User talk:Souresrafil576*

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I noticed that one of the first articles you created or edited was User:Souresrafil576*/sandbox/Ahmad Souresrafil, which appears to be an article about yourself. Writing about yourself is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians.

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Souresrafil576* (talk) 20:00, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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To Whom It May Concern,

Thank you for messaging me, I wanted to ask for help and clear some things up.

The article I created User:Souresrafil576*/sandbox/Ahmad Souresrafil is not about myself, although I am related to the subject of the article. How do I clear this up and state my exact conflict of interest. Is it still acceptable to write about deceased family members?

While I'm here I also wanted to ask about citation. I would like to cite a flier of an exhibiton for my wikipedia article. Is that possible? Do I have to create a custom reference? How do I create a custom reference?

Thank you for your consideration. Souresrafil576* (talk) 20:00, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Technically speaking, you have just done so, though if you want to make it slightly more permanent and/or obvious, you can use either {{UserboxCOI}} or {{User disclosure}} on your user page (or use {{connected contributor}} on the talk page of the article you're working on). You don't necessarily need to state exactly what your COI is, just that you have one. And yes, it's perfectly acceptable to write about family members (dead or alive), we (the community) tend to find that it is harder for editors like that to remain neutral.

As far as your second question goes, I'm going to counter your question with one of my own: what is this flier providing that another source cannot? Does it need to be a flier? That being said, if you absolutely had to use it, you could probably get away with {{Cite sign}}; if you don't like that option, just use the base {{Citation}}. If you want more help, change the {{help me-helped}} back into a {{help me}}, stop by the Teahouse, or Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 20:56, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your response. I believe the flyer may be better qualified as a different source (an image for example): I will look more into it. Souresrafil576* (talk) 21:35, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm wondering if a flyer is publicly accessible, like in a library or something. It needs to be theoretically possible for anyone to review the source material. It doesn't need to be easy to get, but it does need to be available to the public. 331dot (talk) 21:22, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I see, would access on a website count as availability to the public? Thank you four your insights. Souresrafil576* (talk) 21:31, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]