User talk:Stogey

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the external links you added do not comply with our guidelines for external links. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. – Chacor 04:45, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 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. – Chacor 04:51, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Acceptable links would include RELEVANT governmental and organisational links, not a link to a blog. – Chacor 04:51, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for discussing it on the talk page. If there is sufficient consensus to include the link after some discussion it will be included, although I personally disagree. – Chacor 04:58, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Links to videos/pics...
Shouldn't a wikipedia entry have links to pages that actually show what is happening on the ground in addition to just a satellite image? This is all the article currently has to say about the impact to people in the region: "Strong waves and heavy rainfall flooded streets and some buildings" Is that it? This is worse than mainstream media coverage. Just take a look at pictures on flickr, youtube etc under tag "Gonu" and you may start to realise that the storm was in fact more than just an event to document in a scientific journal (which is not all that wikipedia is meant to be). Whilst it is appreciated that the format of the article is probably designed to be in line with other hurricane entries, surely there should be a human aspect to the article rather than just a scientific view of the whole tragedy.
 * Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, but we have to have policies too. Blogs do not meet Wikipedia policy, unless they are written by authority. – Chacor 05:23, 10 June 2007 (UTC)