User talk:CommunityChamp

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Help me - My contribution has been deemed advertising but it isn't!
Please help me with... Hello

I have tried to add a link to Bideford town website. I think this is useful information on Bideford but it has been rejected. This is a town community website - it is not advertising - it contains information about the whole town including the heritage of the town, its culture, community, sport, schools etc. It provides resources and vital information for residents and visitors alike.

The website has contributions is backed by all councils and the voluntary sectors, as well as the town center traders groups. It is a collective information site that is free - it is a fabulous information source for the town.

To clarify the website is not commercially driven - there is no revenue made from it and never will and it simply is all things Bideford.

Could you reconsider its inclusion? when you have curlie? CommunityChamp (talk) 08:01, 15 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Read WP:EL - you'll see it isn't allowed. Then read WP:COI - you'll see it isn't allowed, and you know this because your previous username was blocked for COI for posting the website of the same name - the same website you are now pushing under your new username. It simple - you cannot post spam and you cannot promote your own website. 10mmsocket (talk) 08:09, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I will also note that discussions about a specific article should take place on that article's talk page, so that other editors interested in the content can comment. If you want more help, change the help me-helped back into a help me, stop by the Teahouse, or Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 08:24, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
 * (ec) Please note that you don't have to be making money or have a commercial purpose to be promoting something. Such a link is absolutely promotional. 331dot (talk) 08:25, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
 * thank you - understood. I notice curlie was on there and from my niaeve perspective I thought discoverbideford offered a similar portal of shared info but very localised My bad, obviously Curlie isn't promotion of an area even though that has categories like arts and entertainment and business and economy with listings in a similar way. CommunityChamp (talk) 12:31, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay thank you - i did not understand that this is why username discover bideford was blocked.
 * Understood now CommunityChamp (talk) 12:26, 5 July 2023 (UTC)