User talk:Jsgbrown

Please do not add commercial links or links to your own private websites to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Mwanner | Talk 17:35, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

You wrote: "I understand why you would remove links, in this case from the word entrepreneur, but like the othrs I see completely pointless and unhelpful links already in the notes. My blog is free, has no adverts, has no commercial purpose and is written by me. I am an entrepreneur of 23 years, a lecturer at the London Business School teaching MBA students on the topic so I feel qualified on the topic. Also, my articles run into 100s pages so I don't think it makes sense to discuss them all on the page. Therefore I have added a link to my pages so others with an interest in the topic can visit. SURELY this is the point of external links and resources??

Its not spam - its real world, useful information on the topic.

If I am misunderstanding what is allowed or sensible do let me know? Right now i am trying to enrich the resource, whereas the other links seem to be commercial or useless links...they should be removed and mine should be left!"


 * Please read Wikipedia's External links policy and WP:Spam. Basically, adding links to your own page is a no-no, as is adding links to gain exposure, as is adding links to blogs generally.  We are an encyclopedia, not a link directory.  We want our articles to be the best possible source of information on a topic, not a short article followed by a long list of links to other articles.


 * If information belongs it an article, it should added directly to the article. External links are for information that does not belong in an article. In general, articles should have very few links, because most worthwhile information on a subject does belong directly in the article.


 * From what you say about yourself, it sounds like you have a lot to contribute to Wikipedia. Please, though, contribute to the article text directly, not via external links.


 * Finally, don't be mislead if you see a lot of links in a lot of articles that violate the above: we're being spammed pretty massively, and there is often a substantial lag in cleaning things up. And please feel free to join in the cleanup! Thanks, Mwanner | Talk 13:18, 24 September 2006 (UTC)