User talk:Venusandthecat

July 2022
 Your account has been indefinitely blocked from editing because of the following problems: 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, organisation, group, or web site, which is against the username policy.

You may request a change of username and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions instead of promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, post the text  at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your proposed new username" with your new username and replace the text "Your reason here" with your reasons to be unblocked. In your reasons, you must: Appeals: If, after reviewing the guide to appealing blocks, you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal it by adding the text  at the bottom of your talk page. Replace the text "Your reason here" with the reasons you believe the block was an error, and publish the page. Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  16:22, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Disclose any compensation you may receive for your contributions in accordance with the Paid-contribution disclosure requirement.
 * 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.

Hello. Every link I click on from the external references section directs to a commercial website. Either selling products directly or indirectly, via affiliates or (primarily) hosting advertising. Every page impression delivered via wiki earning them income. If this is your rule you may wish to review all external links and your understanding of how commercials work on the internet. Otherwise you are applying this rule quite discriminately. To clarify, I removed multiple links driving to error 404 pages and one link redirecting to an adult site. I replaced it with a link to an article on the artist with a recent video interview with said artist over an hour long, which contained significantly more information about him and his career than the page currently held. One would have thought I was improving the experience. Evidently your decision says ‘the project’ prefers dead links, porn links and less sufficient info. I suppose I could replace the link with links to the interviews on YouTube instead, and we could all earn Google some money instead? Well done on improving these pages! I’m glad to see my significant annual wiki donations are being put to good use. Venusandthecat (talk) 11:28, 17 July 2022 (UTC)