User talk:SoonerDub

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Hello,

I'm just adding a note to ask why you (and either your close personal friends or sock puppets [] []) are so busy trying to add external links under [OLE] [VxD] [INF] [DLL], etc. to a paid download site that (a) doesn't appear to add value to the articles and (b) doesnt even appear to work very often.


 * 1) I know wikipedia can bring traffic to a site, but it doesnt boost your search results
 * 2) These pages are mainly about low-level windows programming and programmers like me. Look at the VxD or OLE page. they're low level, worrying about the interfaces of OLE controls. These sites are not for mass readers, and your linking doesn't appear to bring any value to the table.
 * 3) wikipedia has a [Wikipedia:External_links#Links_normally_to_be_avoided] policy that your links appear to be violating.

If you can explain to me why your stuff should stay up, I will leave it alone. But if not, I'm going to escalate this because I don't want to waste my time hitting the rollback button, and can't be bothered to code a 'bot to do automatically, not when wikipedia has its own anti-spam infrastructure. SteveLoughran (talk) 22:33, 5 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Still no response. Well, you and the other accounts that insert the links at the same time are easily dealt with. Please read the link policy rules and follow them. SteveLoughran (talk) 16:04, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

VxD
When adding links to material on an external site, please ensure that the external site is not violating the creator's copyright. Linking to websites that display copyrighted works is acceptable as long as the website's operator has created or licensed the work. Knowingly directing others to a site that violates copyright may be considered contributory infringement. This is particularly relevant when linking to sites such as YouTube, where due care should be taken to avoid linking to material that violates its creator's copyright. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 22:34, 13 January 2008 (UTC)