User talk:Joehealy

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Please note that citations must be to reliably published sources with a reputation for fact checking and accuracy and not just any old website. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom  19:02, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

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Hello Joehealy and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your recent contributions seem to be advertising or for promotional purposes. Wikipedia does not allow advertising. For more information on this, please see: If you still have questions, there is a new contributor's help page, or you can write   below this message along with a question and someone will be along to answer it shortly. You may also find the following pages useful for a general introduction to Wikipedia: I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Feel free to write a note on the bottom of my talk page if you want to get in touch with me. Again, welcome! Thargor Orlando (talk) 23:13, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
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Edwin Percy Whipple
Interesting addition at the Edwin Percy Whipple article. However, are you familiar with policies on original research, neutral point of view, and reliable sources? You can't use the speech itself as the source that it is one of Whipple's "more famous" orations, nor does the web site seem to pass the test. Do you have a third party source that says something similar? Thanks so much! --Midnightdreary (talk) 21:31, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Joe, I'm concerned as to the continued use of that link. Is there a reason you keep adding it?  It's coming across as very spammy. Thargor Orlando (talk) 22:23, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm starting to feel the same way, seeing this user's edit history. Joe, consider reading WP:SPAM and, if it applies due to a personal affiliation with the site, WP:COI. I hope that helps. --Midnightdreary (talk) 23:22, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

I have added a citation that links to a copy of the oration itself, thank you for your edits Midnightdreary, especially regarding the "more famous" that I had added. You are correct in placing the previous citation in the "external links section". I apologize for any confusion and my previous error.


 * Your addition doesn't quite qualify as a citation; WP:RS asks for third party published sources. The external link works fine for now as an indication of, "Hey, this exists!" so another in-line external link isn't more helpful. I hope that makes sense. --Midnightdreary (talk) 15:26, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Midnightdreary, that does make sense, the external link should fine. I appreciate your help with this!

February 2013
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Washington Irving. 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 web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site 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. Note: Your link to whatsoproudlywehail.org appears to violate WP:Linkspam. —Waldhorn (talk) 02:04, 14 February 2013 (UTC)