User talk:Davidlsharpe

Welcome!
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Would prefer to avoid links to advertisements in Wikipedia
In reference to your recent addition of a link from Daylight saving time to Sharpe Business Solutions.

There must be dozens of companies now offering software solutions to daylight saving issues by now, particularly with reference to the upcoming rule change in North America. The daylight saving time Wikipedia entry is not really a good place to create links to them all. I suggest contacting the authors of Extended Daylight Saving Time Links, Advisories and Changes and 2007 Time Zone Changes Will Impact Many Computers in Canada, the United States and Bermuda, both of which are referred to by Daylight saving time, and both of which attempt to catalog the software in this area. They would be more-appropriate places for this link.

Eubulides 07:32, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Vandalizing Userpages
All contributions are appreciated and strongly encouraged, but your recent edit to the userpage of another user may be considered vandalism. In case you are the user, please login under that account and proceed to make the changes. Please use the sandbox for any tests you may want to do, particularly to userpages. Take a look at our introduction page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. -- Pastordavid 18:18, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Adding Advertising Links
Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. -- Pastordavid 18:18, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Personal Attacks
Edit summaries such as "Removed message from buffoon" are considered personal attacks, and are not welcome on Wikipedia, even on talk pages. Also, it is generally frowned upon to remove warnings from talk pages ... and also pointless, as the warnings are preserved in your talk page's history. -- Pastordavid 05:48, 1 March 2007 (UTC)