User talk:J21gibbs

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Hello, J21gibbs, 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. 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. Your user page, however, is a great place to write about yourself, making sure to stay within user page guidelines. Just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit it normally.

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That article was not made about myself. It’s about my father, who is an Oscar winner, so I feel like he meets the requirements to have a Wikipedia page J21gibbs (talk) 22:47, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the clarification, J21gibbs. I will leave you some additional information about having a conflict of interest. Having a COI does not prevent you from creating an article but, if accepted, it is strongly recommended you not edit it any further. In the meantime, I suggest reading Wikipedia's notability criteria for people. If you have questions or need help, you can ask at the Teahouse. Best, S0091 (talk) 23:00, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, J21gibbs. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI);
avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. S0091 (talk) 23:01, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:J21gibbs/sandbox

Hi again, I did some clean up work on the article such as reorganizing, removing puffery, adding wikilinks to other articles, etc. You are welcome to make adjustments, of course. Do you have a source for his Personal life section? I left it simple and per WP:BLPNAMES I stayed away from mentioning names there. Additional in-depth sources would also be helpful (i.e. not just brief mentions). Also added a template so you can submit it for review when you think it is ready. S0091 (talk) 23:50, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]