User talk:Rwlinda

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. IrishGuy talk 16:36, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Rwl, what happened to getting others' opinions on talk first? – Steel 16:41, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Nothing happens there. The link I added yesterday I was just told by a lot of people that the link should be on Wikipedia and I shouldn't worry since I link to a site that is a great resource. So, I re-added the link. Just my opinion, the site I added contains a lot more information than for example the link to TV.com or Yahoo! Movies, so I really don't understand why links can be posted to those sites and not to this site. Honestly, another site that is listed on that page only shows some clips of Robin Williams' stand up comedy and violates copyrights. Also, the site I added the link for contains news officially received from Robin Williams' people and is approved by Mr. Williams himself. I'm curious to hear about your opinion about this.

This is what the Wikipedia guidelines says about external links. "Wikipedia articles can include links to Web pages outside Wikipedia. Such pages could contain further research that is accurate and on-topic; information that could not be added to the article for reasons such as copyright or amount of detail (such as professional athlete statistics, movie or television credits, interview transcripts, or online textbooks); or other meaningful, relevant content that is not suitable for inclusion in an article for reasons unrelated to their reliability (such as reviews and interviews)." Please review the site I link to. Thanks--Rwlinda 19:18, 4 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Those guidelines also state: You should avoid linking to a website that you own, maintain or represent... and considering that it is your website you really need to stop spamming. IrishGuy talk 19:21, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

I understand, and I guess this means any other person can add a link to the site, because it has (one way or another) contains further research that is accurate and on-topic? Another question...if I still can not add a link. There's a quotation needed for the information on the Robin Williams article about his visits to Iraq and Afganistan. My site contains a page with stills, information and actual letters from people who attended the shows there. Or can't I add any links to a site I own, just because it's mine? I don't wanna be marked as a spammer, but I just feel like keeping people away from my site is very disappointing as it contains so much more information on Robin Williams. Maybe another editor, not related to the site can add it? I wonder what other admins think about this as well. Thanks for any input.--Rwlinda 19:40, 4 July 2007 (UTC)