User talk:Pscraddock

First of all, welcome. (I'll attach a welcome template below.) It appears you are in the process of adding several external links to articles. These links violate the conflict of interest guidelines WP:COI. Linking to websites you are associated with is strongly discouraged. (Although, it appears your intentions are good.) COI can be avoided by proposing the links on the talk pages of the articles. Then other editors can decide if the link is appropriate or not. Also, adding external links to articles generally benefits the linked website more than the article (notoriety, promotion, ad revenue, etc.) In this situation, it appears that you have a personal website with some good content that you are eager to share. I'd suggest using your expertise to improve the content of the articles themselves. Simply linking the same website to several articles is considered "linkspamming." You can learn more at WP:External_links. (Also, linking to forums violates the guidelines of WP:EL). Good luck. Nposs 05:25, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

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