User talk:Tatianamarshall

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By the way, I moved or removed the links you added to the lede sections of Bottlenose dolphin and Sperm Whale, since references are not needed in the lead sections of an article when the references are in more detailed discussion in the body of the article. For Sperm Whale, I moved the link to the body. For bottlenose dolphin, the body of the article already contained sources that cover the subject in more detail. Rlendog (talk) 19:42, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

spamming
All of your contributions to date have been inclusions of in-line reference links to an ocean conservation advocacy website that, while perhaps admirable in its goals, is not worthy as a reliable source for information on these organisms. Their inclusion is a clear case of external link spamming, all the more obviously so since you have contributed no new information but merely looked for placeholders for your links. This is very much frowned upon, and I have deleted as many of them as I could. There are many useful ways one can contribute to all of the articles you have edited, from tidying up or finding illustrations to (best of all) adding well-sourced content on the ecology, biology, population status, cultural value, etc. of all of these organisms. But please do not continue to spam. Best, Eliezg (talk) 04:27, 27 August 2009 (UTC)