User talk:John D. Garba

June 2014
Hello, I'm Smalljim. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Campigneulles-les-Grandes seemed less than neutral to me, so I removed it for now. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Also there's no apparent connection with the subject of the article.  —S MALL  JIM   12:14, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. While we appreciate that you enjoy using Wikipedia, please note that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a social network. Wikipedia is not a place to socialize or do things that are not directly related to improving the encyclopedia, as you did at User:John D. Garba. Off-topic material may be deleted at any time. We're sorry if this message has discouraged you from editing this website, but the ultimate goal of this website is to build an encyclopedia (please see WP:NOT for further details). I have deleted your user page for this reason. —S MALL  JIM   19:22, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Talkback
—S MALL JIM   11:00, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Your user name
In view of your statement on my talk page that the name of this account is not your name, I must ask you to stop using this account because it is misleading and will lead people to believe that you are John D. Garba. This request is in accordance with our username policy. You may ask for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account for editing. —S MALL JIM   22:01, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Please make sure that you understand the other two points I raised in my earlier reply: they are still relevant. For ease of reference I've copied them here:

2. Also relevant is our policy on What Wikipedia is not, particularly the sections WP:NOTPROMOTION and WP:NOTWEBHOST.

3. You will also find User pages, our guideline on what is and what isn't allowable in user pages, worth reading.

If you still intend to write an article on Garba, I'd suggest that you use the Article wizard which will help make sure you don't make mistakes that will cause your work to be deleted. —S MALL JIM   22:14, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Your recent edits
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Thank you. --SineBot (talk) 10:32, 1 July 2014 (UTC)