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October 2010
Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --John (talk) 01:21, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

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I am inquiring as to what particular policies I violated and why you deleted my posts. Soundboard, the Rhapsody editorial department, is staffed and carries the work of internationally recognized music critics, among them former Village Voice Editor Chuck Eddy, Robert Christgau, Wire writer Philip Sherburne and others who’ve contributed to key magazines and music publications (Rolling Stone, Vibe, Spin, etc). The All Music Guide staff similarly provides editorial coverage and metadata to a wide range of digital music services such as iTunes, Rdio and Spotify. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmarques (talk • contribs) 18:30, 14 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the inquiry. I am sure your organization is doing great work. Before we could use it we would need to have a consensus that the links added value, and to be reassured that you do not have a conflict of interest in posting these links here. Do you work for Rhapsody? --John (talk) 18:39, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

This is Rmarques. I am inquiring as to what particular policies I violated and why you deleted my posts. Soundboard, the Rhapsody editorial department, is staffed and carries the work of internationally recognized music critics, among them former Village Voice Editor Chuck Eddy, Robert Christgau (who is generally considered the father of music criticism), Wire writer Philip Sherburne and others who’ve contributed to key magazines and music publications (Rolling Stone, Vibe, Spin, etc). The All Music Guide staff similarly provides editorial coverage and metadata to a wide range of digital music services, most notably iTunes, Rdio and Spotify. Rolling Stone, for example, also syndicates their content to other sources. The purpose of linking to these pages is not to advertise Rhapsody the digital music service (and Rhapsody is never the subject of the articles in question), but rather to enrich individual pages via insight provided by the aforementioned critics, who are both neutral and objective in their assessments. There is no call to action in this linked material, and this is no more “advertisement for an organization” than the various other links to major music sites. I would ask point out exactly where we are violating the letter or spirit of the law, and how linking to Rhapsody editorial coverage is any different than AMG or Rolling Stone linking to their sites? Rmarques (talk) 18:43, 14 October 2010 (UTC)Rmarques


 * I am taking it that although you did not directly answer my question above, you do work for Rhapsody, as your use of "we" above implies. Please see WP:COI for an explanation for why you should not be adding multiple links to our articles to an organization you work for. --John (talk) 18:49, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. I understand Wikipedia’s conflict of interest policies. I would point out that neither Rhapsody, its competitors or digital music as a product is the subject of the postings at hand. Per the guidelines, “using material you yourself have written or published is allowed within reason.” Our content is from notable authorities on the articles' subjects and conforms to the content policies of Wikipedia. They are objective and critical surveys of popular music. We do not include buy options within the SoundBoard blog, and the site primarily functions to educate our readers about music. As I mentioned in my previous message, the Rhapsody staff includes leading music critics in the world. Our contributors include Chuck Eddy, Tim Quirk (who was included in this year’s De Capo compilation of the best music writing), and Philip Sherburne, as well as numerous other widely published writeres. Our make-up and the caliber of our writers rival that of All Music Guide or any of the major on-line music publications, many of which have links throughout Wikipedia. Rmarques (talk) 20:13, 14 October 2010 (UTC)Rmarques


 * I would have taken the same line had I seen an employee of AllMusic adding multiple links to their organization. I suggest posting at a project noticeboard (maybe Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Music?) to see if you can generate a consensus that these links are worth having. --John (talk) 21:00, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

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