User talk:Michaelzstuff

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Hello, Michaelzstuff, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you created was Michael Z. Gordon, which appears to be an article about yourself. This is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians—as this is an encyclopedia, we wouldn't expect to have an article about every contributor. Your user page, however, is a great place to write about yourself, making sure to stay within user page guidelines. Just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit it normally.

The page you created about yourself has been or will shortly be speedily deleted from Wikipedia, but if you want to use the content from it, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page or the Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type   on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! --Drm310 (talk) 19:38, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
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April 2012
Hi. I received your email and thought I would respond on your talk page so that other editors could see the advice I'm giving to you. Here are my thoughts on what you mentioned.

I don't see any move to delete the page about you, so I would not panic. There has been some concern expressed that some of the content was written by you (see Autobiography) or others who have a close connection to you (see Conflict of interest). It's considered very difficult for either of those parties to write objectively about the article's subject (see Neutral point of view) and provide reliable sources for the content they contribute (see Identifying reliable sources).

Something that would benefit you and/or the persons editing your article would be to declare your interest - that is, publicly state that you are, or represent, the subject of the article. You should make this statement on your respective user pages (yours would be User:Michaelzstuff, for example) and the article's talk page (Talk:Michael Z. Gordon). The main advantages to doing this are that you will benefit from the assumption of good faith. Most editors will appreciate your honesty and try to help you. You also lay the basis for requesting help from others to post material for you, or to review material you wish to post yourself.

The other (less serious) issue with your article is the style in which sources are cited. Use of the ibid style of footnotes is discouraged in favour of named references for citing the same source multiple times. Given enough care and attention, this is an easily resolved matter.

Hopefully I have adequately explained the issues and have given you some reassurance that the article about you is not in jeopardy. If you have any further questions or need additional assistance, please reply on my talk page. Thanks and good luck! --Drm310 (talk) 03:52, 4 April 2012 (UTC)