User talk:Simfonik

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. Ward3001 (talk) 20:35, 11 January 2008 (UTC)


 * "How is this an inappropriate external link?": Because Wikipedia has rules about external links. Read WP:EL thoroughly.
 * "Are the last.fm and musicbrainz.org links spam or inappropriate": When I deleted the link you added, I wasn't concerned about other links. That's not to say that the others are legitimate; I just can't fix Wikipedia in one day. I take it one edit at a time. Ward3001 (talk) 21:59, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

External links that add value should be, and in practically all other cases are, no problem. The others (last.fm and musicbrainz.org) ARE legitimate, just as the link I added was. It was a link specific to the content of the article that added a lot more information than is currently available on the article page or any of the other external links.

According to WP:EL there is nothing about the link I added that should have it excluded. Points:

1. "Wikipedia articles should include links to Web pages outside Wikipedia if they are relevant."

The link I provided was to an extremely detailed, and cross referenced, discography on The Beatles music.

2. "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..."

The amount of detail, and more specifically the cross referenced information, is so vast that it wouldn't make sense to just copy and add to the article.

3. "Some external links are welcome (see "What should be linked", below), but Wikipedia's purpose is not to include a comprehensive list of external links related to each topic. No page should be linked from a Wikipedia article unless its inclusion is justified."

There are no current links on Wikipedia, or content, that allows for the type of relevant information that is available via the link I added.

I could go on point by point, but you should be able to grasp it. The link I added meets ALL criteria and adds a considerable amount of value to the article.


 * First and foremost, read WP:SPAM. Secondly, the link you added does not "provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a Featured article". I don't plan to go back and forth with you because there is more important work to be done on Wikipedia. It's simple. Add the link, and it will be deleted (by me or someone else). Continue to add the link and you will be blocked. Ward3001 (talk) 00:36, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or promotion. From your contributions, this seems to be your only purpose. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the following text below this notice:. However, you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Materialscientist (talk) 21:28, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

- would you object to an unblock? PhilKnight (talk) 14:09, 14 October 2014 (UTC)