User talk:Wiselauren

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Welcome!

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you created or edited was Lauren Wise, which appears to be an article about yourself. Creating an autobiography 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. If your contributions to an existing article about yourself are undone and you wish to add to it, please propose the changes on its talk page.

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• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• Contributing to Wikipedia
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! OcarinaOfTime (talk) 18:34, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Just as an addendum to the above templated response (which doesn't say quite what I'd intended reading back....)

Hi Lauren, and welcome to Wikipedia! Just a quick note - it looks like you're editing an article about yourself. Whilst that's not a problem, just a heads up you should declare that on your Userpage User:Wiselauren (it'll prompt you to create it if it doesn't already exist). Also, just be mindful of Wikipedia's WP:NPOV policy, which covers the precautions you should be taking to make sure the tone of the article remains neutral and is backed up with sources.

One final note, I see you're claiming the copyright on your pictures. Just be aware that the Creative Commons license you've released the picture under means re-use is permitted, so long as it's attributed. OcarinaOfTime (talk) 18:38, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

June 2020

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because the username, Wiselauren, matches the name of a well-known, living person.

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