User talk:Mschmidt224

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MugsWrit (talk) 17:13, 4 May 2013 (UTC) MugsWrit (talk) 17:13, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

May 2013
Thank you for your contributions. Please remember to mark your edits, such as your recent edits to Business cycle, as "minor" only if they truly are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. ''Most of the edits you made were truly minor. When fixing things like the layout it is helpful to check the box. But this edit: added a reference, which is not a minor edit. No big deal -- I point this out so that you'll learn. Also, please use the preview button. Taking a look at the edit before you submit it will save you a lot of work. Welcome to Wikipedia and Happy Editing!'' – S. Rich (talk) 20:19, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Hello, I'm 69.181.253.230. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions because it appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. 69.181.253.230 (talk) 21:39, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Self Cite
Please take a look at Wikipedia policies. In particular, WP:COI is important. In your case, WP:SELFCITE should be of interest. – S. Rich (talk) 21:39, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Corporate finance with this edit. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate may 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. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. 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. Thank you.  Spencer T♦ C 21:41, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Payback period with this edit. 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. Thank you.  Spencer T♦ C 21:44, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

This is your last warning; the next time you harm Wikipedia, as you did at Payback period with this edit, 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.  Spencer T♦ C 21:47, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or promotion. From your contributions, this seems to be your only purpose. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.  Spencer T♦ C 21:48, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

OK-thanks for the response. I understand now Mschmidt224 (talk) 22:16, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok, I think we're close, but I still have concerns. Have you read the external links policy?  Have you read about reliable sources?  Do you understand that online encyclopedias like Wikipedia and IMdb are not acceptable external links because they are user-editable?  External links should be rare, and still need to meet all of Wikipedia's other policies (✉→ BWilkins ←✎) 11:22, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Bwilkins is encouraging you to work on your appeal. Be sure to look at every point in the appeal process and address them. Part of the problem (I think) is the fact that you persisted in posting the links after they had been taken down. You should have considered why other editors were doing this. So your appeal must be coached in the strongest terms. I am not an administrator, but I'm hopeful that you will be unblocked so that you can contribute. – S. Rich (talk) 15:37, 5 May 2013 (UTC)


 * You state in the abstract that you are "completely committed to following ... policies", and that you believe that you "can still contribute useful and valuable content", but you do not give any indication at all of what that content will be. Since to date your only editing seems to have been attempts to bring attention to your own web site, and since that is completely unacceptable, there is not point in unblocking you unless you are expecting to do some other kind of editing. Can you say what kind of content you expect to do, rather than just saying that it will be "useful and valuable"? JamesBWatson (talk) 13:00, 7 May 2013 (UTC)