User talk:Brian Sax SVP

October 2015
Hello, Brian, and welcome to editing Wikipedia. You are, of course, very welcome to start contributing to the encyclopaedia, but I'm afraid your first contribution, User:Brian Sax SVP, was not in line with Wikipedia's standards, and has been deleted. This was because it was use of a user page to hold a personal web page about things unrelated to work on the encyclopaedia. A user page is supposed to be for providing a little information about oneself in connection with one's work for Wikipedia, not for holding a personal web page or a résumé. In addition, language such as "During his remarkable career, he has performed in such a way that he has risen through the ranks, gaining title after title, achievement after achievement" made the page into an unambiguous use of Wikipedia to extol or promote yourself. Promotional editing is not permitted on any page, about any subject.

If your only purpose here is to write about yourself, then Wikipedia is not the right place for you, but there are many other web sites where this sort of thing is acceptable. If, on the other hand, you are interested in contributing to the encyclopaedia, and your user page was just a first step, then I am sorry that you have had what must be a discouraging first experience, and I suggest that a better way of starting is to make small improvements to Wikipedia articles. That way, you can build up experience, learn what is acceptable and what isn't, and eventually you will know enough about how Wikipedia works to be able to make much bigger contributions without fear that they will be immediately deleted. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 13:36, 8 October 2015 (UTC)