User talk:Oederweg

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March 2007

 * 1) [[Image:Information.svg|25px]] Please do not add 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 attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policy for further explanations. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia.  &mdash;Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 13:56, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi Epilingo, New to this stuff, so you're educating me would help a bit. Can't understand why you deleted the All in the Family link. The site appears to be good and full of verifiable info. The site has been known as the authority on All in the Family for quite a bit. The What should be linked section applies to the website. I read your notes, and the site doesn't appear to not meet the guidelines. What specific section relative to the linking guidelines are you referrring to? The sites currently listed do not add much value to show at all.
 * Thanks--Martin.--Oederweg 02:17, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Hello Oederweg, thank you for your question. We are building an encyclopedia and the addition of content is what we want, not external links that can be found with a simple Google search. If there is usable content on the website, it would be better if some content is added to the article and the website cited as a reference source&mdash; so long as it meets the reliable sources guideline. As for why I deleted all the links you've been posting to different articles, you might try reading this guideline. Also if, as I surmise, you are associated with the website in question, you might want to peruse the conflict of interest guideline too. The bottom line is if you want to an add an external link that isn't an official site of the subject of the article, you should probably bring it up on that article's talk page. On a different subject, erasing warnings from your talk page without archiving them is strongly frowned upon by the Wikipedia community. It makes it look like you have something to hide; rather like quickly shoving something under your jacket in a department store. It may have been your own umbrella, but you're going to attract attention from security nonetheless. I hope this addressess your questions. Feel free to write again if you have any more. &mdash;Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 03:37, 6 March 2007 (UTC)