Wikipedia:I am an essayist

This is an essay.

It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints.

I am an essayist.

My essays represent my views, and those of other contributors who have edited them.

They do not belong to me, whether in my own user space or in the wikipedia namespace. They belong to the project, like all other pages here.

They are not policies or guidelines. If I have claimed or even implied that they are, then I was wrong. If others have claimed or even implied that I have done this, then I hope they were wrong too.

They are here to help the project. Their main benefit is to make discussion on talk pages more concise. I don't need to repeat there everything I say here, instead I can just link here, as can others.

I hope they help you. You may not agree with all or any of what they say. But I hope you will at least try to understand it.

Thanks for your time.