User talk:Edouard Dubois

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Hello, Edouard Dubois, 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. 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 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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Ian.thomson (talk) 10:35, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not the place to promote your career

See WP:NOTPROMO. If you continue to re-create the page with all the "endorsements" for your music, you will be blocked. Ian.thomson (talk) 11:20, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

More advice here.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:31, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Edouard Dubois, you are invited to the Teahouse!

Hi Edouard Dubois! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. Be our guest at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a friendly space where new editors can ask questions about contributing to Wikipedia and get help from experienced editors like John from Idegon (talk). Visit the Teahouse We hope to see you there! Delivered by HostBot on behalf of the Teahouse hosts 16:05, 29 September 2019 (UTC)