User talk:Jefisch

January 2023
Hello, Jefisch. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Spam);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Cerebral726 (talk) 21:14, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

May 2023
Please stop. If you continue to add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. 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.-- VViking Talk Edits 21:21, 24 May 2023 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure why these links are considered inappropriate since they link to a relevant article about the topic from an educational resource. Jefisch (talk) 21:39, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I guess if I want to provide additional content, I should add it to the entry with a citation rather than adding an external link. Still learning how to edit on Wikipedia and will do it correctly next time! Jefisch (talk) 21:53, 24 May 2023 (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.-- VViking Talk Edits 22:43, 24 May 2023 (UTC)


 * So...I'm still not sure what I'm doing wrong here or why my edits are considered spam. I used a legitimate source to add legitimate information. In fact, it's a source that has been cited in other Wikipedia articles by various Wikipedia users. Jefisch (talk) 23:05, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * The problem is that since you are employed by the Indianapolis Public Library / Encyclopedia of Indianapolis project, your adding of links and references for it are seen as paid editing and a conflict of interest. Other editors can add links/references to it because they have no conflict of interest and are not paid by it. I agree that in itself it is a reliable source and have added refs using it myself. In the future, it would be best if you make a request on whatever article's talk page detailing what you want added that uses it and ask another editor to make the actual change. Indyguy (talk) 23:31, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Ah, that makes sense! Thanks for the helpful info. I’ll be sure to go the route you suggested in the future! 70.132.233.31 (talk) 23:53, 24 May 2023 (UTC)