User talk:Southernwindchime

November 2013
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. SFK2 (talk) 04:43, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

If an external link is added that exceeds expectations than what's wrong with joining the conversation and becoming a resource that is a trusted source of reference?

That is not vandalism, nor inappropriate, nor self-serving. There is no agenda.

My goal with becoming a Wikipedia contributor is to help "complete the subject" by establishing subject matter expertise.

"complete the subject" = FRODO = First Reaction, Orientation, Desirability, Offer

FRODO is what goes through each user's mind in about 6-7 seconds before they click back in the browser.

— First Reaction (Does this site look sketchy/terrible? "snap judgement") — Orientation (Am I in the right place?), — Desirability (How desirable is what I am seeing?) — Offers ( Not applicable to Wikipedia obviously, but could apply to subscribing to a newsletter, downloading a free ebook, etc.)

Hope this helps. This is not my first rodeo. I know what quality is and can be a value add to Wikipedia.

Best, SWC
 * If you're genuinely concerned about "completing the subject" then you should read the feature article criteria and improve the prose, fix spelling errors and expand on existing topics. You may be surprised to find that adding miscellaneous links to the bottom of the page is not one of the suggestions. Unfortunately we don't operate on 'FRODO' but ratherWP:ELNO which sets out a specific guideline on what should or shouldn't be included in the external links section. -SFK2 (talk) 12:25, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

February 2014
Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. -SFK2 (talk) 23:10, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

June 2014

 * [[Image:Stop hand nuvola.svg|30px|alt=Stop icon]] You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you insert a spam link. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. Deli nk (talk) 10:45, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Stop hand nuvola.svg|30px|alt=Stop icon]] You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you insert a spam link. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. Deli nk (talk) 10:45, 23 June 2014 (UTC)