User talk:Link Mauve

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Link Mauve", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Jack Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

Please also note that Wikipedia does not allow accounts to be shared by multiple people, and that you may not advocate for or promote any company, group, organization, product, or website, regardless of your username. Moreover, I recommend that you read our conflict of interest guideline. If you are a single individual and are willing to contribute to Wikipedia in an unbiased manner, please create a new account or request a change of username, by completing this form, that complies with our username policy. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. Thank you. Melcous (talk) 23:15, 31 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi, I just read that page and I’m still not sure how my username violates this policy, I’ve been using it for about thirteen years and even though it comes from a video game I never intended on infringing Nintendo’s trademarks or anything with it. I’ve been using “linkmauve” in other places that don’t let me have a space in between, if you prefer I could change for it so it would be less confusing. Link Mauve (talk) 01:56, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

May 2016
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to List of game engine recreations. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Melcous (talk) 23:15, 31 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I saw some other games in that list had a link to their homepage, and thought it would be helpful to do so for PyTouhou as well. I didn’t know about the nofollow attribute, but I don’t care about that, I only did that change because it’s more user-friendly to be able to click on a link rather than having to copy/paste to a search engine. Link Mauve (talk) 01:56, 1 June 2016 (UTC)