User talk:Andywiseman

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Andywiseman, good luck, and have fun. —SpanishSnake (talk) 01:20, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

June 2019
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Begoon 08:11, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
 * It would be helpful if you gave the diff of the "inappropriate external links"--BushelCandle (talk) 06:12, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * This warning was issued specifically for . Thank you for your concern. -- Begoon 06:55, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your quick response, Begoon. --BushelCandle (talk) 07:40, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

I am not sure if I am replying to this correctly, but sorry - I felt it was descriptive as there was a link to another shutter site as well, but now I see both are removed. Thanks for explaining with your notes above. -- Andywiseman (talk)
 * You're replying just fine. Yes, sometimes inappropriate links are not noticed for a while - the fact that one inappropriate link exists shouldn't be taken as encouragement to add others though. No problem, since both are now removed. For reference see WP:ELNO. External links to commercial sites selling products or services or heavily supported by advertising/links are hardly ever appropriate. Sites linked to in references follow the same rules basically, and a reference is only ever used to support genuine content, not because it is 'interesting' or to draw attention to a site. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, and inappropriate links are removed on sight. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines, but 'spamming' is still common, so we are forced to block repeat offenders who continue to add inappropriate external links after our policies have been explained. Thanks for your understanding. -- Begoon 18:16, 12 June 2019 (UTC)