User talk:Ryanmatthewsauthor

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Hello, Ryanmatthewsauthor. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Draft:Ryan Matthews (author), 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 article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. -- NotCharizard ^🗨 02:31, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct. I was intending to make a page about myself. Using another author as a template, I was attempting to make a non-biased entry of basic information following the guidelines. I saw where this is discouraged, but not prohibited. I wanted to give my readers a jumping off point. I did disclose my COI on my user page. Ryanmatthewsauthor (talk) 11:19, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]