User talk:Kaladin20!

Draft:Todd M Allen
`Since this is your only contribution, and since it is written in exactly the format of a press release, it is reasonable to ask  whether you are a connected contributor, in which case you must declare the connection. Please see our rules on Conflict of Interest  If you are writing this for pay or as a staff member of the organization, see also WP:PAID for the necessary disclosures. Please respond here, and then I will review the draft.  DGG ( talk ) 04:57, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi DGG, yes I (Todd Allen) am writing this wiki page myself, and apologies if I'm not up to speed on all of the rules (I'm trying). Is it sufficient for me to make a note in the Edit Summary box or is it more appropriate for me to note the COI on my page with a User Box? I appreciate any help.


 * This is a little special, as we do not treat autobiographies as "connected" in the usual sense. For the general view of them, along with some clever quotations, see WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY. But since you did write it, and since it is objective and generally satisfactory, and since your work is very important and certainly fulfills our standard for notability, I have accepted it. We have a special template for the purpose , which I have placed on the draft for you.  (I also made some minor style adjustments and added citation figures, which we consider very important in assessing notability for scientists accordingto WP:PROF.
 * You should now just add an explanation to your user page, and also to the talk page of the article.
 * I will just add that our rules here are the product of incremental uncoordinated growth since the start in 2001; the documentation tends to be both overcomplicated and inconsistent. It's quite usual to have trouble finding exactly what to do--I thought it wise to double-check to see if there were any recent changes in the applicable rules, and I've been working with scientific biographies here for many years.
 * The most valuable thing you can now do here is ensure that other workers in this area of similar importance have articles--and I would suggest emphasising those elsewhere than at Harvard.  It is after all much better if people do not have to write their own.
 * If I can help you further, please let me know on my user talk page.  DGG ( talk ) 03:31, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Dear DGG, I can't thank you enough for your help in getting this approved! I just had one question about your note above "You should now just add an explanation to your user page, and also to the talk page of the article". I'm not sure what you mean by 'explanation'? Thanks.

Your submission at Articles for creation: Todd M Allen has been accepted
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Thanks again, and happy editing!  DGG ( talk ) 03:20, 4 September 2020 (UTC)