User talk:Magic-squares-info

January 2016
Hello, I'm JohnBlackburne. I wanted to let you know that I removed one or more external links you added to the page Magic square, because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 15:52, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi John,

am I holger, the webmaster of http://www.magic-squares.info, which you rejected as a link.

My answer comes from the wikipedia guidelines:

1) Wikipedia articles may include links to web pages outside Wikipedia (external links), but they should not normally be placed in the body of an article. All external links must conform to certain formatting restrictions.

I think that I have respected these guidelines

2) Some acceptable links include those that contain further research that is accurate and on-topic, information that could not be added to the article for reasons such as copyright or amount of detail, or other meaningful, relevant content that is not suitable for inclusion in an article for reasons unrelated to its accuracy.

I think that you will find a lot od additional infortmation about magic squares

- you will find all properties of magic squares (and some which are not mentioned in the current article)

- you will find more algorithms to construct magic square of different order (not only the three or four of the wikipedia)

- you will find interactive methods of analyzing a magic square

- you will find interactive constructions methods online

So I think that there are a lot of additional information about about sqaures.

3) Some external links are welcome (see § What can normally be linked), but it is not Wikipedia's purpose to include a lengthy or comprehensive list of external links related to each topic.

See above...

ciao holger


 * You missed perhaps the most relevant guideline:
 * It is obvious that a link from Wikipedia to an external site may drive Web traffic to that site. But in line with Wikipedia policies, you should avoid linking to a site that you own, maintain, or represent—even if Wikipedia guidelines seem to imply that it may otherwise be linked.
 * So even if you think the link is worth adding, if it is your own you should not add it. Instead wait for other editors to do so. If the site is a unique and valuable one that many find useful then sooner or later it will get added by other editors. Until then though you should not add it yourself. See also Conflict of interest for the more general guideline on how to edit Wikipedia without the appearance of or actual conflict of interest.-- JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 17:14, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Ok, I understand this conflict of interest and will wait for someone else to add a link. Perhaps this will done in the near future, as I think that these pages will be of interest.