User talk:Rlfictionbook17

Welcome![edit]

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I am the new author and my three books are on Amazon. I am writing as a third person.

(Redacted) Rlfictionbook17 (talk) 14:59, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop posting this minimally reworded text from the website. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 15:02, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

... which I'm not allowed to remove due to an edit filter. Guess I'll put in the revdel request anyway. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 15:06, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, Rlfictionbook17. 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:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Equine-man (talk) 15:04, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

An interest conflict? I'm contributing facts to the conversation. My first book was published in July of last year, yet Wikipedia has not yet included it. What happens once two more follow? Please let me know who I'm up against. Wikipedia ought to be used to promote knowledge, right? Rlfictionbook17 (talk) 15:11, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Creating an autobiography, or writing about your own works, is strongly discouraged – please see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If those topics are notable, someone else will probably create an article sooner or later. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site, and certainly not a place to just copy and paste your biography and book descriptions. DanCherek (talk) 15:13, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Notability[edit]

Publication of a book does not automatically make the author or the book Wikipedia-notable. What is required is to have as references what other people have written/published about the author or the book. David notMD (talk) 10:04, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]