User talk:MikeMalachite

Please do not add advertising or 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 exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Vsmith (talk) 17:47, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

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Hi Mike - like a lot of people, you may not be clear about Wikipedia's guidelines and policies and what Wikipedia is. Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit - within our guidelines an policies. Articles are meant to be about what reliable sources have to say about a subject. With 3 million articles and many more editors, we have a lot of guidelines. For instance, we have guidelines about links, and you've fallen foul of that one I'm afraid. We also have a guideline about what can be on user pages - please see WP:USERPAGE. I'm going to have to ask you to remove the promotional stuff on your user page, sorry about that. Don't let all of this discourage you, you sound as though you have a lot to offer Wikipedia, but Wikipedia can't offer you a place where you can promote yourself or your work. Thanks. Feel free to ask questions. Dougweller (talk) 18:45, 17 September 2009 (UTC)