User talk:Roger2012

AHAF links
The link you're trying to add to Macular degeneration is not appropriate for Wikipedia per WP:EL, WP:LINKSPAM, and WP:NOTE. The organization is not notable and the site is basically a large advertisement soliciting donations. Please do not continue to add it to the article, nor any link from the American Health Assistance Foundation to other associated diseases. Thank you. DKqwerty (talk) 15:02, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

To: DKqwerty

Thank you for your comment and explanation today. Macular Degeneration Research provides public education and funds research for this eye disease. They are accredited by HONcode as having accurate and reliable health information and meet the standards of the BBB. Although they do accept donations, which fund research, the site primarily contains education material and resources.

It does not appear to be an issue for other pages on Wikipedia to have links to external sites (many of which are non-profits).

Here is an example for Cystic Fibrosis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cystic_fibrosis#External_links. These non-profits provide education and also accept donations to fund research.

Here is another example from the Tay Sachs disease page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_sachs#External_links

These external links are associated with the heart disease page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_disease#External_links

Regards - Roger2012

July 2009
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. 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. Since Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by some search engines, including Google. 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. Ckatz chat spy  20:19, 20 July 2009 (UTC)