Bwoods1998

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

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Your username

Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Brandon Woods, and I noticed that your username, "Brandonwoodsviolin", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Jack Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

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April 2016

Please do not write or add to an article about yourself, as you apparently did at Brandon Woods. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Your new username suggests you are Brandon Woods; if so, please indicate that you understand the policy on autobiographies. 331dot (talk) 12:01, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Oh I'm so sorry 331dot! I wasn't aware we weren't allowed to write articles about ourselves. I just clicked the musical artist option, not even thinking. Please delete the page accordingly.

Kind regards and my apologies, Brandon

Bwoods1998 (talk) 12:06, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

I would say that, though I'm not certain, you may still merit an article here; you just should not create it directly. You can review the notability criteria for music, and if you feel you meet at least one of the listed criteria, you can visit Articles for Creation where you can submit a page for review by others before posting, which can mitigate any autobiographical conflict of interest issues. 331dot (talk) 12:10, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

No worries, thanks for that information; good to know and I'll keep that in mind. I think I will wait for someone else to create the page next time around. Thank you for your time! Bwoods1998 (talk) 12:15, 27 April 2016 (UTC)