User talk:Thecheester

Additions of http://www.wikiswot.com

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Please do not add advertising or inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. --Hu12 (talk) 00:59, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Dear Hu12: I added the website www.wikiswot.com to the SWOT discussion because I think it is EXTREMELY relevant to the subject. I personally created over 100 SWOT analysis that I want to offer to the public, and I monitor the site every day to make sure the quality of the site is extremely high. I understand Wikipedia's policy, but I don't agree with your decision to remove the aforementioned link on the basis of this rule and based on the information I provided above. Looking forward to your response. -AC


 * External links policy on Advertising and conflicts of interest states You should avoid linking to a website that you own, maintain or represent. Unfortunately your conflict of interest editing involves contributing to Wikipedia in order to promote wikiswot.com. Such a conflict is strongly discouraged. Your contributions to wikipedia under Thecheester and IP71.232.22.87, consist entirely of adding external links to wikiswot.com and is considered  WP:Spam. Looking through your contributions as a whole, the all seem to be wikiswot.com related only. Please do not continue adding links to your own websites to Wikipedia.  Wikipedia is NOT a "repository of links" or a "vehicle for advertising". You're here to improve Wikipedia -- not just to promote wikiswot.com right?  --Hu12 (talk) 00:17, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Hu12:

Did you read my comment below?

I really disagree with your decision. Can you please read my comments? This is not spam - I'm simply trying to help users find high quality SWOT analysis examples, and I stand behind that promise. I also provide a SWOT generator that saves user-generated SWOTs just like the other link on wikipedia - but better (or improved)

Please reach out to contact@wikiswot.com so we can take this conversation offline.

Best, TC — Thecheester (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

Here are some rules:
 * SPAM
 * External link spamming
 * External links policy
 * Links normally to be avoided
 * Advertising and conflicts of interest
 * Conflict of interest
 * Editors who have a conflict of interest
 * Accounts used for promotion
 * Law Of Unintended Consequences
 * What Wikipedia is not
 * Wikipedia is not a repository for links
 * Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising
 * BLOCK
 * Persistent spamming
 * Accounts that appear, based on their edit history, to exist for the sole or primary purpose of promoting a person, company, product, service, or organization in apparent violation of Conflict of interest or anti-spam guidelines.--Hu12 (talk) 22:29, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Continued additions
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. --Hu12 (talk) 00:18, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Hu12:

This is not spam - the link I am adding improves the quality of the information with regards to SWOT analysis.

How can we talk so I can explain my POV and you can reconsider?

Best, TC — Thecheester (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

Dear Hu12:

While I appreciate you sending me the same links I already read, I would appreciate a more direct answer as to why the link was removed. I would be happy to provide you with Google Analytics data as to how the SWOT analysis that I personally created are being used, as well as keywords of people coming into the site, to prove to you that the content is relevant and UNIQUE - none of the other external links or sources cited on the article as a thorough as the site I posted before.

PLEASE review it carefully and I would be happy to provide you with any data you want to make you prove my point.

Thank you in advance, TC — Thecheester (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 * READ the links, its all explained. You can't add your own site, and it fails our inclusion policies. You need prove nothing to me, it fails on multiple levels, wikipedias criteria for inclusion. Equally Wikipedia is not a place to to promote your site, sorry--Hu12 (talk) 18:31, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Hu12:

I am not trying to promote the site. I created it so people would find it useful - I don't even have ads in there. I run another site which I created 7 years ago for a similar purpose: help people out. My opinion is not biased nor is it emotional, but a lot of the external links in the SWOT article are extremely poor in quality and outdated. PLEASE, just review them yourself and use your judgment. I am sure you will agree with me on this on some level.

I respect the decision although I strongly disagree and it is very unfortunate that the hundreds of people that are looking for the information that my site easily, clearly, and freely provides, won't be able to find it easily through Wikipedia - the same purpose Wikipedia is trying to achieve is utterly failing here.

I look forward to your feedback & thoughts.