User talk:Sfgagnon

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Please do not add commercial links (or links to your own private websites) to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia as we drive for print or DVD publication; see the welcome page to learn more. Thanks. Vsmith 04:50, 15 February 2006 (UTC)


 * This isn't spam, or, at least, isn't intended as such. Jefferson Lab is a Department of Energy basic physics research laboratory. Our site is listed as a reference on the WikiProject Elements page and is already listed as an external link on the pages for the elements helium through neon (links which I did not add and only became aware of recently). We aim for a more casual audience than webelements.com, a semi-commercial site that seems to be a constant staple on all of the element pages, but someone thought we were good enough to add. I'm just going for completeness.


 * Sfgagnon 05:44, 15 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Note that the jlab.org link is included in the references section of the WikiProject page. Unless there also are (or have been) new, nontrivial facts referenced in the articles, any new link is merely an external link. There are literally thousands of element-related pages to choose from&mdash;going for completeness never has been a priority for Wikipedia's external links.


 * Feel free to discuss at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elements of course&mdash; the articles most probably do use some facts, and it is one of the more trustworthy sites on the Web. Be advised though that also pages like TheodoreGray.com have a hard time getting a permanent place in the links. Femto 12:24, 15 February 2006 (UTC)