User talk:Skynoir

Link at Dobsonian telescope
I have removed your addition of the link to your website twice now because it has two problem. It's a link to your website bringing up a WP:COI problem, and it is a "How-to" website. Wikipedia is not a How-to, therefor a link to how-to instructions does not meet WP:EL. If you think this link has encyclopedic merit then you should put forward your views on why it does on the articles talk page before re-adding the link. thank you 69.72.93.208 (talk) 16:18, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Dear ( 69.72.93.208 ) I see your point about the WP:COI problem. I'm willing to remove any information that promotes my own interests or those of any other individuals or companies. I really only wanted to add to the body of information about Dobsonian telescopes by showing (IMO) what perhaps is a good example.

As for the "How-to" reference, I think my page is a lot less of a How-to site then the others on the list, for example the first external link listed is called "How to Build a Dobsonian Telescope", you can't get anymore how to than that.

Once I make some changes I hope you will be willing to review my Dob page again.


 * I have removed your addition of the external link to your website again. "a lot less of a How-to" does not cut it. Wikipedia is not a How-to so it does not contain or link information on how to do something. An encyclopedic entry on "Dobsonians" would be a link that would be a paper/article on the instruments place in amateur telescope making, its affects on the hobby, further history of the design, or some scholarly paper on different types of designs and their inventors/reason for being. You could put something up like that on your site, but you can not cite your self as an authority on dobsonians. I have left up the "How to Build a Dobsonian Telescope" becuase it contains allot of further information on the Dobsonian beyond "how-to". 69.72.7.225 (talk) 21:55, 16 February 2008 (UTC)