User talk:Marcel Punt

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you created or edited appears to be an article about yourself. Creating an autobiography is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians—as this is an encyclopedia, we wouldn't expect to have an article about every contributor. We require individuals to meet Wikipedia's definition of a notable person to accept articles about them.

The page you created about yourself may well be deleted from the encyclopedia. If it is deleted and you wish to retrieve its contents, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page. If your contributions to an existing article about yourself are undone and you wish to add to it, please propose the changes on its talk page.

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 * Hello Jimfbleak!
 * Yeah, I wondered what had happened to my text and would like to retrieve it if it cannot be published. I could ask another Wikipedian to create the page for me. The reason why I thought it necessary to have a page on me is the fact that my name has changed from Henrico Stewen back to my initial name Marcel Punt, (a long story with two birth names and a divorce). With my former name Henrico Stewen I received a Doctor's Degree, made CD recordings, and won a prestigious prize, the 2011 Echo Klassik Awards. When I saw my former name on the list of this Award at a Wikipedia page, I wanted to make clear that Henrico Stewen is me - Marcel Punt.
 * I know quite some colleagues that have created Wikipedia pages on themselves, so I thought it would be no problem doing so. It is not for commercial purposes, since I have ended my career as a soloist long ago and, instead, work as an appointed church musician. The links to my CD recordings point to a CD shop who sells about two of my CDs per year (as you know, the CD market collapsed many years ago): The reason for writing that article, rather, is to put things right. I could not see any harm in that. Instead of uplifting myself in my article, I point out many other pages/people/articles on Wikipedia.
 * I sincerely hope that my article will be published anyway.
 * Marcel Punt (talk) 12:15, 2 January 2023 (UTC)