User talk:Riffraff31

October 2010
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Photographic assistant. 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 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 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 article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Goodvac  ( talk ) 07:55, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

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Goodvac,

Sorry, I'm new here. I just came across the wikipage as a searched photo assistant on google. Yes, I have a pertinent blog, but so does the person who posted all the other links. Each one of those links goes back to the same person. But I see you've already figured that out and deleted them, so I am satisfied, for now.

I understand the intent behind promoting links. I do feel, however, that in this instance, the content of both my blog, and even the other sites you deleted, are helpful to the definition of photo assisting. I know I might be naive about the rules around here... just my two cents. I will poke around more and hopefully become better adapted to how things work around here. I would like to contribute in some way.

Riffraff31 (talk) 08:16, 2 October 2010 (UTC)riffraff31
 * I'm glad that you aim to be helpful here. Perhaps reading WP:LINKSPAM and WP:ELNO will give you a better perception of which external links are acceptable and which are not. Feel free to ask me if you have any questions.  Goodvac   ( talk ) 08:36, 2 October 2010 (UTC)