User talk:Desert Explorer AZ

Hello, Desert Explorer AZ, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, please see our help pages, and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to leave me a message or place " " on this page and someone will drop by to help. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 22:55, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
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Please do not add advertising or inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory 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 exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Vsmith (talk) 01:41, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello DE. I don't think you've added spam links. Rather than seeking to discuss your additions on all or any of the various pages that VSmith changed, I've left him/her a message. I invite you to take a look and follow to see what sort of response comes up. (And welcome to Wikipedia.)--S. Rich (talk) 03:06, 19 September 2012 (UTC)


 * DE -- in followup to my message of yesterday, I've been discussing the matter with Vsmith. While the particular links you've added are not spam (IMHO), the act of adding the links trends towards WP:PROMOTION. Earlier on your GhostAZ account was blocked for "spamming". As a newbie, I don't think you realized that you could have and perhaps should have appealed the block. Instead it looks like you created this new user account. That constitutes sockpuppeting, a big no-no in Wikipedia.  This is to bad. If I (or another editor) had come across your webpage and added the various links to the articles, things would be fine.  As you have done it, plus created the sockpuppet account, I am not inclined to add the links. Please don't surprised if you find this account blocked. I will assume good faith and hope that you will go through the tutorial, declare WP:COI, and set things up so that you can contribute.  Thanks.--S. Rich (talk) 17:47, 19 September 2012 (UTC)


 * DE -- here is a suggestion. First, read up on External Links here. Then you go to each of the talk pages for the particular articles which you'd like to add your material to. You say "I'd like to add the following External Link to the article page (and give us the particular link). This is my site and its' content will remain accessible, I think it is content proper in the context of the article (useful, tasteful, informative, and factual), and it will remain functional for the foreseeable future." Then you wait for other editors to comment. If there is objection, you do your best to overcome the particular objections.  Wikipedia works by WP:CONSENSUS and that requires some pushing on the WP:POLE. You pushed and then both OrangeMike and VSmith pushed back. In giving my suggestion, I am hoping you find a better method of doing a re-push. Leave messages on my talk page if you have more questions. --S. Rich (talk) 02:18, 20 September 2012 (UTC)