User talk:Darby2

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory 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 exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.

Throughout 2006, you've added several dozen links to Wikipedia articles linking to these sites of yours:


 * vinodiversity.com
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALinksearch&target=*.vinodiversity.com
 * albzin.com
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALinksearch&target=*.albzin.com
 * aphrodisiac-recipes.com
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALinksearch&target=*.aphrodisiac-recipes.com

Please do not do this. Refer to the links at the top of this note for more information on Wikipedia's rules for this sort of thing.

Thanks, --A. B. 04:12, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Adding references to your book to Wikipedia articles
Please look at these guidelines:
 * Conflict of interest -- you should not add references to your own book to Wikipedia articles
 * Reliable sources -- especially the section Self-published sources"Self-published sources". Self-published books such as those published by BookSurge are normally not cited in Wikipedia.

These policy pages explain the underlying rationale for excluding self-published books and Internet sites: It's not that that sort of material is bad -- it's just not appropriate for an encyclopedia, which is what we're building.
 * No original research
 * Verifiability

I'm sorry to have to tell you these things since yours looks like a book I'd like to own, personally, however those are the rules. --A. B. 04:20, 5 December 2006 (UTC)