Wikipedia:WikiPuppy

A WikiPuppy is a good-faith newcomer whose edits are somewhat Myspacey.

WikiPuppies are always good-faith newcomers. However, because they have little experience, they think of Wikipedia as a social networking site. Therefore, they have many, many edits to userspace, and few, if any, edits in the mainspace. WikiPuppies are always friendly, and love attention. As a result of their cuteness, many other WikiFauna overlook their myspacey-ness, so they usually have many friends.

As a result of their myspacey nature, and their non-encyclopedic userpage and subpages, WikiPuppies are the #1 victim of WikiWitches. Although not the most common victim of WikiVampires, they're one of their top victims.

Dealing with a WikiPuppy
A good way to deal with a WikiPuppy is to give them a friendly notice informing them that Wikipedia is not Myspace. Adoption will almost always help a WikiPuppy become a better editor. Nominating their pages for MFD immediately is very bitey, and should only be done as a last resort. Sometimes they may grow up into WikiDogs.

Identification
If you are a WikiPuppy and wish to identify yourself, feel free to use this userbox: User wikipedia/WikiPuppy

If you were a WikiPuppy, but now contribute to the encyclopedia regularly, feel free to use this userbox: User wikipedia/FormerWikiPuppy