User:Lar/linkspam


 * It is your call whether to participate here or not. But please remember this: We are building an encyclopedia. All of us are volunteers, freely giving of our time to do something really cool. That means we're all just users, but the people telling you to not put linkspam in are not doing that to be mean, or because it's their personal feeling, they are telling you because that's Wikipedia Policy. We've given you some links to review. You should review them before you decide never to contribute again. We'd love it if you did contribute. Your site shows that you know stuff about bands that's valuable to have in the encyclopedia. But we want it IN the encyclopedia, not linked from it, because WP is not a link farm, it's supposed to be a reference that stands on its own. Consider visiting some of the articles you linkspammed and instead of just removing your link, using info you know about that band or album or whatever to enhance the article. Then use referencing to cite the source (your site).


 * Now, you've offered to remove all your links, which is a helpful and thoughtful offer, most true vandals just leave their messes for others to clean up, so you're clearly not a vandal. This URL will help you find all of the links you added: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Icarus071 (it's a list of all the contributions your userid has made.)


 * You also say you want your user account deleted. It is policy that accounts are never deleted. The GFDL (the license used here) requires attribution to specific contributors, so we never delete accounts so the attribution stays connected.


 * Hope that all helps. Others say I am too lenient and explain too much when blocking is what should be done, but I hope that you will reconsider your decision never to contribute again, and instead shape your contributions to be more than linkspam, but instead make contributions that add value to "the greatest encyclopedia mankind has ever known". Best wishes. + +Lar: t/c 18:17, 11 April 2006 (UTC)