User talk:Keepsharing

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory 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 policy for further explanations. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. 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. For guidance on acceptable links added to encyclopedic articles, please see the section WP:SPAM. → Lwalt ♦ talk 18:54, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Reinsertion of same link spam to Interior design article on August 5, 2007
Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. You were warned previously on August 4, 2007 about reinserting the same spam link to articles, as you did during a previous editing session for the article Interior decorating. Please take a moment to review Wikipedia guidelines at WP:SPAM about spamming articles with links to web sites that promote the sale of merchandise. → Lwalt ♦ talk 18:47, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Reply to message regarding adding links to sites that sell merchandise
This is with reference to your removing the external link: http://makemyhome.blogspot.com/2007/07/bedroom-design-decorating-furniture.html

''Please clarify how my adding a link in external links in interior decoration was a violations to the wiki rule. I studied all the rule links you gave me but had not found myself being in any violation. The link gives a very much to the point, specific information about decorating rooms, which obviously was not covered in that article. I respect wikipedia very much, and follow its rules. ''

''Please visit the said pages of the website and check the content there! Which is very much specific for the users point of view, without making him/her giving theoretical data the content highlights the measures to achieve the said topic in clear terms.''

Please Add the link back or give me the permission to do so.

If still you think that it was a violation please state those rules to me (not any links) but the rules listed.

Please look in to the issue.


 * REPLY: There's nothing for me to look into, since the onus is on the editor who adds the material to the article. The linking of information from external sites is subject to policies and guidelines related to verifiability, reliability and neutral point of view. Blogs and other sites that feature a specific point of view (e.g., links to content that primarily feature merchandise and services for sale to the public fall outside the realm of these principles. Advertising of furniture and home decor accessories, in particular, promotes a "point of view" to sell these items and fail in many instances to add encyclopedic knowledge for the reader of the article. Rather, the focus of the site content in this instance suggests buy me, which is a position of advocacy or promotion, not to mention that promoting this type of site may be considered a conflict of interest in some cases. See External links, Neutral point of view, Verifiability and What Wikipedia is not for additional background information. Otherwise, links to external sources that do not add or support the encyclopedic content are subject to removal by any editor.


 * Hope that information from these areas answer your concerns. → Lwalt ♦ talk 22:16, 8 August 2007 (UTC)