not to everything you've ever said or done. Similarly, you can link to your main site there, not in the text (no social media though)
 * Don't bother adding protection tags, a bot will remove them since you don't have admin rights
 * Have a look at Constance Stokes, a WP:FA. You don't need that level of detail, but it may help you get an idea what an article about an artist should look like
 * Take your time before you try again. If you are not seen to be following the guidance you have been given, obviously that could be problematic Jimfbleak - talk to me?  16:30, 22 February 2020 (UTC)