Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia is not about YOU

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The inspration

This essay was inspired by comments made by User: WikiDan61 on the talk page of Wikipedia:A Primer for newcomers. Hopefully, new editors will understand that writing about things too close to them can create problems. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 01:31, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]