User talk:Bnewbies

November 2008
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page 3D computer graphics has been reverted. Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove unwanted links and spam from Wikipedia. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. The external links I reverted were matching the following regex rule(s): rule: '\bblogspot\.com'. If the external link you inserted or changed was to a blog, forum, free web hosting service, or similar site, then please check the information on the external site thoroughly. Note that such sites should probably not be linked to if they contain information that is in violation of the creator's copyright (see Linking to copyrighted works), or they are not written by a recognised, reliable source. Linking to sites that you are involved with is also strongly discouraged (see conflict of interest).

If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! XLinkBot (talk) 02:48, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

December 2008
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. Since Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by some search engines, including Google. 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. Adam McCormick (talk) 04:06, 3 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Also, please note that your username violates the Wikipedia Username policy and should be changed. You will be reported if you try to spam wikipedia again. Adam McCormick (talk) 04:09, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, I'm certainly NOT spamming the wikipedia. I'm a Blender Foundation Certified Trainer and I do quite a bit to help people learn how to use Blender.

I posted my link because I noticed the Renderosity.com link, that somehow seems to fit the wikipedia policy, has a "Marketplace" that's loaded with products for sale. Maybe that was overlooked.

I figured that since there's mention of Blender within the article that my site would be of particular relevance to the subject.

Also, how is my site different from the "Second Picture's" site that you allow? In fact, their site is just as much about photography and Photoshop as it is about 3D Graphics. Not the most relevant of links that could be listed on this page.

Anyway, I'm not about to argue about a link. I just wanted to point out the considerable inconsistency in how the "guidelines" seem to be imposed.

Thank you for your time,

Kernon


 * The difference is about who added the link and why. It doesn't really matter if something else is included it matter whether you, as a user who has added nothing but a site whose name you share, are the person to add it. The site may be helpful but if so then someone else should add it not yourself. We get a large number of users who create accounts for the sole purpose of posting one link or supporting one site. This is not acceptable, and is against wikipedia policies not least of which is the advertisement policy. It doesn't help that your site is hosted by an explicitly banned host (i.e. blogspot), but the conflict of interest is the bigger issue. You are welcome to contribute almost anything else to the encyclopedia, but that link is unacceptable. Please let me know if you need help understanding the policy. Adam McCormick (talk) 19:13, 7 December 2008 (UTC)