User talk:Simonward77

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Loch Lomond
Hi Simon, you had emailed me and asked for feedback. In Wikipedia we can use talk pages for this purpose. You wrote: "The edit I included within the Loch Lomond subject page was removed by yourself and tagged as spam. As a new contributor to wikipedia and a subject matter expert on Loch Lomond and The Trossachs I would like to understand why you have removed my edit? My intention was not to spam users but to add to the information already provided. Before I make further edits I was hoping you could help me understand, in your opinion, how I should be adding the information I feel is relevant. Having created a website for the benefit of the local Loch Lomond and Trossachs community I wanted to use that content to add certain areas of interest to the wikipedia community. Referencing that content seemed the natural course of action however, it seems I have taken the wrong step forward. I would greatly appreciate your feedback to help me understand how I should move ahead."

There were several problems with your edit. You added an inline external link to your website. You added material that appeared to be a direct replication of material on a page on your website. Your website is marked as copyright and there was no indication that permission had been granted for this material to be used on Wikipedia in accordance with the policies such as WP:COPYRIGHT. Even if this had been the case, Wikipedia aims to use reliable sources, as detailed in places such as WP:RELIABLE. In short, your contribution appeared to have more to do with promoting your website on Wikipedia than adding suitable content. Drchriswilliams (talk) 07:24, 24 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi, Thank you for the guidance. After reading the basics of how to improve Wikipedia I can now understand where I have gone wrong. As a new contributor making the error of not understanding how I would be impacting on the community and the great work of individuals I have been overly assertive in my actions. In the excitement of trying to get more information to the readers of the Loch Lomond page I have not embraced the rules or etiquette of Wikipedia. I would like to to apologise for this. My intention was to inform at a greater depth, to help readers looking for more information and contribute to an online project I respect immensely. I do feel that I have information that is worthy of contribution to this page and I also feel that my site would be of value to readers who are looking for further information regarding Loch Lomond however, I will follow the guidance you have provided and take things a little slower. As I am learning the ropes I hope you can keep an eye on my activity and, if required, point me in the right direction. Apologies again and I will look forward to assisting the great work already done by yourself and others Simonward77 (talk) 16:15, 25 June 2017 (UTC)