User talk:S Widstrand

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Happy editing! DoubleGrazing (talk) 13:20, 14 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi,
 * There is a Swedish Wiki page for Staffan Widstrand, which was written by somebody else and with some mistakes, that we tried to correct. We also wanted to create an English page with the correct information and understand that you are not suppose to write about yourself but we don't know how else to to do it. Do you have any suggestions? S Widstrand (talk) 14:50, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi,
 * Well, strictly speaking there is nothing to actually stop you from writing about yourself, however bad idea as it may be; you just have to then submit the draft for review at AfC (like you have done) rather than publishing it yourself. But as it will be obvious that it is an autobio, the draft will come under extreme scrutiny, and will be declined for a mere whiff of any promotional language, biased content, poorly-sourced statements, etc. And if declined too many times, it may eventually be rejected outright, and that will be more or less the end of the road.
 * The best advice I can give you is, don't even think of writing what you would like to say about yourself. Instead find independent and reliable secondary sources (per WP:GNG) that have written about you, and summarise what they have said, without putting any additional spin on the information. Keep it simple, purely factual, and not at all promotional — something your competitor might say about you, if they were to write it! Don't include long lists of publications or awards, don't include spammy external links, don't use peacock terms — in short, don't give the reviewer anything to sink their teeth into. But do make sure you include at least one (well-referenced!) thing that makes you noteworthy and explains why you warrant an article in global encyclopaedia.
 * It's a tough task, and that's just one of the reasons why it's so strongly advised against.
 * TBH, if I were you, I'd rather consider asking if someone eg. at WikiProject Sweden or WikiProject Photography would like to write this on your behalf. But at the end of the day, it's your call, of course.
 * Best, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 16:07, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

June 2022
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions; however, it appears you may have written a Wikipedia article, or a draft for a Wikipedia article, about yourself, at Draft:Staffan Widstrand. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – please 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 or change an existing article about yourself, you are welcome to propose the changes by visiting the article's 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 the page I created deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss this with the deleting administrator. Thank you. DoubleGrazing (talk) 13:21, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Staffan Widstrand (June 14)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by DoubleGrazing were:

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DoubleGrazing (talk) 13:21, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Staffan Widstrand has been accepted
 Staffan Widstrand, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

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Thanks again, and happy editing! 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 20:45, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Overlinking
Hi, thanks for your work. Please remember not to link years, dates, common terms, and well-known country-names. Also, en dashes for ranges (under the edit box). Occupations are not capitalised. Tony (talk)  04:01, 24 September 2022 (UTC)