User talk:SAllaire

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Vendor promotion
I'm sorry to follow up my welcome with this note, but I've removed most of your edits that added trivial information and/or links about First Act, Inc. to various musicians' articles because they seemed designed more to promote the vendor that add to the articles. Please note that Wikipedia discourages links to vendors unless there is a compelling encyclopedic reason to include them. Furthermore, claims like "First Act made Tim Anderson a custom one-of-a-kind guitar" should be accompanied not by a link to First Act's website, but with a specific link or other citation to text that backs up this claim (like a news article, a book reference, etc.), and such a citation needs to be from a reliable source, preferably independent to avoid the appearance of trying to use Wikipedia to promote products.

For the moment, I've left the links in two articles because the text had already established a rationale for including a list of equipment, in which the link to First Act's website is less jarring. But don't be surprised if others argue they should be removed, too. Please remember that our goal here is to create solid encyclopedia articles based on independent, reliable evidence. Let me know if you have any questions about this. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 00:43, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory 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 policy for further explanations. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. --Bongwarrior 18:35, 24 May 2007 (UTC)