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Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 16:56, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

March 2022[edit]

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. Please refrain from hijacking pages as you did with Dean Tracy. Should you believe the subject you were writing about deserves an article, please use the Article Wizard, which has an option to create a draft version that you can then get feedback on. Also see Wikipedia's disambiguation guideline which indicates how to handle separate subjects with similar names. If you continue to hijack an existing article, you may be blocked from editing. If you have any questions, you are always welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. Johnj1995 (talk) 18:12, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi John -

Thank you for your note - If I have the login credentials to this site, how did I hijack it? That was never my intent.

Please advise -

Thanks -

Dean 98.159.78.171 (talk) 19:05, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally - If I did hijack it, please reset my credentials, block my access and put it back to the way it was. I certainly didn't mean to violate any rules.

You'll get no argument from me, especially if I was wrong. :-) 98.159.78.171 (talk) 19:07, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi John -

Not arguing, but how is it that I have the login credentials for this Wikipedia page if it's not intended for me to use?

Please advise -

Dean Tracy 98.159.78.171 (talk) 16:19, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You are allowed to edit constructively at this time. You are not allowed to transform an article about another person named Dean Tracy into a bullet point résumé of yourself. That is article hijacking and it is disruptive editing. See also WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY and WP:COI. Cullen328 (talk) 17:42, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

OK - I understand and apologize. I'm not going to hijack his detail, but why do I have access to edit it?

My real name is "Dean Tracy" and my login is DeanTracy. Not sure what else to say. I'm not "famous" but if this is MY name and MY login credentials allow me access to MY Wikipedia profile, then why can't I use it? Just because this other "Dean Tracy" has ridden in the Olympics, two-times, 11-years ago isn't a big deal.

I look forward to your reply (I think!).

Have a great day - Dean Tracy DeanTracy (talk) 19:25, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Dean: I think I can explain a few things. Wikipedia policy allows almost anyone to edit almost any page (there are some exceptions). There aren't login credentials for particular pages. Thus, you were able to edit Dean Tracy just like you could have edited Taylor Swift or Joe Biden or Tokyo or Refrigerator. However, it is not recommended for a person to try to write an article about themself, due to concerns about bias. It is better for a Wikipedia biography of a person to be written by other people than by themself. Furthermore, if there was going to be an article about you, it should not have been created by erasing an existing article about a different person with the same name. If someone's name happens to be Joe Biden but he isn't the President, we aren't going to erase the article about the President to write an article about the other Joe Biden. Rather, we would put the article about the other Joe Biden under a new title as a separate article -- see Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people)#Disambiguating. For example, Michael Jackson is about the guy who sang "Thriller", while Michael Jackson (radio commentator) is about the Los Angeles radio personality and Michael Jackson (writer) is about the beer expert. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 00:22, 31 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Metropolitan90 - Thank you so much for your reply and for educating me on this. I had no idea that this is how it all worked and appreciate you bring clarity, along with an explanation that I can understand. It all sounds way too complicated for me to mess with, so I'm just going to "sit down and shut up."

I apologize if my tone was argumentative - I just didn't understand and nobody was able to really answer my question.

Thanks again - Have a Blessed Day -

Dean 98.159.78.171 (talk) 15:52, 31 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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