User talk:Jason Donavan

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Hello, Jason Donavan, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type   and your question on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer. Here are a few good links for newcomers: We hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on talk and vote pages using four tildes, like this: &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! JohnInDC (talk) 10:38, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
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August 2014
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to The Egg and I. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. JohnInDC (talk) 19:55, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

It's very important because you can' find these photos elsewhere. OK?

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to The Egg and I. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. JohnInDC (talk) 10:29, 26 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Please read El. The link is to a personal Yahoo page, to a group that readers must join in order to see the photos.  It is a classic example of a fan site and impermissible external link.  If the fan site owner owns the copyright, they can upload the photos to Wikipedia and one or two might be inserted in the article.  If they do not own the copyright then Wikipedia should not be linking to a site that displays photos without having the right to do it.  Please stop re-inserting the link; you'll only wind up blocked.  Thanks.  JohnInDC (talk) 10:32, 26 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Given the tone of your last edit summary, you should probably also take a look at WP:Civility and No Personal Attacks. Thanks.  JohnInDC (talk) 10:36, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you insert a spam link. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. JohnInDC (talk) 13:23, 27 August 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm trying very hard to get you to see that it is inappropriate to link to a personal Yahoo site, requiring registration, in order to see photos that may or may not be displayed consistent with copyright. Wikipedia policy is clear and if that's not good enough for you then those are additional good reasons.  Please read the links that I've provided, so you'll understand.  You must stop adding the link back in.  Thanks.  JohnInDC (talk) 13:28, 27 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Also please take a look at Username and Username_policy. If your name is "Jason Donavan" then you should probably add a note to your user page saying you are not Jason Donavan.  If "Jason Donavan" is not your name then you need to come up with a new username for yourself.  An administrator can help you with a name change.  Of course if you are the Jason Donavan then all is well and I am sorry for bringing it up.  JohnInDC (talk) 13:38, 27 August 2014 (UTC)