User talk:Mike Rhodes in Fresno

Spam in The Community Alliance
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July 2013
This is your only warning; if you insert a spam link to Wikipedia again, as you did at Fresno, California, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. Gtwfan52 (talk) 02:55, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

In reply to your email
Hello, Mr. Rhodes: Firstly, you generally correspond with other editors on Wikipedia by messaging them on their talk page, not by Email. Secondly, I live over a thousand miles from Fresno and could give a crap about your, or anyone else in Fresno's, politics. As a Wikipedia editor, you are REQUIRED to assume good faith in your fellow editors, unless you have a very obvious reason not to. You received a warning for spamming as the only other entry on your talk page prior to today was a notification of speedy deletion for having written a completely promotional article about the same subject as the link you tried to put into the article on Fresno today. Lastly, the Fresno bee does not have a hyperlink on the Fresno page anywhere, even though it is not uncommon for the paper of record from a city to have one. Since they are a notable newspaper, unlike the one you work for, they have an article on them and that is Wikilinked, as it should be. And as you have informed me in the email you sent me, the paper you represent exists to serve as "an independent voice for workers and progressive groups in the Central San Joaquin Valley". That is a direct quote from your website. A newspaper's mission is to disseminate news and sell ads, not to serve as a voice for some particular political cause. Therefore, I will be removing any mention of it from the article on Fresno. Have a great weekend! Gtwfan52 (talk) 04:45, 21 July 2013 (UTC)