User talk:BKosena

Hello - you should be advised that adding multiple commercial links to wikipedia articles (or even one) is considered spamming - all the ones you have added will certainly be removed soon, as I did on Golden, Colorado, and persisting will likely get you blocked from editing (not by me, but by Admins). Hope this helps - Cheers Geologyguy 22:21, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

GeologyGuy;

My link was in no way a "commercial link" meant for spamming. I have spent a lot of time and hard work writing about the areas I work in. All of my content is original and is a solid addition to these pages. I do not ask for any contact information or anything on the pages, I am simply just trying to provide information, as the wikipedia community pages have minimal information about the areas on them.

Is there a better way I should be contributing than this?

These pages could definitly use a bit more information!

Reply

 * Please check out WP:SPAM. The fact that it is your page is actually enough reason to not add it, no matter how useful it may be; proper procedure there is to mention it on articles' talk pages and let objective editors decide if it is appropriate.

Additionally, the commercial nature of your page is expressed in numerous phone numbers and links to services, not to mention the ad for ReMax at the bottom. The name, denverrealestateonline.com, will be a flag to a lot of people - real estate online is pretty unlikely to be non-commercial, no matter how informative it may be.


 * On WP:SPAM you see this: External link spamming

Main articles: Links normally to be avoided and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest

Adding external links to an article or user page for the purpose of promoting a website or a product is not allowed, and is considered to be spam. Although the specific links may be allowed under some circumstances, repeatedly adding links will in most cases result in all of them being removed.

Also:
 * 1) Contribute cited text, not bare links. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a link farm. If you have a source to contribute, first contribute some facts that you learned from that source, then cite the source. Don't simply direct readers to another site for the useful facts; add useful facts to the article, then cite the site where you found them. You're here to improve Wikipedia -- not just to funnel readers off Wikipedia and onto some other site, right?


 * 1) Don't make a new article for your own product or Web site. Most often, when a person creates a new article describing his or her own work, it's because the work is not yet well-known enough to have attracted anyone else's attention, much less verifiable sources. Articles of this sort are usually deleted. Wikipedia does indeed have articles about popular products and Web sites, but it is not acceptable to use Wikipedia to popularize them.

And this flag for spam: Adding the same link to many articles. The first person who notices you doing this will go through all your recent contributions with an itchy trigger finger on the revert button. And that's not much fun. (note, I didn't do this - but I'll bet that someone else will within a few hours.)

Hope this helps. Cheers Geologyguy 22:39, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Denver, Colorado
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. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. --JFreeman (talk) 23:56, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Washington Park, Denver
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. --JFreeman (talk) 23:58, 26 February 2007 (UTC)