User talk:TexasTides

Please do not add commercial links or links to your own private websites to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. &mdash; Laura Scudder &#9742; 15:18, 22 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Laura,


 * We are new to Wikipedia and welcome your heads-up! We, like the Portal to Texas History, which has also added external links to various articles, are an educational program. We are attempting to connect researchers with our collections by linking relevant objects in our digital collections to relevant articles in Wikipedia. We noticed the Portal to Texas History's links...have they been added via a different protocol than direct addition? Please let us know!


 * Thanks so much, Priscilla Coulter and the Texas Tides team http://tides.sfasu.edu/


 * In places like History of Texas, the Portal of Texas History is linked to because it was used as a reference by an editor while writing part of the article. In general we try to encourage people to add content rather than external links, as that is what makes an encyclopedia.
 * Some of our policies seem strange at first, but they're all aimed at making a better encyclopedia. We don't let people write about themselves (WP:AUTO) because it's too hard to be neutral and objective about yourself, and we discourage people from adding links to their own sites.  The best way to make sure your links aren't removed by others is to first bring it up on the talk page and let other editors decide to add it.    &mdash; Laura Scudder &#9742; 17:05, 22 August 2006 (UTC)