User talk:Davidfloyd91

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July 2014
Please stop linking to your blog. It comes across as being more in your personal interest rather than improving the encyclopedia, and goes against #11 in our "Links normally to be avoided" portion of the external links guidelines. Ian.thomson (talk) 16:54, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Lamech. 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 websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Ian.thomson (talk) 17:30, 14 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Very fair, I'm new at this and was not trying to step on any toes. I noticed that certain pages on topics I had written about were short or vague and thought the links might serve to fill in some gaps. I will review the information you've left above before making any more edits. I do not profit from that blog or intend to, and was not adding any links to detailed Wikipedia pages like the ones on Cain and Abel or al-Khidr, which do not need more information. Not trying to get defensive, just explaining my rationale. I'll check for and delete any remaining edits. --Davidfloyd91 (talk) 17:41, 14 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your cooperation. Just a note, though, our reliable sourcing guidelines also turns down most blog sites. Ian.thomson (talk) 17:45, 14 July 2014 (UTC)