User talk:Pegs0211

May 2023
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website 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 page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it.  MrOllie (talk) 11:56, 12 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, I added the name of the organisation, STEM Women, as it is relevant to this section on the page i.e. organised efforts in the UK to attract more women into STEM. There are other organisations listed here (with links) which are less well-known than STEM Women so it seemed odd that this organisation is missing and doesn't give an accurate picture of the UK situation. For anyone researching or interested in Women in STEM efforts in the UK, they would be missing an essential element through the omission of this organisation, which is the leading organisations in the UK (and globally) working on this issue. Pegs0211 (talk) 09:57, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
 * You registered a second account to add an inappropriate external link, after you'd already been warned about it on your first account. - MrOllie (talk) 13:25, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
 * "If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it."
 * This is what I have done? Please can you explain why other organisations can be added but not this one?
 * It is not a personal website and it does not promote a product. Pegs0211 (talk) 14:10, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
 * No, repeating your edit on the article is clearly not discussing on a talk page. Inventing your own criteria ("does not promote a product") will not help. Wikipedia's guidelines on this are quite clear, and that's the standard that will be followed. MrOllie (talk) 14:19, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi, we are discussing on a talk page now? And above?
 * The criteria you have listed clearly states that links promoting a product are not allowed, so I'm not inventing criteria, I'm literally quoting from the text above.
 * I've repeatedly (and politely) tried to engage with the process to try to improve the page for those interested in helping women in STEM. Pegs0211 (talk) 14:51, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not a venue for you to promote your organization. MrOllie (talk) 14:53, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
 * It is not my organisation. Feel free to go on companies house to confirm that you are wrong.
 * You can't explain why other organisations can be referred to on the same page, can you? Pegs0211 (talk) 14:57, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
 * There is a difference between using a sockpuppet account to jam in an external link and mentioning government initiatives or groups with independent sourcing in reliable sources. But I'm not going to debate the external links guidelines with you - you've been warned. If you continue you can expect that your accounts will be blocked and/or the website will be added to Wikipedia's spam blacklist. MrOllie (talk) 15:00, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
 * 'Jam in' aka 'edit'
 * 'Government initiatives' - you're promoting a tv and phone services company in the same paragraph - not a government initiative... just promoting huge corporations instead, very high editorial standards there!
 * Best of luck to you. Pegs0211 (talk) 15:16, 15 May 2023 (UTC)