User talk:Easphi

Blazing the Trail references
Hi—I noticed that you have added this book to many articles as a reference. In some cases it seems odd, or even inappropriate (e.g., Edward Everett Hale). References are usually put in by someone who authors part of an article, to indicate where they got the information therein. Or sometimes they are added with footnotes to specific material in an article. Neither of these seems to be the case for your additions. In fact, this seems to be a single-purpose account, since you are only adding links to one website—this has the appearance of link spamming. If this reference is indeed relevant to these articles, it'd be great if you could indicate exactly how, using footnotes or such in the specific material for which the book is relevant. Thanks. —johndburger 00:57, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

External links guideline
Dear Easphi, I'd like to have you review the external links guideline, specifically with relation to linking to videos. This guideline states: "Try to avoid directly linking to any content that requires special software, or an add-on to a browser. It is always preferred to link to a page rendered in normal HTML that contains embedded links to the rich media." Additonally, please review Copyrights, for the prohibition on linking to pages that violate intellectual property rights, which most video sites have issues with. For legal reasons, Wikipedia can not have video links that may violate copyright. Please don't re-add these links to articles. Additionally, please don't add links just for the sake of it, again I request you review the guideline and policies given to you by John above, external links should not be added if they are sites that do not provide a unique resource beyond what the article does. this addition does not significantly add to the context of the article, and links to a video, thus it is not appropriate. Additionally, Wikipedia is not a repository of links, nor a site for promotion of books or other items. I appreciate your understanding with these issues. Cheers, Ariel ♥ Gold 02:31, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Final spam warning
Easphi, After going over the rest of your contributions with an administrator, it is fairly clear to us that your account is being used for one single purpose: to promote this website, which is neither well known, nor a reliable, third-party source. Therefore, your additions are being removed, and you may consider this your final warning. If you add any more of these spam links intended to promote this specific website, your account will be blocked temporarily. Additionally, adding links that are to videos from a non-reliable site is highly discouraged, for security reasons, as well as for the above mentioned copyright issues. As such, this URL has been added to the MediaWiki Spam List and links to that site will be removed if added to articles. Please read the five pillars of Wikipedia, as well as what Wikipedia is not thoroughly. Thank you, Ariel ♥ Gold 04:11, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
 * The same applies to your book, unfortunately. By the time you read this, all links will have been removed and your site banned from Wikipedia. There are hundreds and hundreds of references, added at whim & this has caused a lot of disruption. Please don't do that again - A l is o n  ❤ 04:33, 4 October 2007 (UTC)