User talk:Tikibah

Welcome! (Regarding DeMoulas/Market Basket)
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September 2010
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to DeMoulas/Market Basket. Wikipedia is not a collection 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 attract visitors to a web site 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. * --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:51, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Just not sure what an inappropriate link is. My link is a store directory for Market Basket. The other link is not official either and also the other site is in trademark violation by using "Demoulas" in their URL.

With what was said above, could you please explain Wiki's definition on "inappropriate"?

Thanks
 * There are several issues, some of which were already linked above. Among other issues:
 * You appear to have a conflict of interest in adding the link
 * Wikipedia is not a collection of links
 * Other stuff exists is a week argument by itself
 * Fansites are among the links normally to be avoided
 * Adding external links to an article or user page for the purpose of promoting a website or a product is not allowed, and is considered to be spam
 * --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 22:59, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Ok, understood. But my question is that MyDemoulas.com breaks these same infractions that you have stated. That site has no affiliation with Demoulas Market Basket, it is a fan site and they are promoting their site for personal profit (adsense) since it is not affiliated with the actual store. I am not trying to argue with you, but if what you are telling me is valid, those same rules should apply to MyDemoulas.com as well.
 * I had removed those links prior to adding my reply above. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:49, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Ok, pardon me for not looking before I wrote back, thanks for being fair. Take care