User talk:Miles237

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February 2018
Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Ian.thomson (talk) 17:05, 23 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Apolologies. Please help me to understand - how are the links inappropriate if someone is researching or looking for information on that specific (albeit limited) topic?  Do I need to add the MusicBrainz link?  Sorry you think I'm spamming when I am not.  --Miles237 (talk) 18:00, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
 * General rule: if the link goes to a website where you buy something, we treat it as advertising.
 * There's already links to sources where people can hear public domain readings of the works of Shakespeare and Omar Khayyam. The only additional info provided by the links you provided are the copyrighted music by Elmy and Boorman and where to buy it, neither of which are exactly relevant to learning about Omar Khayyam or Shakespeare.  Links to Musicbrainz would not really be any different in that regard.
 * Your intention may not have been to spam, but all we can see are the consequences of those intentions.
 * Do you have any affiliation with "Elmy & Boorman"...?
 * Ian.thomson (talk) 18:20, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Re-General rule- please see, as example, the external link on the Hozier wiki page - that is direct selling and merchandise selling.
 * Re-consequences of my intentions- sadly, I still can't see it as spamming as it is very specific and relevant. The site is informative, has all the original texts and has plenty of links for free downloads and streaming on the specific topic.  Music is a relevant and useful learning tool for teachers and students of Shakespeare or Khayyam.
 * Fundamentally, I guess it all boils down to what Wiki thinks is worth promoting. I'll leave it to the expert editors like yourself.  Many thanks for your help.

--Miles237 (talk) 19:20, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
 * If you meant Hozier (musician), the subject's official site is almost always included unless there's a legal reason not to. However, the subject only gets an article if they are notable (that is, there are multiple and independent professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources about them.  There is no article for Elmy and Boorman (which is where their website would be linked).
 * Academic works regarding the connection between Shakespeare's works and music are linked -- but these are non-commercial pieces. That said, while Shakespeare may have borrowed some techniques from music (influencing Edward FitzGerald's translation of Omar Khayyam), music is not required to understand their writings.
 * The links for the original texts and audio recordings of those texts are public domain, not commercial. Your links were commercial, not public domain.
 * Once again, do you have any affiliation with "Elmy & Boorman"...? Our policies and terms of service are very strict about paid editing.  If you have any affiliation with them, you are required to disclose it.
 * Ian.thomson (talk) 00:33, 25 February 2018 (UTC)