User talk:Delftsaardewerk.nl

May 2011
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Delftware do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used as a platform for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you.  Teapot  george Talk  20:45, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Delftware. 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 web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site 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 article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you.  Teapot  george Talk  20:58, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Delftware. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia.  Teapot  george Talk  21:13, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

I am not trying to add spamm but add the external link of a Dutch museum hosted website Delftsaardewerk.nl (Dutch Delftware). Even just the title without description has been removed by you. I do wish to include the link to other Delft ceramics related articles, please advise me how to proceed. Delftsaardewerk.nl (talk) 21:18, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because your username, Delftsaardewerk.nl, does not meet our username policy. '''Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below).''' A username should not be promotional, related to a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive, or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account. You are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our policy guidelines. Alternatively, if you have already made edits and you wish to keep your existing contributions under a new name, then you may request a change in username by:
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If you feel that you were blocked in error, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Daniel Case (talk) 01:57, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Here are a few key questions:
 * Do you understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a business directory?
 * Do you understand conflict of interest?
 * Do you understand that to be considered for an encylopedia article, the subject must be notable?

You are currently blocked because your username appears directly related to a company, group or product that you have been promoting, contrary to the username policy. Changing the username will not allow you to violate the 3 important principles above. ( talk→  BWilkins   ←track ) 13:24, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

I understand I created the wrong username under Delftware as I have now read the user policy, and apologize, I should have logged on under my own name. Also by adding text to the link this was not a good idea as it triggered the spam consideration. All I would like to do is add the website delftsaardewerk.nl without any text to the links of Delft related articles. This is not a business promotion, this is a non-profit database of Delftware by Dutch museums, which would be a good addition to an encyclopedia. I started the process wrongly, but please advise me what to do as this is non-intentional.Delftsaardewerk.nl (talk) 13:54, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I am wondering about how much use that link would be - it is all in Dutch. I cannot see the pictures on it as they require a plugin - this machine is a Flash free zone - though I realise most people would be able to. I can't see why Flash is needed for seeing pictures of pottery. My Dutch isn't up to the task of evaluating the info - I hope someone else can understand it. It should be noted that even though the database is claimed to be non-profit, the rules about spam apply to non-profits, charities and religions as much as to sellers of V****a. Peridon (talk) 17:12, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Have you considered attempting to post this in Dutch Wikipedia? --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 18:45, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: a cursory search reveals that an individual with the suggested username has a direct connection to said website. -- Kinu  t/c 21:01, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

To reply to A. Bradbury: yes I would like to add it to the Dutch site, to the articles 'Delfts blauw' and 'Royal Delft'. The website will become both Dutch and English, but it is fine just to add it to the Dutch articles. I hope someone can access it with Flash (didn't know it was needed, I never had the problem, please let me know if I need to send print screens of the site to an email address). Regarding the last remark, as an art historian I am one of the editors of the website, but how should one proceed to add these links if you cannot do it yourself? For example the article on Royal Delft has a link to Royal Delft, I would think the company (in that case commercial) has added the link themselves? The Delftsaardewerk.nl site has a lot of pieces in the database from this factory and therefore it would be interesting as a link to this article. The Delfts Blauw (delft blue) article also includes a link to Erfgoed Delft (another Dutch museum institute) and I don't understand why that would be allowed and not this link. I also don't understand the objections to the website Delftsaardewerk.nl because it is an addition of knowledge to the visitors of Wikipedia. Please let me know if I cannot add the link myself, perhaps a solution could be that someone else could do this. It was just an spontaneous attempt by me to add the website to Wikipedia, I had no idea it would be so difficult and wish I had left it to the IT-department of the museum. I can also stop trying (but will I be unblocked then at some point?). best regardsDelftsaardewerk.nl (talk) 12:50, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
 * If you stop trying to add links to your web site I'll unblock you myself to allow you to request a username change, thank you. --  At am a  頭 18:26, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * You should not be adding links to websites that you are associated with to articles, per WP:COI. What you may do is to suggest on the article's talk page that a link to that website be added to the article. Other editors will evaluate the merits of otherwise of linking to your website. If considered appropriate, then the link may be added to the article by another editor, but not by yourself. Mjroots (talk) 20:54, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I've been in conversation with Atama over your block. Once you acknowledge what has been said here, you will be unblocked and can then request a change of user name. Mjroots (talk) 11:43, 17 May 2011 (UTC)