User talk:Shato~enwiki

This is notice that you have been reported as a suspected sock of banned user user:Diva industries. I have also requested that skeptiko.com be added to Wikipedia's blacklist so that this does not happen again. Looie496 (talk) 07:44, 1 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Hello there. First off I'd like to apologize for the nuisance we've become and let you know that we aren't spammers and we really do mean well. Unfortunately we are quite new to the whole Wikipedia thing and still find the guidelines and such confusing. We thought that the links we were putting up were relevant to the page and very informative and we were unaware we were violating any guidelines and for that we do apologize. We really think the information we have could be informative but like I said I'm still confused on where exactly to put them all or how to go about it. I'm embarrassed to admit that it took me a good part of an hour just to figure out what to do first. Can you please advise me on how to go about this? I would appreciate any help and guidance that you can offer so we do not repeat the same mistakes. Thanks and again our apologies. Hope to hear from you soon. Shato (talk) 09:38, 1 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your note. The main guideline you need to be aware of when adding external links to articles is here. As a rule-of-thumb, we strongly discourage external links that do not expand upon the content of the article in a directly relevant way (and even then, where they meet our sourcing policy, such links are normally best used as references for content in the main article itself). Unfortunately once a few inappropriate links get added to an article and aren't quickly removed, they give the mistaken impression that we permit all such links... and the External links section rapidly degenerates into a link directory. I appreciate that you were simply attempting to enhance Wikipedia's coverage of the subjects involved, but persistently including links such as the one you added will lead to the offending account being blocked and, as Looie496 has noted, the website being added to our blacklist. However, if you want to add content to the articles in question, please go ahead, provided that content is neutral, verifiable, and comes from a reliable source. Regards, EyeSerene talk 11:58, 1 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Apologies for the late reply; I've been away for a couple of days. Regarding your latest, I think the problem was what seemed like a scattergun approach to adding the links to the articles - I accept that wasn't the intention, but it gave the unfortunate impression of spamming. Because Wikipedia is such a popular site, as you can imagine we get an awful lot of promotional material/links that are totally unwelcome, so when something looks suspicious (like a new account adding similar links to a number of related articles and making no content edits) there tends to be a shoot first, questions later reaction.
 * As to suitability, I agree that in general terms something like the Benjamin Radford interview transcript, for example, is an acceptable external link. The fact that it's on a blog confuses things slightly, but because it includes the MP3 download it is unarguably verifiable, so I think we could accept it.
 * The only remaining issue is relevance, and the rule of thumb is that an external link should not be added unless it enhances the article content beyond what it would contain if it became a featured article. I haven't read the articles in any detail, but (sticking with the interview as an example) unless an article specifically mentions the interview, or quotes portions of it, we wouldn't really regard it as directly relevant. This is interpreted quite tightly, so 'related' is not the same as 'relevant'... if that makes sense! As I mentioned earlier, if the content really is pertinent, it's normally best to paraphrase it into the article body in the proper section, and cite it to the source (which will involve a link in any case).
 * I hope this helps explain. If you're in any doubt, it's often best to propose a link or content addition on the article talk-page first (click the 'discussion' tab at the top of the article page) to gauge the reaction and invite the assistance of the article's regular editors. Regards, EyeSerene talk 18:00, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * You're welcome - if you have any more questions, you know where my talk page is ;) EyeSerene talk 19:03, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

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