User talk:Lockan

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. (Requestion 20:46, 30 April 2007 (UTC))

Dear Requestion,

I was responsible for all the Computational Fluid Dynamics development on the DIESELMAX and the article had incorrect numbers on it (they were used in the original press releases and don't represent the final figures achieved). The link to MIRA Ltd was to allow people to request a copy of my paper 'Computational Fluid Dynamics Development of the JCB DIESELMAX Land Speed Record Vehicle' which was presented at the MIRA International Vehicle Aerodynamics Conference in 2006. MIRA are a non-profit making organisation and hence I disagree with your assertion that including a link was 'link spam'.

I don't appreciate you binning my changes without having any knowledge of the project yourself.

Regards,

Angus Lock BEng (Hons), CEng, MRAeS

Principal Engineer - Aerodynamics Engineering Fluids Engineering MIRA Ltd Watling Street Nuneaton Warwickshire CV10 0TU Tel.: +44 (0) 2476 355415 Fax:  +44 (0) 2476 358415 Email: angus.lock@mira.co.uk Web:  www.mira.co.uk       www.aerodynamics-conference.co.uk Lockan 13:38, 15 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Hello Angus. We've had a problem with mira.co.uk linkspam, sorry to bin your edit in with the de-spamming. I am changing the mira.co.uk external link to an internal Motor Industry Research Association link in the JCB Dieselmax article. I bet you didn't know MIRA had a Wikipedia page? Please be very careful in the future, adding self-links to Wikipedia is a huge conflict of interest (WP:COI) and it is frowned upon. Being a non-profit is nice but it doesn't gain any extra privileges here at Wikipedia. One of our 5 pillars is neutrality (WP:NPOV) which means we try not to play favorites. (Requestion 21:51, 15 May 2007 (UTC))