User talk:Kenny88888

Additions of http://.healthdepartments.org
Please do not add advertising or 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 exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.--Hu12 (talk) 18:07, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Re deletion of Worldwide Health Departments
Hi Hu12

Can you please look at the link to http://healthdepartments.org which was recently deleted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_department

shown as: Worldwide Health Departments

I have read the guidlines on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links and suggested this link (submitted and previously approved on March 30) as it provides:

1) "a well-chosen link to a directory of websites or organizations" 2) a comprehensive and accurate directory of Worldwide (and US) Health Departments 3) a much-needed resource of value and relevance to readers 4) and has strictly no commercial intent.

This is especially confusing as the other existing external link entitled "Local Health Departments in the USA" on the same Wikipedia page to: http://healthguideusa.org/local_health_departments.htm IS a blatant advertising (spam) site run by http://fatrat.com and is full of errors and confusing links to advertisers.

Please help as there is a significant amount of medical research and knowledge I currently provide in the US and Europe and would like to avoid disputes when contributing to Wikepedia.org

Thank you. Kenny88888 (talk) 10:16, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
 * The nature of Wikipedia means that you can't make a convincing argument based on what other links in articles do or don't exist; because there's nothing stopping anyone from adding any link to any article. Plenty of links exist that probably shouldn't, conversly many links don't exist that probably should. So just pointing out that a link exists in an article doesn't prove that healthdepartments.org should also exist. External links policy on Advertising and conflicts of interest states You should avoid linking to a website that you own, maintain or represent, and in this case, you are the registrant of healthdepartments.org, created just months ago(17-Nov-2010). Unfortunately your  conflict of interest editing involves contributing to Wikipedia in order to promote healthdepartments.org. Such a conflict is strongly discouraged. Your contributions to wikipedia under Kenny88888 consist entirely of adding external links  and is considered  WP:Spam. Looking through your contributions as a whole, it has apparent that your account is only being used for adding external links and for self-promotion. Please do not continue adding links to your own websites to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is NOT a "repository of links" or a "vehicle for advertising" and persistent spammers will have their websites blacklisted.
 * Here are some additional Wikipedia rules that govern this issue:
 * SPAM
 * External link spamming
 * Source soliciting
 * External links policy
 * Links normally to be avoided
 * Advertising and conflicts of interest
 * Conflict of interest
 * Editors who have a conflict of interest
 * Accounts used for promotion
 * Law Of Unintended Consequences
 * What Wikipedia is not
 * Wikipedia is not a repository for links
 * Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising
 * BLOCK
 * Persistent spamming
 * Accounts that appear, based on their edit history, to exist for the sole or primary purpose of promoting a person, company, product, service, or organization in apparent violation of Conflict of interest or anti-spam guidelines.
 * Avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines. You're here to improve Wikipedia -- not just to promote healthdepartments.org right? --Hu12 (talk) 15:25, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Hi Hu12 Yes, I invested a lot of time and energy to build http://healthdepartments.org and the honest reason was that I was annoyed with the current confusing advert site linked from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_department built by http://fatrat.com which boasts about the revenue they earn from people coming to Wikipedia trying to seek help from "Local Health Departments in the USA" and end up clicking on it's adverts. I mistaking thought if I provided a better alternative of genuine value (and not for personal gain) that maybe I could help some of these people find what they need.

However Hu12, thank you - I really appreciate the work you do and for taking the time to give me such a detailed response. Kenny88888 (talk) 04:19, 8 April 2011 (UTC)