User talk:Soccerdad69

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The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! Blue Riband► 20:10, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Claiming page for "Chernet Boersma"
Hello Soccerdad69, I noticed on your Userpage that you want to claim the page for "Chernet Boersma" and eventually write a biography about your son. As somebody who is new to Wikipedia you are probably not aware that there is no ownership of articles, not even those that an editor creates. This means that if Wikipedia eventually does have an article about your son then any editor can edit it at any time. You also can't keep anyone from creating such an an article if they beat you to it.

Wikipedia has a very high bar for a person to have their own article. You may want to look at WP:SPORTSPERSON about criteria required for an athlete. Many new editors don't realise how they have to back up the information in the article with reporting from reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Listing on a team roster or game statistics usually doesn't pass as independent coverage.

Finally, Wikipedia articles have to be written from a neutral point of view and for that reason the writing of autobiographies or biographies of somebody in a close relationship is discouraged. There's a certain amount of confirmation bias that tends to creep in even if it is not intentional. Blue Riband► 21:20, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Chernet Boersma


Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that the page you created, Draft:Chernet Boersma, was tagged as a test page under section G2 of the criteria for speedy deletion and has been or soon may be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other test edits you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

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