User talk:Zockoll

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You have an obvious conflict of interest, please don't write about yourself, your friends or relatives and read the guidance below:


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Your text didn't have a single reference, let alone an independent verifiable sources, not a single wikilink, eg Pittsburgh, and was promotional in tone, eg the unsourced claim ''Jim [sic] has been at the forefront of franchising in the UK since 1963  and has created thousands of jobs, contributing tens of millions of pounds to the UK economy in the process. ''. It's also not clear why he is notability independently of the company, to which this page could alternatively be a redirect.

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. You must also reply to the COI request above. Jimfbleak - talk to me?  12:39, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you created or edited was user:Zockoll/sandbox, which appears to be an article about yourself. Creating an autobiography 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.

The 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. If your contributions to an existing article about yourself are undone and you wish to add to it, please propose the changes on its talk page.

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