User talk:Alinghi1973

Advertising on Costa Maya article
Please do not add advertising or inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. --NormanEinstein (talk) 01:01, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Dear Norman, thank you to post a note because I didn't understand why my link disappeared every time. The website I've added doesn't violate the rules of wikipedia, in fact it is just an information guide of costa maya. The website doesn't mention telephone numbers, prices or promote anything but the others external links of costa maya page do promote activities, such as:

- Costa Maya Sun (includes hotel prices)

- Costa Maya e-newsletter covering Mahahual, Xcalak, Placer and Uvero (page not found, anyway the newsletter is given to promote the hotel)

I'm going to move to costa maya very soon (about 2 months) and I would like to help people to know Costa Maya, please check it out again the link I had added and tell me what you think about it. Thank you, Monica


 * Thank you for noticing one of the external links on the Costa Maya was no longer available; I've removed it. I also removed the link to the hotel website you added. It looks like a very good website, but unfortunately it's not the type of material that Wikipedia uses for an external link. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia so lists of restaurants and hotels don't have a place here. However, you should checkout the Wikitravel project: it's like Wikipedia but their content is meant for travellers and tourists. Here's a link to their page on Costa Maya. There's not a lot of information on that page, so if you're interested in doing a little work it looks like they could use the help. :-) --NormanEinstein (talk) 23:05, 27 January 2010 (UTC)