User talk:Divercol

Jurassic Coast
Hi, please link to relevant pages within the site rather than a difficult to navigate splash screen, and do not spam pages that are only very tenuously related. Joe D (t) 20:31, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

I notice you have spent nearly two hours adding these links. It took less than a minute to revert them all. If you don't wish to waste any more effort I suggest only linking to and from relevant pages. Joe D (t) 20:37, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

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Well, I removed the stop sign...I hope it wasn't too intimidating! I'm really busy at the moment, so my apologies in advance if I don't answer all your questions as adequately as they should be. I think the information you have at your site is great. On Wikipedia, if an account inserts external links to the same site to different articles, this is generally perceived as "spamming", even though this might be unintentional. I understand from your perspective that you simply wanted to provide users of Wikipedia with quality information.

There are two alternatives to this I can think of at the moment. One of them is to create a page for the site itself - and hope that the community agrees with you that it is a notable repository of information. If so, the page would be kept. If not, it will likely go through a week of discussions related to deletion, and that can be sort of stressful. If you do create a page for the site, please make sure it passes the notability guidelines on Wikipedia. If it does not, it would be unlikely the article will remain on Wikipedia. I wouldn't want to see your genuine efforts at adding content go to waste simply because the "community" is in deference to your opinion about your site and its resources.

Another route, would be to add the content directly to Wikipedia, and simply say somewhere (and provide some verifiable evidence, say via an e-mail) that users can copy-and-paste content from your site and can:


 * 1) Directly add it to Wikipedia, and
 * 2) Let anyone edit it as much as they like

et cetera. That usually works best, but keep in mind that once the text is released for editing on Wikipedia, it cannot be revoked. The reason this is like this, is so that it allows this project to continue in perpetuity, without copyright complications and such. Of course, if you need additional information regarding these decisions, it is probably best to contact an expert. I am by no means one - I'm just a regular volunteer here. These are the rules of thumb that seem to work best though. Best regards, HappyCamper 21:54, 29 May 2006 (UTC)