User talk:Mathsecret

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May 2009
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. 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 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 guideline for further explanations. Since Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by some search engines, including Google. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it.  Sp in ni ng  Spark  22:26, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

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'''our edit was removed! :('''

Thank you for your encouragement in this frustrating task of editing in wiki-language. It appears that the reason for the removal was that we were posting a few comments with links to video demonstration on our site (we thought the best way to explain this topic was to show video demonstration.

Not to mention, is it true that we cannot post websites in which we are affiliated with? Is there any way around that? Like getting a friend to add our content? Abacus is topic not many people knows anything about, if we don't write the descriptions, who can??

If you can provide brief guidance, we would sincerely appreciate your advise! Mathsecret (talk) 06:36, 15 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I have moved your question to the bottom because the Wikipedia convention is new posts go to the bottom of the page. So first, a couple of hints about asking questions: to ask a question on your own talk page you should write   before the question.  This will attract someones attention, it is only coincidence that I was watching your page. Or you can ask questions at one of the many helpdesk pages on Wikipedia.  The best one for you is probably New contributors' help page‎.


 * You refer to yourself as "we" which, together with the account name being the name of an organisation, leads me to believe that more than one person is using this account. This is strictly against policy (WP:NOSHARE) for licencing reasons.  Using your organisation name as a user name is not recommended, and must never be used for promotion (WP:SPAMNAME).


 * External links should never normally be placed in the body of an article (WP:ELPOINTS), but go in the "external links" section at the end. The Wikipedia guidelines on external links limits external links to certain purposes only.  The links you are placing are primarily to advertise the service you are providing which is very much against policy.


 * You are in breach of the conflict of interest and promotion guidelines. Getting a friend to post the links makes no difference, promotional links are not welcome.  You are welcome to post encyclopedic text about the abacus as long as you verify this information by providing references to reliable sources, but please bear in mind the policies and guidelines I have linked to above.  Sp in ni  ng  Spark  17:29, 15 May 2009 (UTC)