User talk:Stephen D Kent

OK first time so here it is: I have a Wikipedia user page and have found that it doesn't show publicy, how do I get it to do so, ie I want the info about me to show in wikipedia - anyone help? Stephen D Kent (talk) 22:02, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your userpage and previous account

Hi Stephen.

You appear to be labouring under a misunderstanding regarding Wikipedia's purpose, so allow me to explain. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a social network. Attempts to use it as such, by creating personal pages linking to your other online activities, are frowned upon, and users who are not here to build an encyclopedia generally end up being blocked from editing altogether. Whilst your userpage is a space you can use to tell other editors about yourself, it is not a venue for self-promotion, garnering hits for linked sites, or to create a personal profile in the same way as Facebook or MySpace - as with everything on Wikipedia, it's there to help build an encyclopedia.

Your current page is not really permissable according to our userpage guidelines. Here is a list of things you can use your userspace for, and here is a list of things that you can't: note specifically the prohibitions on referral links and excessive personal information unrelated to Wikipedia.

I also notice that you have previously operated at least one additional account, User:Elfgiftsplace, which you have used for exactly the same purpose. Multiple accounts are not permitted for this purpose, and as such I have blocked that account.

If you are not interested in writing about anything other than yourself (and to date, you have not contributed a single character of text on any other subject, with either of your accounts), then I'm afraid that Wikipedia is not the website you're looking for. Many other websites exist that will permit you to do this; please consider using one of them instead. If, on the other hand, you are actively looking to contribute to the encyclopedia, then I suggest you redeact or at least severely trim your userpage (especially the links) and take a look at the tutorial for new users to get an idea of how you can help.

Regards, Yunshui 雲‍水 07:22, 3 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]