User talk:Howard J. Fuller

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Hello, Howard J. Fuller, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you created or edited was Draft:Howard J. Fuller, which 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. We require individuals to meet Wikipedia's definition of a notable person to accept articles about them.

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 * Hi, thanks for this.
 * I'm a published naval historian and Reader in War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton (UK). How do I get my wiki entry approved then?
 * Cheers! Howard J. Fuller (talk) 20:50, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for this.
 * I'm a published naval historian and Reader in War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton (UK). How do I get my wiki entry approved then?
 * Howard J. Fuller (talk) 21:18, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * It looks like you created an empty draft about yourself and have added some material to HMS Captain (1869) including a citation to your own work. Both of these actions are strongly discouraged. For there to be an article about you, we would expect to see a disinterested editor create a draft that uses things written about you, rather than things written by you to establish that you meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability. There is a special carve-out on notability for scholars and academics, though, which does allow pointing to the significance of your works as part of its criteria (NACADEMIC). You can also add an edit request to the HMS Captain's talk page to suggest that your writings could be cited to add useful material to the article. Adding the material and citation yourself is what is strongly discouraged.  — jmcgnh (talk) (contribs) 21:53, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for this.
 * So how does one get the bio entry approved as 'Notable'? Who goes through the academic criteria and weighs them against the credentials (including links) listed in the proposed wiki entry? Howard J. Fuller (talk) 00:44, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
 * So how does one get the bio entry approved as 'Notable'? Who goes through the academic criteria and weighs them against the credentials (including links) listed in the proposed wiki entry? Howard J. Fuller (talk) 00:44, 18 December 2022 (UTC)