User talk:Chadprather

Welcome![edit]

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

I notice that one of the first articles you created was Chad Prather, which appears to be an article about yourself. This 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.

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.

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Please don't write about yourself[edit]

Please do not write or add to an article about yourself, as you apparently did at Chad Prather. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. Melcous (talk) 04:11, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Chadprather, you are invited to the Teahouse![edit]

Hi Chadprather! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia.
Be our guest at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a friendly space where new editors can ask questions about contributing to Wikipedia and get help from experienced editors like Missvain (talk).

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16:03, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

February 2017[edit]

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Chad Prather, without citing a reliable source using an inline citation that clearly supports the material. The burden is on the person wishing to keep in the material to meet these requirements, as a necessary (but not always sufficient) condition. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Please note that as the article it apparently about you, you should be suggesting changes on the talk page rather than editing it directly, as per the conflict of interest guidelines. Melcous (talk) 07:55, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

August 2017[edit]

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Chad Prather. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Melcous (talk) 23:02, 6 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]