User talk:Christopher McLaren
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The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~ (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! Eagleash (talk) 09:13, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
July 2020[edit]
Hello Christopher, There is a slight problem with your userpage; this page exists for you to tell the community a *little* about yourself and how you intend to contribute to the encyclopedia. It should not contain article-like content or excessive detail (Wikipedia is not somewhere to create a 'profile' in the manner of Facebook or similar sites). If you want to experiment with Wikipedia 'markup' please use your sandbox. As it stands, the userpage may be liable to deletion as not in line with Wikipedia's purposes. It would be best if you prune the content to the bare minimum. Thank you. Please feel free to ask for help with editing at any time. Happy editing. Eagleash (talk) 09:18, 31 July 2020 (UTC)