User talk:Rjparsons

Links
Welcome to Wikipedia. Please stop adding external links to what appears to be your own site to various articles. Such edits present a conflict of interest and are considered spam; I have reverted them. I know of no easy way to verify that the information on the linked pages is accurate. It would be preferable if you'd propose the link on the talk page associated with each article if you want it added. In the meantime, please review the external links guideline. Thanks for your help, and Happy New Year. Rivertorch (talk) 08:52, 1 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Hello Rivertorch

Sorry if I upset the system - I went on line to update the broken link to my page on the George Boole website. Having done that I thought I would add a couple more links while I was on. Roger


 * Hi, Roger. Not to worry; everything that's done around here is easily undone. Your web site looks genuinely interesting and is obviously is the fruit of much careful labor. However, it does appear to be a personal site, and the guideline deprecates those except when they're written by recognized authorities. Perhaps that's exactly what you are, but I was unable to determine that from a quick scan of your site. Do feel free to open a discussion on the talk page of any article you'd like to see your site linked to. That way, a larger body of editors can decide whether to link it or not. (I've taken the liberty of moving your comment from your user page here to your user talk page and rolling out the full welcome mat below.) Rivertorch (talk) 09:32, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Reply to Rivertorch
Hi Rivertorch - thanks for that.

On the reinstated George Boole page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Boole you will find a broken link to my old webpage "Roger Parsons' article on Boole -- THIS LINK 404s" which presumably was posted by one of your contributors.

I was simply updating that URL to: http://www.rogerparsons.info/george/boole.html

You are welcome to correct this if you wish. I reason that as you were happy to host this link you will be happy to update it with the replacement.

With regard to your policy on private sites – I quite understand not only your caution, but also the difficulty in working out who is who and whether they are reliable.

I have worked with many of the major NGOs in Lincolnshire over the past 25 years, including Heritage Lincolnshire, Lincoln Cathedral, and the local Wildlife Trust. I am a member of Spalding Gentlemen's Society and president elect of the Lincolnshire Naturalists Union and judge of the annual Lincolnshire Environmental Awards. I teach Science and Geography in a secondary school. My personal website reflects these interests and the links I attempted to add today are all pieces written for me by local experts to be used on my website.

It is just a personal point of view, but the websites of “authorities” frequently have their own agenda and conflicts of interests. My website is no more than a celebration of the county and a reflection of my enthusiasms, and in a small way I am trying to do the same job as Wikipedia – so feel free to link to any webpage that strikes you as relevant and interesting.

Best for the New Year.

RJParsons aka Roger http://www.rogerparsons.info/