User talk:The Bill DeMott

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Hello, The Bill DeMott, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you created or edited was Bill DeMott, which 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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Editing on your own or someone else's behalf
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Please discuss content and sourcing on article talk page and achieve consensus for any changes Please make WP:EDITREQUESTs on the article's talk page. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 20:46, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

June 2023
This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because the username, The Bill DeMott, matches the name of a well-known, living person.

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Thank you. Red Phoenix talk  02:00, 9 June 2023 (UTC)