User talk:Gary.cooper177

Welcome!
Hello, Gary.cooper177, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
 * Introduction and Getting started
 * Contributing to Wikipedia
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page and How to develop articles
 * How to create your first article
 * Simplified Manual of Style

You may also want to take the Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive tour that will help you learn the basics of editing Wikipedia. You can visit The Teahouse to ask questions or seek help.

Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! GermanJoe (talk) 11:23, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

May 2017
Hello, I'm GermanJoe. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to West Bromwich Albion F.C. have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. GermanJoe (talk) 04:38, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Why remove the link if it's the real link? Hmmmm... What's wrong with it? Inappropriate for encyclopedia? Even it is the real link source how come? --> Gary


 * Hello Gary.cooper177, please take a look at WP:EL, the guideline about external links (not in main text, incl. a list of unsuitable types of websites) and WP:RS, where the requirements for "reliable sources" are outlined. Websites should have a clearly credited topic expert as author, and some kind of editorial oversight with a reputation for fact-checking. Most self-published sites, blogs, and Wikis - including Wikipedia itself - are usually not suitable as references (with some rare exceptions). Websites, where involved companies talk about themselves and their business, are problematic (often biased or outright promotional) and should only be used for uncontroversial trivial information. It's difficult to summarize and the guidelines are a lot more detailed, but I hope this helps a bit to clarify the reverts. If a reliable source link has gone down, Internet Archive often provides a backup that can be added to the reference without the need to find a completely new source. GermanJoe (talk) 13:32, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Internet Archive is not reliable sometimes. That's why there are lots of broken links in wikipedia :)

Online casino
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Online casino. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. ''

You can't replace a reference with a Wikipedia article - those can never be used as sources. bonadea'' contributions talk 06:19, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

So you mean this link? "History of Gambling in the United States" 500. Gambling in California. I just replaced it with alternative link because it is broken? It is not a wikipedia article it is an external link as replacement for the broken link. Can never be used as sources as you say? That's why there are plenty of broken links in Wikipedia....