User talk:Joefoster

Welcome!
Hello, Joefoster, and welcome to Wikipedia!&#32;Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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J.W. Foster and Sons article
Hello, thanks for writing this article! I’ve just read it and I’m a bit concerned that it has no citations. That worries me since without proof that this company is notable, meaning covered enough in media to write a fair article on it, the article may get deleted. Please remember, too, that Wikipedia values verifiability - in other words, you need a source for every point you want to add to the article (you may want to remove anything from the article that you can't cite to a published source), and writing that cannot be considered promotional. (Those are all links to guides.)

Are there any reliable sources (ones not written by or for this company) you can add? If so just edit the article and add citations using the cite tool, or if you have any thoughts or questions just let me know. Blythwood (talk) 22:19, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

I would suggest that before you edit further in what seems to be your area of conflict of interest or about yourself, that you please review the links in the above message. 331dot (talk) 11:44, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

September 2016
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Joseph William Foster. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 12:01, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Joseph William Foster


The article Joseph William Foster has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern:
 * Fails WP:BASIC and WP:ANYBIO

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. AusLondonder (talk) 02:38, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Creating autobiographies
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, but it appears you have written or added to an article about yourself. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. AusLondonder (talk) 02:38, 13 February 2017 (UTC)