User talk:Richardwoodward

Who the hell are you to edit wikipedia article? this is not a good practice..

External links in Joseph Alexander Altsheler
Richard,

This is just a heads up about my recent edits to the Joseph Alexander Altsheler entry. My first edit was to remove a mention of a specific external link from the lead section. This edit was in line with a Wikipedia guideline, WP:LEAD, which says that the purpose of the lead section is to summarize what is written in the rest of the article. The lead is not used to point the reader toward a specific external link.

In that first edit that I made, I left the link to your website in the External links section. I wasn't sure at the time whether your link went against the spirit of the WP:ELNO guideline or not, but I gave you the benefit of the doubt until I could check into it further. After looking at it further, that link conflicts with Wikipedia's stance on external links. Essentially, we can easily be overrun with promotional information on Wikipedia, so WP:ADV advises editors not to add external links to websites that they control or represent. Usually our external links are to websites that have verifiable editorial oversight.

It's no problem that you added the link to your site in this article. I've removed it per the Wikipedia community's guidelines above. I hope that this message helps you to understand why. If I can help you in any way as you edit on Wikipedia, please don't hesitate to ask. Undoubtedly, you would be able to contribute some excellent encyclopedic content if you would like to do so. Thanks! EricEnfermero HOWDY! 03:13, 1 January 2014 (UTC)