Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the external links you added do not comply with our guidelines for external links. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you.-- JoanneB 15:20, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
- Even if the website you're linking to is a good idea to link to from all these articles, it would be a much better idea to first run that idea by a couple of knowledgable editors on this subject. So please stop for now, and discuss it first at, for instance, a project page on this topic. Thanks! --JoanneB 15:23, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
- Okay. I don't mean to step on anybody's toes, but it seems like a pretty harmless (and useful) addition to me. What sort of hoop needs to be jumped through before this passes your muster? Aquemini 15:25, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
- Try here, for instance: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Television_Stations. I really don't know if these links are useful, but links to the same website for large numbers of articles is very rarely a good idea. --JoanneB 15:40, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
- If, instead of a link, I prepared a distillation of the information provided by the external site, would that be acceptable? Aquemini 15:44, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
- Well, you're still talking about a lot of edits, and it would still be a good idea to aks some opinions first. If you add the same kind of text to a lot of different articles, you have a good chance of getting blocked (P.S. Using two separate accounts and changing signatures isn't a very good idea either.) --JoanneB 15:47, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
- From these last edits, I assume you're linked to the Center for Public Information. I strongly ssuggest you read our policy on conflicts of interest too, and that you disclose somewhere (perhaps on your user page) that you have links to them. --JoanneB 15:49, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
- Noted. Thanks for the guidance. It's appreciated.
- Well, you're still talking about a lot of edits, and it would still be a good idea to aks some opinions first. If you add the same kind of text to a lot of different articles, you have a good chance of getting blocked (P.S. Using two separate accounts and changing signatures isn't a very good idea either.) --JoanneB 15:47, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
- If, instead of a link, I prepared a distillation of the information provided by the external site, would that be acceptable? Aquemini 15:44, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
- Try here, for instance: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Television_Stations. I really don't know if these links are useful, but links to the same website for large numbers of articles is very rarely a good idea. --JoanneB 15:40, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
- Okay. I don't mean to step on anybody's toes, but it seems like a pretty harmless (and useful) addition to me. What sort of hoop needs to be jumped through before this passes your muster? Aquemini 15:25, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
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. [1] (Requestion 00:11, 7 May 2007 (UTC))