User talk:Billgunyon

Please do not add commercial links (or links to your own private websites) to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia as we drive for print or DVD publication; see the welcome page to learn more. Thanks. --Khoikhoi 22:27, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to use Wikipedia for advertising, you will be blocked from editing. Jdavidb (talk &bull; contribs) 21:25, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Bill, the links are still inappropriate, regardless of the fact that a single additional editor concurred and regardless of the fact that you consider them to be non-commercial. The reason is that you are adding links to promote your site. Doing so dilutes the value of Wikipedia. If your links are truly of value, other editors researching the topics of related articles on Wikipedia will themselves find your articles and add links to them. The fact that you are doing so yourself casts doubt on their value. I never add links to my websites to Wikipedia, because as the owner I have a vested interest in promoting them. If any of my sites are ever useful enough to belong in Wikipedia, they will already have attracted enough audience on their own to be well-known by other, uninvolved editors of any related Wikipedia articles.

If you would like to seek the input of the wider Wikipedia community on this issue, please ask on the Village Pump to see if the general community believes that adding your links would be appropriate. Jdavidb (talk &bull; contribs) 15:03, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * These links do not belong here. The user is going right down the list of coutries in alphabetical order adding the same link to every page.  I would encourage the user to add his or her information from that website directly into the Wikipedia articles.  [[Image:Monkeyman.png]]Monkeyman(talk) 16:04, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * As long as everything is adequately sourced and no copyright violations are committed. Jdavidb (talk &bull; contribs) 18:15, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because 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. OhNo itsJamie Talk 15:53, 7 April 2010 (UTC)