User talk:Lemonander

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. Thanks.


 * Please stop adding commercial links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming, and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising. Thanks.


 * Please stop. If you continue to use Wikipedia for advertising, you will be blocked from editing.  --12:19, 30 July 2006 (UTC)


 * [[Image:Stop hand.svg|30px|left]] This is your last warning. The next time you insert a spam link, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.  --12:22, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Blocked
You have been blocked from editing for violating Wikipedia policy against vandalism and spam for 24 hours. To contest this block, please reply here on your talk page by adding the text along with the reason you believe the block is unjustified, or email the blocking administrator or any administrator from this list. Mango juice talk 12:30, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, I've had more time to think about this situation.

I do not have time to discuss on article talk pages. I am too busy producing content. I primarily produce copyright content for my own website.

The articles to which I added a link on Wikipedia, a link to an page on loud music and hearing damage, make little mention of the consequences to hearing of loud music. In my view, this is irresponsible of Wikipedia when producing articles that are clearly going to be accessed primarily by naive young people. As far as I can see, the best way to correct problems with your articles remains giving external links to clear and readable text.

My site is overwhelmingly educational rater than commercial. What I am doing by adding external links to Wikipedia is not spamming, but correcting weaknesses in your pages.

1. I must confess to having not read the user introduction - after all, who reads the f* manual? Slapped wrists, and new homework hour task.

2. Now, I am in no way trying to advertise. As it is a fairly young and growing resource, I have not assumed that Wikipedia would be aware of every useful external source. And often, there are sources that are not directly related to the topic in hand, but are still useful to widen readers' grasp.

3. I have not and would not add text to an existing article, so making it likely to be confused and/or open to squabbling. Just as in a library (or an encyclopedia) where all information is not to be found in one book, so Wikipedia cannot, and possibly should not, contain 'everything'.

4.I am in no way spamming. I have just noticed that many of Wikipedia's pages can be made more credible by an external link.

5.If I am too systematic for your surveillance code, I am very sorry, and will be more circumspect/cautious/patient in my efforts to help improve Wikipedia in future.

6.Please would you lift the block, I will take care in future, this just dumped on me out of the blue - I had no wish or intention to rub Wikipedia up the wrong way.

Lemonander 13:58, 30 July 2006 (UTC) A subdued and contrite Lemonander