User talk:MarkLJacobson

April 2007
Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the external links you added to the page Blessed Virgin Mary do not comply with our guidelines for external links. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. 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. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. &mdash; Indon ( reply ) &mdash; 13:51, 18 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Note, if you want to link a book, could you please read WP:MOS? There is a guideline there to link book not to a certain online store. &mdash; Indon ( reply ) &mdash; 13:51, 18 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Since I assume you are the author of the book (your username matches with the author you linked the book here), please read also WP:COI. Thanks. &mdash; Indon ( reply ) &mdash; 13:55, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

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I'd also like to add, concerning your most recent edits, that adding editing wikipedia for the sole purpose of adding a book is not productive and can be considered spamming. And if you wrote the book, we have to consider conflicts of interest. Instead of going around adding this book, since you are probably knowledgeable on these topics, why not read and review the articles you are editing, and expand, fix, and source content. We can always use more help, especially from specialists in the fields. So please consider changing your edit habits from adding your own book to articles, to editing and adding real content. Good luck!-Andrew c 14:21, 18 April 2007 (UTC)