User talk:Bananaboat1221

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Bananaboat1221, good luck, and have fun.  Woerich   (talk)   19:16, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Caution about using Wikipedia as a blog or creative outlet
Hi, it’s me again! I notice that you have been using your user page as a tribute to Courtney, who I’m assuming is your girlfriend. While I’m sure that Courtney is flattered by this, I think I should caution you about doing this and tell you that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a blog, social networking site, etc. We welcome you here, but ask that you contribute to the project... in other words, we want you here to build an encyclopedia.

Your user page should be used to introduce yourself to the Wikipedia community as an editor and focus on your contributions to the project.... as it stands, your user page looks like you are trying to immortalize Courtney (who sounds like a wonderful person!). Please look over the welcome message I have left at the top of your talk page. It has links to information about Wikipedia, policies about editing, and suggestions for ways you can get involved. I hope you do decide to edit some articles (correcting typos, grammar, and improving writing style are all appreciated here)!

That said, I personally don’t have a problem if you devote a part of your user page to Courtney. We just ask you to focus on contributing to the project. I hope to see you around!  Woerich   (talk)   19:12, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for informing me. I simply just created an account to prove a point to my girlfriend but I will work on fixing up my user page and devote some of it to her.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Bananaboat1221 (talk • contribs) 04:37, 15 April 2020 (UTC)