User talk:IHarbonaut

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Hi,

I was inspired to write this article after I used the new chatgpt search engine and searched my own name. This is the text that was produced and I thought it objective enough to start a Wikipedia page. Is there anything I can do to make this text acceptable? If the page gets deleted from Wikipedia then I'm OK with that. I won't try to write another. IHarbonaut (talk) 22:26, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, well that introduces a new issue, because unedited AI text should not be added to Wikipedia. Chatbots have a tendency to use flowery, non-neutral language and to straightforwardly fabricate information (though in this case I'm sure you'd have noticed if that had occurred).

There isn't a strict rule against submitting an article about yourself, so if you really want to do so, you can. You'd need to comply with the disclosures in the conflict of interest policy. To increase your chances of having the article accepted, the AI-generated text would need to be edited significantly or rewritten: it would need to be made more neutral, avoiding that kind of promotional language that ChatGPT loves so much; it would also need to be backed up by reliable sources, both to verify the information and to prove the notability of the subject (by Wikipedia's metric). It's often a good idea to go find those reliable sources first and then write the article from them, rather than the other way around. If this is something you'd like to try, I'd recommend this page on writing your first article which contains various useful tips. Otherwise, there are lots of other ways to contribute to Wikipedia, if you'd be interested. AntiDionysius (talk) 22:36, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

Ok I'm rewriting the article and I feel it's more in line with other wikipedia articles. I hope you agree. IHarbonaut (talk) 15:08, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]