User talk:Georgewitting

George William Witting 6-18-01 - present He lives in algonac, and attends Algonquin middle school, and doesn't take no for an answer. He wants to be an lawyer and will not let anything get in his way.

Welcome!
Hi, George. Welcome to Wikipedia. Being an editor here is a lot of fun, but it isn't quite as simple as it may first appear. I will leave you some links to information you will need to know if you are going to successfully edit here.

The main reason I wrote you is two-fold. First your edits to Algonac, Michigan have been removed as they were not really constructive. This is a real encyclopedia, not a social media site or a blog. Your name does not belong in the article about your home town. My name does not belong in the article about my home town. And information in articles on Wikipedia is to be based on facts not opinions. Your additions were not.

Which brings me to the second, and more important, reason I wrote you. You have indicated your age and you are clearly a young man. Not an adult. You need to make your parents aware of what you are doing here. It would also be very wise to remove your birthdate, as a precaution against identity theft. You would be surprised at how much information can be gathered about a person with just their name and birthdate! Although there are many people here who use their names as their username, I would not recommend it for a minor. Again just basic cybersafety. You can change your username at WP:CHU.

Welcome again, George. If your parents allow you to stick around, you are more than welcome to contact me on my talk page if you need any help. Just remember, this is not a social media site such as Facebook. This page is your talk page. Every editor and every article have one. They are to facilitate communication between editors regarding editing. They are not for chit-chat, although a little friendly banter does occur between editors that have worked together on articles and have a sorta professional relationship, kinda like you and your school buddies. Your userpage, User:Georgewitting, exists so you can share with the Wikipedia community some stuff about you, stuff that will relate to your editing activities here. Best of luck to you. Happy Editing! John from Idegon (talk) 02:32, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Welcome
 Hello Georgewitting, and Welcome to Wikipedia!  Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you enjoy the encyclopedia and want to stay. As a first step, you may wish to read the Introduction.

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Georgewitting, good luck, and have fun. – John from Idegon (talk) 02:33, 26 November 2014 (UTC)