User talk:Aaleach

Links to external sites
Hi - The links you recently added don't seem to comply with External links (see "Links to avoid", #12). You're quite welcome to edit here and contribute content (based on reliable sources), but please don't add links to your own website. -- Rick Block (talk) 00:10, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't read this document thoroughly before posting my links. I saw similar links so I thought they would be okay. What constitutes a "recognized authority"? Or how does one become "recognized"? I thought my links were information rich since I had personally explored these areas thoroughly and documented these explorations with my own photos, videos, and articles/trip reports.


 * No need to be sorry - no one's born knowing the guidelines for editing here (we try to make an effort to provide a welcoming environment for new editors). Recognized authority (in mountaineering) would be someone like Jim Whittaker, almost certainly such a person would have an article here about him or her.  Rather than link to your site, would you consider uploading some of your photos here?  The licensing terms are a little unusual, so before doing this I'd encourage you to read about the GFDL.  The basic idea is that Wikipedia's content is forever free, available for anyone to do anything they'd like with (even make money) but only as long as they make the same rights available to anyone else.  The fundamental motivations behind the linking restriction are to encourage people to include content here rather than link to content elsewhere and to avoid becoming a link farm.  In any event, if you're willing to edit here your expertise would be welcome although first hand knowledge is considered original research (all text content is supposed to be verifiable and from reliable sources).  If you have any questions about contributing or technical questions about editing please let me know. -- Rick Block (talk) 01:46, 19 October 2007 (UTC)