User talk:Walkingphotographer

May 2015
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Photowalking. 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 websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website 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 page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Melcous (talk) 12:58, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

I am perplexed as to why the two links added have been removed from this page as they are more relevant to the Photowalking page than any of the other links listed there. Have you actually followed the links? Or just assumed that they are spam and inappropriate? Link one (Walking Photography Blog) is a non-commercial blog dedicated to Walking Photography. Ninety percent of the content is write-ups, reviews, resources and photographs of photo walks undertaken across the globe. The second web link (Photo Walk Workshops) is a workshop website dedicated to providing photo walk workshops and founded the first ever Photo Walk Festival. To be honest I'm a little offended that these links have been removed, as I am one of the most passionate ambassadors for Photo Walking. It's particularly frustrating when I view the other external links listed on this page: Two links go to a past event that occurred in 2014 and hasn't been updated since, one link to a photographer's portfolio site, a subscription / membership based website and a site that provides photo walks on a commercial basis. I don't have a problem with moderation, but this moderation should be justified, fair and applied to everyone with the same measures and standards. I would love to hear how these other links are considered more appropriate than the relevant and useful links I provided? Walkingphotographer
 * Hi. I did only look at the two links you added, and they did not seem to meet the criteria for external links: see WP:ELNO. Looking at the other links, I agree most of them are similarly blogs or businesses that do not meet the criteria either, so I have removed them as well. If you think there are links which should be included (see for example WP:ELMAYBE), you could suggest them on the article's talk page and see if you can gain consensus from other editors, but as I said, generally speaking blogs and websites of organisations shouldn't be included. Thanks Melcous (talk) 14:53, 19 May 2015 (UTC)