User talk:Iamskwerl

December 2011
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages, as you did to Black Ribbons. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Binksternet (talk) 18:17, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

You're a dick. I wrote a 1,300-word review of an album, as a professional music critic, and added a link to its Wikipedia page in the section set aside for professional reviews. I'll let someone else add it in a few days. But just wanted to let you know you're a dick. Iamskwerl (talk) 18:25, 1 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is not for promoting your reviews, not for the purpose of increasing the number of people who read your reviews. Most of your Wikipedia edits have been to add your own reviews to the encyclopedia. With that in mind, who's the dick? Binksternet (talk) 18:44, 1 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Still you. I'm adding content of genuine quality to the resource. Album pages have a section for professional reviews. What does it matter to you whether or not those links are added by the author, or anyone else? If the content is of little value, that's one thing. If my review was just copied and pasted from a more reputable source, you'd have a job to do, internet cop. But those 1,300 words are very relevant to the subject, and not available anywhere else. Like I said, I'll wait for someone else to do exactly what I did, which I'm sure will eventually happen, without any influence from me, because I know that my article will be recognized for its relevance and value by those interested in the subject matter. And in the meantime it will just have to make the rounds a little more slowly than it would have if you weren't a dick about it. I know you don't read Antiquiet, so I don't blame you for not understanding that we don't do what we do for pageviews. But we're talking about a Shooter Jennings album over a year after it came out, and not the new Rhianna. So go figure. I'm not pulling any cheap moves here, or spamming anyone uninterested in what I'm pushing. I do this because it's appreciated, and when I share my work, it's for the benefit of my audience more than for me. I get that what I did looks like spam to you or whatever, or cheap promotion. I'll live with that and let my work speak for itself to those that swing by. But you're a dick for censoring based on your snap judgment without taking the time to examine the quality of the contribution.Iamskwerl (talk) 19:06, 1 December 2011 (UTC)