User talk:AllenHarkleroad

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the external links you added do not comply with our guidelines for external links. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Accurizer 10:52, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Please do not add 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 attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policy for further explanations. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Accurizer 10:56, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Accurizer 11:00, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

This is your last warning. The next time you insert a spam link, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted as well, preventing anyone from linking to them from any site that uses the MediaWiki spam blacklist, which includes all of Wikimedia and Wikipedia. Accurizer 11:07, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Not Spamming
Hi, I am not spamming nor am I looking for search ranking. I own about 100 city destinations that have news, local jobs, business directory, etc for each city. I saw other links similar to what I am posting. The whole idea is to provide news and information for the cities that I maintain sites for. THe sites are more for the persons living in these cities and are as valuable as the other external links posted.

Allen


 * Two points of Wikipedia policy: 1) these are websites with which you are closely affiliated, which leads to conflict of interest issues; indeed, you are using Wikipedia to promote traffic to your websites, which will benefit you. 2) as it says in WP:SPAM, "Many times users can be confused by the removal of spam links because other links that could be construed as spam have been added to the article and not yet removed.  The inclusion of a spam link should not be construed as an endorsement of the spam link, nor should it be taken as a reason or excuse to include another." If you have pertinent, verifiable information to contribute to these articles, please do so - that's what's really needed. - Special-T 19:21, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

(Allen) THank you for the clarification


 * You're very welcome. Check out Introduction and Manual of Style for pointers and links to other similar "how-to" pages. BTW, sign your posts by inserting four tildes (Signatures sez: "At the end of your comments, simply type four tildes (~), like this:  ~ ."  Happy editing. - Special-T 12:16, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks once mmore. So when doe my IP/User ban go away? AllenHarkleroad 13:56, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll see what I can do --User:Rock2e Talk - Contribs 14:00, 19 May 2007 (UTC)