User talk:StuartWildman

Possible spam issue
Hi. I can see that you added a lot of links to https://theultrasoundsite.co.uk/. I do not know if you have any affiliation to this site or simply think it is quite good. However, the link provides very little useful information to the general reader and should be not be added. I have reverted the edits you have made where you inserted this link. I know you are new editor so I wanted to give you a link to Spam. Here you can see how some of your edits are in conflict with our policies. I hope you will take a look and find a productive way to add to Wikipedia. Kind regards JakobSteenberg (talk) 10:14, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I actually run the free access MSK ultrasound website, and work as a clinician so wanted to share ther free access content we have on there. The other links I have added are actually to case studies and free resources including videos and images. Is this OK? Thanks

Stuart


 * Hi again, Stuart.
 * There is certainly a way to do so without getting into conflict with Wikipedia policies and I will gladly help you with this. I have to get to work soon but when my shift is over I will gladly help you with some guidelines and a best possible ways to do so. If you could hold out added the links in the mean time I will get back to you and help you. Is this okay with you? (I am doing a long shift so the first we can talk it about 24 hours from now)
 * ...I know that editing Wikipedia is a jungle of rules and practices but the edits you have made are not really acceptable so if you could hold off until we talked it would be best. Than being said you can surely make a productive editor down the road. JakobSteenberg (talk) 11:04, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Great, no problem. Will wait for your further guidance Thanks Stuart
 * Hey Stuart. We are attempting to write an encyclopedia here. We would love to have you join us. Addition links to your own site however is not appropriate as we are not a collection of external links. Best Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 11:49, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

StuartWildman, you are invited on a Wikipedia Adventure!
 The Adventure

Ways to contribute
Hi again, Stuart. Sorry for taking so long to get back to you but real life got in the way. In regards to your edits:
 * Wikipedia is a encyclopedia and not a link collection
 * Meaning there are not many places where it would be appropriate to link to https://theultrasoundsite.co.uk/. I only just quickly skimmed the site and while I am sure it is quite good the links under the section external links in the articles are only for more official sites, such as e.g. WebMD, Mayo clinic or whatever, and even with these sites only rarely a link is needed.


 * Conflict of interest
 * Since you run the site there is a clear conflict on interest; while you might want to add the links to give readers a place for more information there is also a self-promotion issue.


 * Case-studies
 * We do not share case-studies on Wikipedia no matter how good the might be. The same goes with original research and a bounce of other things since the formate is an encyclopedia


 * Good ways to contribute
 * While we don´t want the links we want you as an editor. You have a specialized knowledge which could benefit the project. Instead of linking you should consider adding information about ultrasound scanning to articles. It would be great if you added things like "An ultrasound scan of a inflamed gallbladder shows thickened walls and sometimes around the corpus" or "Pain when applying the transducer is a sign of cholecystisis" to the article about the gallbladder or cholecystisis.
 * This is something we could really use. If you are up for it I will gladly look over your first edits to give you feedback and correct mistakes.


 * Images:
 * We can always use more images of scans. While linking to such images doesn´t really work for us if you would be willing to donate images to Wikipedia (this is done through something called Wikimedia Commons) they can be added to the relevant articles.

If you still would like to contribute to Wikipedia I will gladly help out. We can also use more editors. I can see that somebody already posted a link to Wikipedia adventure, a good place to start when new to editing. If you want you can also look at WikiProject Anatomy and WikiProject Medicine which are "internal forums" where we discuss certain aspects of Wikipedia. I put your talk page (this page) on my watchlist and will keep it there, so just click edit and write your reply as you did last time. Then I will see it when I log in to Wikipedia the next time and I will reply. ...as I said I know it is hard to start editing (because I remember) but I will gladly help you on your way.

...and already now I can give you a quick tip. If you end your reply with ~ Wikipedia will automatically add your username and so on. Just like I am doing now. Kind regards JakobSteenberg (talk) 16:41, 6 May 2015 (UTC)