User talk:EdwardPines

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Removal of fake articles
Hi there,

I notice that you created two sub-pages in your user space, User:EdwardPines/BERKOWITZ! and User:EdwardPines/List of BERKOWITZ! episodes.

Having performed a number of searches, from what I can tell, this animation doesn't actually exist (or if it does, it's not associated with the Cartoon Network et al as the "article" claims) and the page content- and cartoon itself!- is entirely fictitious. Please note that Wikipedia is not your personal webspace and large-scale use of user space for non-WP-related purposes is generally considered misuse.

The fact that these *look* like "real" Wikipedia pages is beside the point- since they're fictitious made-up content, they have nothing to do with the project (and never can). We're generally quite lenient with personal material on user pages, but this is a lot and- more seriously- the fact that these are also likely to be mistaken for real articles (possibly from people arriving via Google, etc.) takes it into "fake article" territory.

For this reason I've blanked these two pages. You can retrieve the content by going into the page history and selecting older versions (and transfer it to another site if you like), but please do not attempt to re-create this content on Wikipedia itself without good reason.

Sorry if this sounds harsh- I've nothing against you (or anyone else) carrying out this sort of hobbyist thing elsewhere, it's that Wikipedia just isn't the place for it.

Please feel free to continue making legitimate edits to Wikipedia itself and using your userspace in ways that are related to the project. All the best, Ubcule (talk) 20:37, 19 March 2014 (UTC)