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Zouavman Le Zouave (Talk to me!) 15:03, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Edits to Southern soul
Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Closenplay 01:59, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

You have been from editing in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for continuing to add spam links. Persistent spammers will have their websites blacklisted from Wikipedia. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text below. Veinor (talk to me) 20:45, 20 April 2007 (UTC)


 * If it's not a store, what is the purpose of this page? (*hint: the title is CD Store) -  auburn pilot  talk  22:47, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

It's one of hundreds of pages on the site! Almost every site that is linked from wikipedia has some sort of "store" or is an affiliate of Amazon, such as "Allmusic.com" but BluesCritic.com has the most extensive reviews on the artist pages I linked from. For esample you removed a link from "Johnny Adams". The Bluescritic.com site is not selling any Johnny Adams cds. It's a good site and is very informative. The cds they sell are on artists who don't even get a wikipedia page. Please reconsider. I do plan on contributing much more than links to Wiki. Linking to theat Bluescritic site was just the beginning because I like all the artists whose wiki pages I linked.

I have read all the spamming articles and my edits do not fit the criteria. Simple as that. Please be humble and lift the block. Almost every site that is linked from wikipedia has some sort of "store" or is an affiliate of Amazon, such as "Allmusic.com" but BluesCritic.com has the most extensive reviews on the artist pages I linked from. For esample you removed a link from "Johnny Adams". The Bluescritic.com site is not selling any Johnny Adams cds. It's a good site and is very informative. The cds they sell are on artists who don't even get a wikipedia page. Please reconsider. I do plan on contributing much more than links to Wiki. Linking to theat Bluescritic site was just the beginning because I like all the artists whose wiki pages I linked.
 * The major issue is that you were (from WP:SPAM) "repeatedly adding links", which, "will in most cases result in all of them being removed.". Adding that many links that fast without first talking it over is simply unacceptable. Also, please do not make any more unblock requests. Three different administrators have reviewed this block and found it legitimate. Veinor (talk to me) 23:08, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Give it up
There is no way I will let you add those links. You've already been blocked for spamming, what can you possibly hope to acheive by repeatedly adding them back? Are you trying to get them added to the blacklist so that non one will ever be able to link to that site. Because that is what will happen if you persist. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 23:03, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Homesquid's response:

Listen to you "There is no way I will let you add those links". What on earth are you doing? Those links have every right to be there if you allow all the other external links. I was blocked before because I added TOO MANY links not because I added ANY links.

Wikipedia has become a farce because of actions like this. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG with those links. It is NOT spam based on Wikipedia standards. If you continue to harass me by reverting my contributions, threatening blocks and banishment it will prove to be a pointless and personal action on your part. I've read something about this. Do a search on Google and see what reputation it's gaining. Admins like you get a little bit of power and you abuse it.. There no way YOU will let me add those links?!?

and one more thing...I'm going to write that website I was linking to and tell them you are threating to ban them..I'm sure they'll be thrilled about that. No very fair.


 * Hi. Please cease from promoting that particular website; at this point. it constitutes a conflict of interest on your part. If you continue to restore it, you may be blocked from editing without further warning. Many thanks in advance. El_C 01:21, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I won't add any more links...but what about the ones that I did put. Does every link I placed have to be removed? If so please REVERT everything I have contributed.

'''somebody, please remove all my contributions to wikipedia. There's too much policing going on over a few links that actually improve wikipedia'''


 * Thanks, I appreciate it. We tend to be suspicious when a specific url is inserted to mutliple entries. Any content you add is welcome, of course. El_C 01:34, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Blocked for 3RR
You have been blocked for a period of 24 hours for violating the 3 revert rule regarding external links in the article Albert King. You are welcome to edit once the block expires but note that revert warring is considered a form of disruption and may lead to further blocks. When making controversial edits, please discuss your changes on the talk page and gain the consensus of other editors before re-adding them. Thank you. &mdash;dgies tc 01:28, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Um, I'm already attending to this. El_C 01:34, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Didn't mean to step on your toes but someone reported it to WP:AIV so I acted on it.  Feel free to revert me and handle it as you see fit.  &mdash;dgies tc 01:37, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

hey y'all don't bother....

'''Whatever, I'm done. There's too many little people with big egos policing this site (not necessarily you). I could've added a ton to this silly wikipedia thing- especially on Southern Soul where you are woefully lacking but this POLICING TO ADVANCE ONESELF is an example of otherwise impotent people abusing what little power they get. I mean, come on! A few PERTINENT links?!? You admins don't even get paid to do this....but hall monitors in grade school grow up to be wikipedia administrators. I'm going to forward all this to that Bluescritic website that I was allegedly "promoting" so they can get a laugh.'''
 * It's not a question of whether your links are useful or not, it's that the way you were fighting with other editors about it is disruptive on a site like this that can be freely edited by everyone. You need to convince people you're right, not just revert them. Your productive contributions are appreciated, but we all need to be able to get along.   &mdash;dgies tc 01:42, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I was at Albert King's last concert, btw. A few days later he was gone. Tragic, and really surprising because he was so energetic on stage. El_C 17:59, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

At least you got to see him live! Wish I had....(Homesquid)

He was the opening act for the Allman Bros., but ended up playing quite a few songs with em. I gotta track down that show one of these days. El_C 21:24, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Edits to Albert King, Little Milton and Clarence Carter
Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. If you continue spamming, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Closenplay 23:35, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

You are mistaken and simply trolling me to make yourself look good. I know how the administrator thing works. I am NOT spamming. Here is the Wiki guidelines: MY links DO NOT fit...STOP harrassing me

How not to be a spammer Sometimes, people come to Wikipedia with the intention of spamming -- creating articles which are mere advertisements or self-promotion, or spewing external links to a Web site over many articles.

Some people spam Wikipedia without meaning to. That is, they do things which Wikipedians consider to be spamming, without realizing that their actions are not in line with building an encyclopedia. A new editor who owns a business may see that there are articles about other businesses on Wikipedia, and conclude that it would be appropriate to create his own such article. A Web site operator may see many places in Wikipedia where his or her site would be relevant, and quickly add several dozen links to it.

The following guidelines are intended to suggest how not to be a spammer -- that is, how to mention a Web site, product, business, or other resource without appearing to the Wikipedia community that you are trying to abuse Wikipedia for self-promotion.

Review your intentions. Wikipedia is not a space for personal promotion or the promotion of products, services, Web sites, fandoms, ideologies, or other memes. If you're here to tell readers how great something is, or to get exposure for an idea or product that nobody's heard of yet, you're in the wrong place. Likewise, if you're here to make sure that the famous Wikipedia cites you as the authority on something (and possibly pull up your sagging PageRank) you'll probably be disappointed. Contribute cited text, not bare links. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a link farm. If you have a source to contribute, first contribute some facts that you learned from that source, then cite the source. Don't simply direct readers to another site for the useful facts; add useful facts to the article, then cite the site where you found them. You're here to improve Wikipedia -- not just to funnel readers off Wikipedia and onto some other site, right? (If not, see #1 above.) The References section is for references. A reference directs the reader to a work that the writer(s) referred to while writing the article. The References section of a Wikipedia article isn't just a list of related works; it is specifically the list of works used as sources. Therefore, it can never be correct to add a link or reference to References sections if nobody editing the text of the article has actually referred to it. Don't make a new article for your own product or Web site. Most often, when a person creates a new article describing his or her own work, it's because the work is not yet well-known enough to have attracted anyone else's attention, much less verifiable sources. Articles of this sort are usually deleted. Wikipedia does indeed have articles about popular products and Web sites, but it is not acceptable to use Wikipedia to popularize them. Don't gratuitously set off our spam radar. There are certain stylistic behaviors that will say "spam!" loud and clear to anyone who's watching: Adding a link to the top of an unordered list. This is an A-number-1, red-flag, hot-button spam sign. It suggests that you want people to look at your link FIRST FIRST FIRST! You wouldn't butt in at the head of a queue; don't put your link first. Adding a link that's snazzier than any of the others. If there's a list of products that gives just their names, and you add a product with a short blurb about how great it is, we'll all know why you did it. The same applies to adding a list item that is in a larger or otherwise more prominent font than the other items. Adding many links to (or mentions of) the same site or product. Going through an article and adding the name of your product to every paragraph where it seems relevant is just going to attract the revert button. Adding the same link to many articles. The first person who notices you doing this will go through all your recent contributions with an itchy trigger finger on the revert button. And that's not much fun. If your product is truly relevant to an article, others will agree -- try the talk page. We usually recommend that editors be bold in adding directly to articles. But if the above advice makes you concerned that others will regard your contribution as spam, you can find out without taking that risk: Describe your work on the article's talk page, asking other editors if it is relevant. Do not add an external link to your signature. However, external links to Wikimedia projects are acceptable. For example, Talk page.
 * Regardless of what you think, I am not trolling you (if you'll notice, the only edits of yours I revert are links to bluescritic.com). There is no content that you've linked to on that site that cannot simply be incorporated into the article. The fact that you added links to that same site across so many articles says that's it's linkspam. Allow me to draw your attention to specific parts of what you pasted above:
 * Wikipedia is not a space for personal promotion or the promotion of products, services, Web sites, fandoms, ideologies, or other memes.
 * There are certain stylistic behaviors that will say "spam!" loud and clear to anyone who's watching:
 * Adding the same link to many articles.
 * This is exactly what you've been doing. The fact that you were blocked for it, yet continue to replace these links shows a blatant disregard for Wikipedia's conventions. I must admit, however, I am a little confused as to how this will "make me look good". Closenplay 14:51, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Blocked
You have been blocked from editing Wikipedia  as a result of your . You are free to make constructive edits after the block has expired, but please note that vandalism (including page blanking or addition of random text), spam, deliberate misinformation, privacy violations, personal attacks; and repeated, blatant violations of our neutral point of view policy will not be tolerated.-- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 14:28, 17 May 2007 (UTC)