User talk:Kcarlton00

May 2010
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Architectural sculpture in the United States do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used as a platform for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Old Moonraker (talk) 21:08, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

I apologize if I stepped over a line here, it was inadvertent. However, I am confused about the policy because I noticed that many of the links on that page are to private companies. What makes those links acceptable if this one is not? I am new to editing here and certainly don't want to cause any trouble, but would like to better understand the rules. I understood that using links for promotion is not welcome and understandably so, yet the fact that there are multiple links on this page to commercial providers of related services leaves me confused about where the line is. Any clarification that can be provided would be much appreciated. Kcarlton00 (talk) 22:00, 18 May 2010 (UTC)