User talk:DGT60?

November 2019
Hello, and welcome to editing Wikipedia. I hope you have a successful time here. However, there have unfortunately been problems with your first steps, because the sandbox page you have created is, in several ways, an example of what Wikipedia is not. I know that it must be discouraging to be told that your first steps at editing are not compatible with Wikipedia policies, but I actually think it is likely to be more helpful to let you know of the problems right at the start, so you can avoid making the same mistakes again, rather than quietly letting you continue in the same way, putting a lot of time and effort into something which will eventually be deleted. My advice to new editors is that it is best to start by making small improvements to existing articles, rather than creating new articles. That way any mistakes you make will be small ones, and you won't have the discouraging experience of repeatedly seeing hours of work deleted. Gradually, you will get to learn how Wikipedia works, and after a while you will know enough about what is acceptable to be able to write whole new articles without fear that they will be deleted. Over the years I have found that editors who start by making small changes to existing articles and work up from there have a far better chance of having a successful time here than those who jump right into creating new articles from the start. JBW (talk) Formerly JamesBWatson 20:42, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not a manual or guidebook. We do not have pages of advice to readers on how to do things (in your case how to avoid malware, viruses etc).
 * Wikipedia does not aim to publish personal views of its editors. The page you created clearly expresses opinions of someone (presumably you) concerning the threats it describes.
 * The main purpose of the page appears to be to direct readers to certain web sites giving information related to the subject. While Wikipedia articles often do contain links to other web sites, editing which has the principal (or only) purpose of directing readers to other web sites is not permitted.

Please refrain from introducing inappropriate pages, such as User:DGT60?/sandbox, to Wikipedia, as doing so is not in accordance with our policies. For more information about creating articles, you may want to read Your first article; you might also consider using the Article Wizard. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. The first time you created the page, being new to editing Wikipedia you probably didn't know that it would be unacceptable, but the second time you did so, after the first copy had been deleted and you had received the above message, you certainly did. JBW (talk) Formerly JamesBWatson 12:18, 24 November 2019 (UTC)