User talk:Goodman441

Please do not add 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 that you are affiliated with, 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 article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Deli nk 19:23, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Your edit to Atkins Nutritional Approach
This is your last warning. The next time you insert a spam link,  you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted from Wikipedia. -- Brian Z (talk) 19:25, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

I've been following you under IP Address 162.39.180.2 You created this account after I gave you a final warning under your IP address.-- Brian Z (talk) 19:25, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

You have been from editing Wikipedia for continuing to add spam links. If you wish to make useful contributions, you are welcome to come back after the block expires. Persistent spammers will have their websites blacklisted from Wikipedia.JoshuaZ 19:46, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm adding my email correspondance with Goodman441/User IP 162.39.180.2 for public knowledge.-- Brian Z (talk) 21:02, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

On 10/27/06, Goodman441 wrote:

I am very new to this, and am trying to add links to my website under relavent pages on Wikipedia. Can you give me any advice on what kind of links to add? I have a sites called Ickaboo.com. articlerater.com, and haveinfo.com. I am ot trying to spam links or anything.

thanks,

My Response:

Adding links to Wikipedia articles that lead to your own personal websites is unacceptable. If someone else added them and felt that the content was valuable enough to the article, then a concensus could be reached. Adding external links to an article without adding any content at all to the article is considered spam and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising.

I know how you feel, you want to get your sites out there and you feel it does have valuable information, but Wikipedia is just not the place for it. If we let one website on, we'd have to let them all. In some cases, there are too many external links on articles as it is and we try to clean them up on a daily basis.

I am by no means an administrator on Wikipedia, just an editor, like you.

-- Brian Z (talk) 21:00, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

January 2010
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added 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 before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:52, 18 January 2010 (UTC)