Igor Merezhko

August 2024

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== Request for Review ==

I have added and revised the draft for Igor Merezhko and believe it is ready for review. Could someone please review this draft and provide feedback on any improvements needed before it is published? Thank you!

--Igor Merezhko (talk) 11:42, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

If you want the draft to be reviewed, you should click on the Submit the draft for review! button. jlwoodwa (talk) 17:06, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Reply

When you post on a talk page, please put it at the bottom of the page with a heading, not in the middle of another message.

Have you actually read the message above? Your user page isn't for you to write about yourself, or anyone else for that matter, and any such material there will always be deleted, whoever it's about.

Even if you posted it as a proper draft, it would have been problematic. You have an obvious conflict of interest, please don't write about yourself, your friends or relatives and read the guidance below:

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Your text was entirely lacking in inline references using Wikipedia markup. It was promotional in tone with your own self-praise he was recognized as the best Ukrainian hockey player... his successful season. He's probably notable, but we need to verify what you say with proper references, external links are not acceptable here. You also had no wikilinks, such as ice hockey.

Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read Your first article. Since you are writing about yourself, or someone you know as a friend, colleague, client, employer or relative, you have a conflict of interest, and you must disclose the nature of that COI. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 17:44, 26 August 2024 (UTC)