User talk:Crannefo

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June 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 nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. 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. Hut 8.5 20:00, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

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. Hut 8.5 20:03, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. The next time you insert a spam link, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well potentially being penalized by search engines. Hut 8.5 20:07, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy because your account is being used only for vandalism. If you believe this block is unjustified you may contest this block by adding the text below. NawlinWiki (talk) 20:56, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

I understand that, I was just asking the question. To address the reason I was blocked, I thought I was posting wrong when all my postings kept dissapearing. Thus I re-posted them. I just opened my account today and did not realize I was getting warnings. I am very sorry and now I understand why I cannot advertise, as well as where my messages are

I have contacted the blocking admin over this. Daniel Case (talk) 03:07, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I support an unblock or a reduction to 24 hours.  If the user resumes with similar edits, then a block of at least one week would be appropriate.  — Athaenara  ✉  05:55, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Editing tips
Hi Crannefo. I'm not an administrator so I don't have the ability to decide whether or not you get unblocked (it sounds like you made good faith edits and just weren't familiar with Wikipedia policies and such, but are willing to learn, so for what it's worth, I would unblock you if I was an admin). But if you do get unblocked, here's some info that will help you become a responsible contributor.

I am not particularly familiar with the Au pair article so I can't give you a specific explanation as to why your link was removed while others that appear similar are being kept. It might simply be because you added the same link to multiple articles, which generally sets off red flags in more experienced editors' minds and can easily result in all of the links being removed. If you think it would be a good addition to that article, however, what you can do is bring the matter up on the article's talk page. You can find that by going directly to Talk:Au pair, or clicking the "discussion" link at the top of the article itself.

Once the other editors who have worked on Au Pair have a chance to consider and discuss adding the link, they will either agree that it's okay, or remove the AuPair in America link too, or explain why one is okay but the other is not. It's all part of the Wikipedia practice of working to build a consensus for what should and shouldn't be included in articles.

Good luck and, assuming you get unblocked, happy editing! --Icarus (Hi!) 23:03, 5 June 2008 (UTC)