User talk:Dataranking

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Hi, the recent edit you made to New Zealand has been reverted, as it appears to constitute spam or self-promotion. Wikipedia is not a directory of links, nor should it be used for advertising. See the policy on external links for details; you may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks – Qxz 08:49, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

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May I ask you to read WP:COI, thank you. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:50, 21 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Forget policy, that looks like a useful site. It certainly should not be added to multiple country articles, but we should find a more general (singular) article it can be added to. El_C 08:55, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Useful yes, agree with El_C. I would propose to add it to something like Lists of countries rather then the individual countries. --Van helsing 09:30, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

External link
Hi. I noticed you've been adding links to dataranking.com/'xcountry' to multiple country articles, which is a problem (see my comment directly above for a possible solution). That's a pretty handy site! Still, would'nt it make sense for sources to be included alongside the figures/categories? What you think? Thanks in advance. El_C 08:55, 21 February 2007 (UTC)


 * One of the bigger issues seems it's not always very up-to-date though. If it would be, or become, I fully support it. JackSparrow Ninja 08:59, 21 February 2007 (UTC)