User talk:Jedcope

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I noticed that one of the first articles you created or edited appears to be an article about yourself. Writing about yourself is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Jed Cope (June 20)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by KylieTastic was:

The comment the reviewer left was:

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KylieTastic (talk) 11:51, 20 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi,
 * This is a submission on me as an author.
 * I fully expect readers and fans to interact with it and add to it as time goes on.
 * I could reference some of my books if that would help?
 * As a new contributor/editor, I'm not sure how this is done though?
 * Many thanks,
 * Jed Jedcope (talk) 13:23, 20 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi,
 * I should also add that over time, at least some of my books could get entries of their own. But I leave that up to the readers of those books. This current entry is about getting the ball rolling and directing some of those readers to Wikipedia.
 * Thanks,
 * Jed Jedcope (talk) 13:25, 20 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Jed, that is not how Wikipedia works - this is an Encyclopedia, not a place for subjects to write about themselves. See Conflict of interest and Autobiography. KylieTastic (talk) 13:40, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi, I can see that other authors have written their entries.
 * Whereas I can see that it is not a platform for people to write about themselves per se, Wikipedia is a site that contains many entries on people. The criteria and rules stipulate that that person should be a person of interest.
 * Author with twenty five books, over two million words published and a lot more to come.
 * Ideally, to suit you, someone else would write my entry.
 * My expectation and a key element to this site is it is open to edit. So this entry will be updated and be of more and more use as an encyclopaedic entry.
 * I am very mindful of how Wikipedia should work and I am in no way attempting to circumvent that.
 * Best, Jed Jedcope (talk) 13:52, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
 * As per Autobiography it is allowed to write an article about yourself but strongly discouraged. Most people are not capable of writing in a neutral way (see WP:NPOV). I'm not an administrator so cannot see the deleted article to comment on the first attempt. All new articles on Wikipedia have to show the subject is notable (See WP:N) which in most cases requires significant coverage (WP:SIGCOV) in multiple independent (WP:INDY) reliable sources (WP:RS). So if you did want to try again every claim made should have a good source. For articles of people see WP:NBASIC and WP:AUTHOR for what is required to show Wikipedia "notability". It is not about the number of books/words written but what others have said about them. Regards KylieTastic (talk) 14:05, 20 June 2023 (UTC)