User talk:Jdktipton
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Additionally, only notable people should be listed in lists of alumni or residents. Any subject without an article should not be listed—and as I will note below, you should not write an article about yourself. —C.Fred (talk) 18:33, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
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The reason your attempts to add "Jo Dean Tipton" to the list of notable residents of the East Village have been twice reverted is that the person -- who I assume by your user name may be you or related to you -- does not satisfy Wikipedia's policies on notability; please take a look at the rules to see what the requirements are. Merely having lived in the East Village is not sufficient -- I lived there myself for 8 years and I'm not on the list either.
In general, Wikipedia is not Facebook or MyPage, nor are we a site in which one can promote oneself, which is why we have rules about who is and is not eligible to be included. Also, as the editor above suggested, you should take a look at the policies on editing with a conflict of interest. Any edits you care to make which improve the encylopedia, and are within the boundaries of our policies, are more than welcome, but please be careful about making other kinds of edits - they will be removed in the interests of the project overall. Best, Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:40, 10 March 2011 (UTC)