User talk:David Lee Rubin

Recent reference additions
Hi. I notice that on a number of Early Modern French pages you have been placing bibliographic entries to journals (often multiple titles) that you yourself have edited. Please be aware that Wikipedia has policies on including such items. See for example LINKSPAM:


 * "Adding external links to an article or user page for the purpose of promoting a website or a product is not allowed, and is considered to be spam. Although the specific links may be allowed under some circumstances, repeatedly adding links will in most cases result in all of them being removed."

Similarly, as Wikipedia is not meant to provide a complete academic bibliography on any specific topic:


 * "A reference directs the reader to a work that the writer(s) referred to while writing the article. The References section of a Wikipedia article isn't just a list of related works; it is specifically the list of works used as sources. Therefore, it can never be correct to add a link or reference to References sections if nobody editing the text of the article has actually referred to it."

You might also check out Conflict of interest.

I encourage you to review these Wikipedia policies and evaluate whether your edits fit the guidelines. Thanks- NYArtsnWords (talk) 02:13, 9 August 2008 (UTC)