User talk:Joshuaoleynik

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Hello, Joshuaoleynik, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you created appears to be an article about yourself. This is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians—as this is an encyclopedia, we wouldn't expect to have an article about every contributor. Your user page, however, is a great place to write about yourself, making sure to stay within user page guidelines. Just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit it normally.

The page you created about yourself has been or will shortly be speedily deleted from Wikipedia, but if you want to use the content from it, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type   on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! VQuakr (talk) 20:15, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
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Welcome!

Hello, Joshuaoleynik, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created is an unreferenced biography of a living person. The Wikipedia community has decided that all biographies of living persons (BLPs) created after 18 March 2010 must have reliable sources, or they can be deleted.

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Vandalism - what vandalism is and how to revert it I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! User talk:MikeBeckett Please do ask me your questions! MikeBeckett  20:29, 23 May 2011 (UTC) User talk:MikeBeckett Please do ask me your questions! MikeBeckett  20:29, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Larisa Oleynik
I have just undone the revisions you recently made to Larisa Oleynik's page, as most of what you wrote seemed to be about you and not her. I have looked online and can't find any information that states definitively that Larisa even has a brother, but even if you are indeed him, Wikipedia was not designed to be a tool for spreading the word about yourself. That's what Twitter is for. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by ElGrigg82 (talk • contribs) 00:51, 25 May 2011 (UTC)