User talk:Daniel morin

This message is regarding the page Daniel Radcliffe. Please do not add commercial links &mdash; or links to your own private websites &mdash; to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. See the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. Radio Kirk   talk to me  19:49, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

This is your last warning. The next time you insert a spam link, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --Yamla 20:39, 19 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Please read the above information linked by RadioKirk. It explains the criteria for external links, why Wikipedia is not a link farm, and what constitutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Daniel_morin&action=edits link spamming.  --Yamla 21:49, 19 January 2006 (UTC)


 * You asked why I am claiming these are spam links. First, check out the criteria for external links.  You will see that these links you are adding do not really add anything to the article that could not be incorporated straight in.  The articles you are editing do not reference this site or provide any other significant justification to include them.  Remember, Wikipedia is not a link repository.  I suspect, though have no credible evidence, that you are involved with the web site in question.  If so, linking to these articles is doubly inappropriate.  Even if not, posting these links on so many articles is a clear example of wikispam.  You are adding links to the same site in many articles, a clear violation of the Spam policy.  Please go through and read all of the content in the links added in this paragraph.  Fundamentally, the question is not why these links should be removed but what justification there is for adding them.  Remember, Wikipedia is not a link repository.  The criteria for acceptable external links is high.


 * Given that, why are links to imdb and to Aced magazine left in? I cannot speak for Aced.  I have never seen anyone add a link to this magazine.  I would look upon such a link with suspicion.  imdb, however, is considered acceptable by Wikipedia consensus.  This is obviously not set by me.


 * I am happy to answer further questions and I thank you for not adding any more links during the course of this discussion. Please do make sure you have read the links in the paragraph above before asking more questions, however.  --Yamla 03:15, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Further to Daniel morin: Speaking only for myself, I allowed the Aced Magazine link to stay because it is an interview conducted by the person who posted it to the site. Further, there are very few commercial links, certainly no more (or even as many) as legitimate news sources such as cnn.com. The AskMen link, on the other hand (and, as I explained to you in my e-mail response to your query), gives the appearance of lifting articles from other sources for the sole purpose of having a little legitimate content on a page that is otherwise all advertising. If you or anyone with AskMen wishes to dispute this, Wikipedia has a process for resolving disputes. Radio Kirk   talk to me  17:31, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

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