User talk:Jon Towlson

January 2014
Hello, I'm Binksternet. I wanted to let you know that I removed one or more external links you added to the page James Whale, because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. ''Revert per WP:BOOKSPAM. Book not published until July 2014. Author name is the same as username, so there are concerns with WP:Conflict of interest.'' Binksternet (talk) 20:09, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Tod Browning. 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. Binksternet (talk) 20:10, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Tobe Hooper. 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. Binksternet (talk) 20:11, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Pete Walker (director), you may be blocked from editing. Binksternet (talk) 20:12, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or promotion. From your contributions, this seems to be your only purpose. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the following text below this notice:. However, you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Paul Erik (talk) (contribs) 20:27, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello, there. Sorry to cause you trouble. I thought that what I was doing was legitimate. My book makes reference to the topics that I was editing and I believed it would make a legitimate entry in the bibliographies of these topics. The book is published by a respected academic publisher, McFarland. I didn't intend to spam, but, rather, was working on the assumption that Wikipedia users who are intersted in these topics will want to know about my book. Apologies.

Hello again. I have just read your guidelines on BOOKSPAM and now understand why I have been blocked - I did not contribute to the articles before adding my book to the bibliography. I feel very embarrassed. I hope you will consider unblocking me on the basis that I would like to be given the chance to contribute to the articles in the knowledge that you have the power to remove any references that you do not consider legitimate, and on the understanding that I will only add legitimate contributions. Many thanks


 * The best way to bring the book into Wikipedia is by expanding various articles, using the book as a supporting reference. Once the book is published in July 2014 there will likely be some of its readers who will use it expand articles. Until July, I don't see any benefit from using the book, as it is not verifiable by Wikipedia's standards before it is published. Binksternet (talk) 22:04, 18 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Many thanks, and I apologise again for causing problems. Jon.
 * I have an idea for edits you could make to Wikipedia before July when the book is published. I'm sure you performed a bunch of research in writing the book, some of it being the perusal of past issues of periodicals such as Variety. You could add something to an article along the lines of "Director X said 'blah, blah, blah" about the film in an interview." This could be cited to the original periodical. When your book comes out, you can expand on the bit using your book as the supporting reference. Binksternet (talk) 00:23, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

Many thanks, Binksternet. That sounds like a good idea.Jon Towlson (talk) 10:08, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * You were unblocked on the premise that you understood the rationale of policy guidelines such as WP:COI and WP:BOOKSPAM. Unless you want to be blocked again (indefinitely) I suggest that you stop with these kind of edits. -SFK2 (talk) 23:58, 7 May 2014 (UTC)