User:Oshwah/Templates/NewUserOutingCaution

Hi ! I want to start off by welcoming you to Wikipedia. I'm glad you're here and I hope that you take off your jacket and stay with us for awhile. :-)

I wanted to talk to you about your user page. I saw that you added your name, as well as links to your personal social media profiles and other pages across the internet about you. I highly recommend that you do not add any kind of private information like this to your user page. It can open yourself up to harassment, being "doxxed" (having your address, phone number, and other private information found and posted online), as well as other kinds of very bad things. This kind of harassment is an extremely stressful situation for those who become victims, and once you post your personal information online somewhere, it's usually impossible to take it back.

I went ahead and removed this personal information from your user page and suppressed those edits. I did this in order to allow yourself a chance to read this message, become aware of these risks and take time to reflect on this, and to consciously make a decision as to whether or not you want to really post that information. As of right now, if you decide not to put it back, the information you added is suppressed and cannot be accessed or viewed by anyone outside of the oversight team, and you won't be at any risk for harassment. However, if you do decide to put it back, you do so freely at your own will, and despite the caution I gave you here about doing so. I obviously can't make you do anything; I just wanted to warn you about what can happen should you choose to post your private information here.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and I'll be happy to answer them and help you with anything I can. :-) Again, welcome to Wikipedia! We're glad to have you as part of our community! :-) Best regards -