User talk:MarkShostrom

See WP:Autobiography. Basketball 110  04:18, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

And again two years later
You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved, instead of writing it yourself, as you did at Third culture kid. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to No original research, Neutral point of view, and Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  02:18, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Mark Shostrom
An article that you have been involved in editing, Mark Shostrom, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/. Thank you.Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 12:50, 29 July 2010 (UTC)