User talk:Richtig27

Hi! I've noticed that most of your edits consist of linking to book reviews. May I please ask you not to post such links in the future as they will be removed. I'm sure your intentions are good, but Wikipedia is not to be used as an advertising tool. JdeJ (talk) 20:02, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi and thanks for your answer. To be honest, I agree with you. I had a look at some of the links to reviews you had posted and I found them all to be interesting and well-written. Unfortunately, it's possible that it violates Wikipedia's rules against links with commercial content, but a book review is very much a grey zone. As long as they are relevant (as these reviews all were) I won't mind it in the future, although some other editors may disagree. Anyway, all the best! JdeJ (talk) 07:25, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

To the extent that links to book reviews are appropriate, it would be in an article on a particular work, not in an article on an author, or (worse yet) in a listing of their works. (Thus, I've reverted your recent edit to Doris Lessing.) -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  15:41, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Richard Fortey
In contrast, your TLS article on Earth was very apposite. I have linked the author and publication to their Wikipedia articles, using piped links. All the best. --Old Moonraker (talk) 15:46, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Michael Billington
Also appreciated your TLS link for Billington's book, which I'm sure will be reinstated soon. --Old Moonraker (talk) 15:26, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Continued Spam only contribtions of Times Newspapers Ltd.
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 * http://spam.entertainment.timesonline.co.uk
 * http://spam.the-tls.co.uk
 * Accounts

This is the only warning you will receive. Your recent insertion of spam, commercial content, and/or links is prohibited under policy. Any further spamming may result in your account and/or your IP address being blocked from editing Wikipedia. Please stop. If you continue to use Wikipedia to advertise you will be blocked from editing. --Hu12 (talk) 15:49, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Bluntly, it appears that the sole purpose of your account is to add links to articles in the TLS, leading one to suspect some kind of conflict of interest. This is spamming, and will not be tolerated. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  16:26, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough, Orangemike. I was not aware that this sort of linking was classified as spamming, and I shall forthwith desist.

Continued Spamming after warnings

 * BLOCK
 * Persistent spamming
 * Accounts that appear, based on their edit history, to exist for the sole or primary purpose of promoting a person, company, product, service, or organization in apparent violation of Conflict of interest or anti-spam guidelines.
 * [[Image:Octagon-warning.svg|30px|left]] It has become apparent that your account is only being used for spamming inappropriate external links or self-promotion, so it has been blocked indefinitely. Wikipedia is NOT a "repository of links" or a "vehicle for advertising" and persistent spammers will also have their websites blacklisted. --Hu12 (talk) 18:32, 12 June 2008 (UTC)