User talk:Lagostin

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 before reinserting it. Burlywood 15:44, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

The purpose was not to advertise the portal.
I am really sorry to insist. But my intention was not to advertise or promote the portal. I really believe in that project. But this portal is the unique one to gather all the clinical trials in one place to help patients finding the information they need. It is why I had the impression that this major work done by IFPMA might be inserted in the IFPMA page and in the clinical trial page. This activity is really an added value for patient and care givers and the scientific content come from the NIH, UK controlled trials, therefore nothing suspiscious.

I would like to invite you to reconsider your deletion. It's not self promotion for something not usefull. It has a real impact on patient access to information and I realize that every time I spoke to her. It is like a live encyclopedia of clinical trials information that's it.

Finally I would like to underline that the link provided in the section: external link (Clinical_Trials at the Open Directory Project ) might be considered in the same manner as the link to the portal. So why keeping this one and not mine? This address give access to a panel of other clinicl trials websites which is not different from mine!!!

Thank you to take this into consideration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lagostin (talk • contribs) 2007-05-10 14:19:54) (UTC)


 * Addition of links to IFPMA by IFPMA are considered a conflict of interest and most strongly discouraged in Wikipedia. When considering changes to articles related to IFPMA, suggest the change on the article's talk page and let neutral editors decide whether to incorporate your changes. In general, links to IFPMA only belong in the IFPMA article, but internal links to that article may be made from other articles. With respect to linking to clinical trials at DMOZ or to the IFPMA portal, it is only necessary to link to one or the other because Wikipedia is no a link repository. On the article's talk page, you can propose that the current link be replaced with the IFPMA site. If there is a consensus among other editors that it is superior, that is fine with me. Burlywood 20:36, 10 May 2007 (UTC)