user cowleyjohn i've added the prod template to your user page process i've explained why in the deletion notice see also what wikipedia is not and wikipedia's deletion policy please note that the purpose of a user page is not as personal homepage or wikipedia is not a general hosting service but as way for active editors of wikipedia to introduce themselves to other editors if you disagree with the notice discuss the issues here or on my user talk page you may remove the deletion notice and the page will not be deleted for the moment but note that it may still be sent to miscellany for deletion where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria talk