User talk:Surface Mount Process

February 2017
Hello, I'm Dan D. Ric. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to Stencil printing have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Dan D. Ric (talk) 08:08, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Hello Dan, It appears my account has been blocked after i have added links to the stencil printing page. At the top of the page it asks to introduce links that are relevant to the subject which i did so not sure what i have done wrong. The website i created covers the topic in detail and so it would be useful for others to read. What action do i need to take to be unblocked? Kind Regards Mike

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Surface Mount Process. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Stencil printing, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:


 * avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
 * instead, you are encouraged to propose changes on the Talk pages of affected article(s) (see the request edit template);
 * when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
 * avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or to the website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
 * exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. Dan D. Ric (talk) 08:18, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

There have been two problems identified with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing.

If you intend to make useful contributions about some topic other than your business or organisation, you may request an unblock. To do so, post the text at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with a new username you are willing to use. See Special:CentralAuth to search for available usernames. Your new username will need to meet our username policy. Replace the text "Your reason here" with your reason to be unblocked. In this reason, you must:
 * Convince us that you understand the reason for your block and that you will not repeat the kind of edits for which you were blocked.
 * Describe in general terms the contributions that you intend to make if you are unblocked.

If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Widr (talk) 10:06, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Component placement. Wikipedia is not a collection of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links may 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 article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Jim1138 (talk) 10:09, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

The links were to articles that directly related to the subject of the page so I didn't realise this was inappropriate. I realise the links are nofollow and are disregarded by search engines. I am simply trying to add to the content available.

Please advise what i have done wrong. Regards Mike

The problem with your account
You are using Wikipedia to promote your website. This is against policy - see wp:NOTPROMOTION. Please imagine what Wikipedia would be like if everybody added links to their website. Therefore, no wp:spam. Thank you Jim1138 (talk) 10:27, 7 February 2017 (UTC)


 * This: *Contract Electronic Manufacturing in the UK Is wp:spam. No ifs, ands, or buts. It is SPAM. Bye Jim1138 (talk) 10:51, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Jim, Appologies and i do understand my error - my action was intended to be helpful but if everyone did this it wouldn't work. I understand that any information allowed on Wikipedia including any external refernces need to be carefully selected to ensure they offer value. Thanks for you help. Mike