User talk:Mfantoni/Archive 01

taguchinow.com link
Hi, Mfantoni. We have a set of external links guidelines listing out what is generally acceptable for an external link on Wikipedia. Because the above link doesn't directly tell readers what about the Taguchi method doesn't work for marketing, and appears to be mainly a promotion of the business, it is not suitable for inclusion. You should also be aware that adding links to websites or content you are associated with is almost never appropriate. Please don't continue to add the link to articles. Thanks --Siobhan Hansa 10:00, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming, and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising. Thanks.  --Siobhan Hansa 14:10, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi SiobhanHansa. It is not my intention to advertise my company at the Taguchi Method's and Genichi Taguchi's pages at Wikipedia. I have had links to those pages on my web site for a long time because I want to educate people about the Taguchi Approach and Wikipedia is a very good vehicle for that. Recently, a competitor of mine started adding this link to Wikipedia's pages so I started including a link to my web site also. I will not add links to my site in the future, but please make sure that competitor's links are also removed (this didn't happen on the last few days, when my link was removed but my competitor's remained). It is an issue of equality. Thank you. --Mfantoni 03:11, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for emailing. You're correct that the other link should not be on the article either.  I had thought I had been removing it too - and I will endeavor to do so in the future whenever I see it added.  If you come across the link on the article you should also feel able to delete it.  --Siobhan Hansa 03:20, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you, SiobhanHansa. I will monitor the pages myself. --Mfantoni 03:51, 12 November 2006 (UTC)