User talk:Shootingstar1981

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Hello, Shootingstar1981, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you created or edited appears to be an article about yourself. Writing about yourself is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians.

As this is an encyclopedia, we wouldn't expect to have an article about every contributor. We require individuals to meet Wikipedia's definition of a notable person to accept articles about them. A page you created about yourself may well be deleted from the encyclopedia. If it is deleted and you wish to retrieve its contents, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

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I've seen your message, which I've now deleted as the talk page of a deleted page, I'll reply in detail here in a bit. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:26, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Firstly, your title is wrong. We don't allow honorifics, qualifications or awards in names, and you should either have him as Mike or Michael, whichever he's best known as. There are other Mike/Michael Welches, so Draft:Michael Welch (businessman) or Draft:Mike Welch (businessman) would be appropriate.

You have an obvious conflict of interest, please don't write about yourself, your friends or relatives and read the guidance below:
 * When you write about a person, you must provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that they meet the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the person or an associated organisation, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the person claims or interviewing them. Note that references should be in-line so we can tell what fact each is supporting, and should not be bare urls.


 * Some of your sources are OK, but YouTube isn't, and interviews with him or quotes from him are not independent third party sources. Note that you shouldn't repeat the same ref, use


 * You must write in a non-promotional tone. Articles must be neutral and encyclopaedic, with verifiable facts, not opinions or reviews.


 * I've seen worse, but Michael went on to build and sell several highly successful online tyre commerce businesses... to launch the leading click-to-fit tyre business[2] Tirebuyer.com gives opinions as facts, complete with a spam link to his company, and the source is an interview with him anyway. There are other examples, and calling him "Michael" throughout doesn't inspire confidence in neutral writing. The claim the world's first click-to-fit online tyre retailer isn't even supported by your source.


 * There shouldn't be any url links in the article, only in the "References" or "External links" sections.
 * Your text is littered with such links


 * You must not copy text from elsewhere. Copyrighted text is not allowed in Wikipedia, as outlined in this policy. That applies even to pages created by you or your organisation, unless they state clearly and explicitly that the text is public domain. We require that text posted here can be used, modified and distributed for any purpose, including commercial; text is considered to be copyright unless explicitly stated otherwise. There are ways to donate copyrighted text to Wikipedia, as described here; please note that simply asserting on the talk page that you are the owner of the copyright, or you have permission to use the text, isn't sufficient.


 * I didn't check

Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read Your first article. If you are writing about yourself, or someone you know as a friend, colleague, client, employer or relative, you have a conflict of interest, and you must disclose the nature of that COI. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:08, 2 July 2024 (UTC)