User talk:Ann77

Discdish


I noticed almost every one of your edits is related to the website Discdish. Are you in some way affiliated with this site? Rehevkor ✉  16:06, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

In particular:

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 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 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 article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. MER-C 01:56, 23 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Please do not add references to Discdish. It is not considered a reliable source. Rehevkor ✉  20:22, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi Rehevkor. I have read the Wikipedia page for reliable sources. DiscDish.com is a new site, but the editors of the site have a combined 25 years experience in the home entertainment industry, and the site's contributors have even more. They previously worked for Video Business magazine and sister trade publication Variety. With that kind of background, it seems to me that the site is reliable, and I haven't yet seen anything that's wrong on the site. I know that Wikipedia links are not picked up by search engines. I haven't placed links to DiscDish.com for them to be picked up by search engines. I have placed them on Wikipedia because, even though DiscDish is a new site, it has good information about DVD and Blu-ray titles, and in many cases that I've seen, the site has information that wasn't on Wikipedia before, and I thought it would be useful information to Wikipedia users. I see that you've taken down my additions. In an effort to make my case, I want to just point out a couple links on the Terry Gilliam page. I had added under External Links a link to an interview with Terry Gilliam on DiscDish.com. The interview is an interesting look at Gilliam at a difficult time, while he was making The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus and Heath Ledger had died. In the interview, Gilliam adds information about his choices and the film that are not on your Wikipedia page, so I felt it was a worthy addition to the page. (Here is the link so you can see for yourself: http://www.discdish.com/index.php/2010/03/08/interview-terry-gilliam-on-the-imaginarium-of-dr-parnassus/). As I mentioned earlier, I'm new to editing Wikipedia, so perhaps there is a better way to add this information, and if so, please let me know. But it seems to me that this link, this interview by editors with a lot of experience in DVD and Blu-ray, is more reliable than, say, the Senses of Cinema link that is in that section and links to a Page Not Found. Also, Gerard Courant's video profile of Gilliam is fun, but according to Wikipedia's rules, I don't know how Gerard Courant is more reliable than the editors of DiscDish.com. Journalist David Morgan from the Terry Gilliam Files link has extensive experience writing for film magazines and newspapers, in the same way that the DiscDish.com editors have. Please let me know what you think. Thank you very much for your time.Ann77 (talk) 18:52, 24 April 2010 (UTC)


 * It is not a reliable source, no editorial oversight, seems to be little more than a blog. As your account has been used for the sole purpose of adding links to this site (typical WP:REFSPAM) I'd recommend discontinuing linking it or you will likely face a block. If you want further input on its use as a source (or not) I suggest you bring up the issue here: Reliable_sources/Noticeboard. Rehevkor ✉  19:50, 24 April 2010 (UTC)