User talk:JoeTruax

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Hello, JoeTruax, 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. Writing about yourself 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. A 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.

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 * I've been a Newsweek, I've been on RTV6, I have three separate articles in authority magazine for being a social impact hero, a men's mental health champion and a leader in authenticity and vulnerability, I have news coverage getting ready to happen from WCIA out of Urbana for my men's mental wellness movement at www.LegaciesofMen.org. I run a 40,000 man anti- misogynistic men's group on Reddit called r/GuyCry. These are all separate instances of things that have occurred. All the stories can be found at Legacies of men.org. JoeTruax (talk) 02:30, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Okay. That's great. But autobiography is still strongly discouraged. AntiDionysius (talk) 02:32, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I understand strongly discouraged, but I have a group of individuals that are trying to label me as a scammer and I want there to be truth about me on the internet. My work is saving lives and is more important than a lot of the events that have happened over the last 100 years. Believe that.
 * Strongly discouraged doesn't mean no though right? So I would like to edit my own user page please. I intended to reach out to the wikimedia foundation to talk to the owner himself so as to set myself up for success. JoeTruax (talk) 02:34, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is really not the platform for you to wage an informational campaign, even one with noble goals.
 * It is true that strongly discouraged does not mean flat out banned banned. But there are still many restrictions. For one, your user page is not the place for that kind of thing. User pages are spaces for personal content as it relates to you as a Wikipedia editor, and any significant material unrelated to the Wikipedia project is liable to be deleted, as yours just has been.
 * If you want to create an actual article about yourself, it would need to be well-referenced, neutral, and in compliance with Wikipedia's rules about conflicts of interest. AntiDionysius (talk) 02:40, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Repeatedly trying to use your userpage for non-Wikipedia-related content in defiance of deletions is likely to get you into trouble. I say this merely for your information; I'm not an admin and don't enforce these rules, but I would just advise against it for your own sake. AntiDionysius (talk) 02:43, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I fully intend to just tell the facts. I'm not going to misuse your platform. JoeTruax (talk) 02:45, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm just trying to create an actual article about myself. I was following what Chad GPT said to give you some understanding on my user page of why I was doing what I was doing. If that's the wrong medium to take, then that's my apologies. But it well be a well-referenced article and I will write according to the rules. JoeTruax (talk) 02:43, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Yeah I'd advise reading the rules directly rather than trusting ChatGPT's summary of them (indeed I'd advise that on all subjects, not just Wikipedia's rules, but I digress). AntiDionysius (talk) 02:55, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * So basically, on my user page, I just keep it blank right? And then I go up into the URL and change it to what I want it to be for my article correct? JoeTruax (talk) 02:47, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Read the Conflict of Interest guideline in full. Once you've done that, and complied with it, if you still want to write the article, go to Articles for Creation and follow the guide there to creating a draft of your article. AntiDionysius (talk) 02:56, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your help. JoeTruax (talk) 03:31, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:JoeTruax


Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. A tag has been placed on User:JoeTruax requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. AntiDionysius (talk) 02:24, 15 January 2024 (UTC)