Astyaj

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AndrewvdBK (talk) 20:20, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

artnet.com links

It appears that your account's contributions to Wikipedia so far have consisted primarily of adding or editing links to the website artnet.com. While it's quite possible you've had the best of intentions in doing so, we've had a bit of a problem with linkspam associated with this website. You may also wish to review our guidelines on Conflict of Interest. I'm going ahead and removing these links for now, but I hope this won't discourage you from future editing. Please let me know if you have any questions. Khazar (talk) 18:06, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Khazar (talk) 22:36, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi Astyaj, Thanks for your response. I'm taking a bit of a Wiki-break right now, which makes it hard for me to respond to your concerns in detail. In short, I do agree with you that some of the ArtNet links you posted might be legitimately restored. As a busy volunteer, I simply had to delete all the links that appeared to originate from "single purpose" ArtNet accounts, but I do remember noticing that you personally were often (or perhaps always) reformatting rather than adding and deleting. Here's what I'd ask you do to get these reintroduced to Wikipedia on the up-and-up.

First, clearly identify on your User page that you're an ArtNet.com employee, to avoid future editors "discovering" it. Second, double-check the articles where you reformatted those links. If the links were introduced by a demonstrably third-party editor (someone with a significant track record on Wikipedia of building non-ArtNet content as well, or who added substantially to an article beyond simply the ArtNet link), go ahead and add the link back in. If it appears that the link may have come from an ArtNet source, however, or from an unknown or "single purpose" editor, please don't. Third, go to WP:SPAM, start a new topic on their talk page, and note what you've done; you might link them back to this conversation and your post at AN/I. Then note the "diffs"--the links that go directly to your edits, like this one [1]--for each of your link additions, and invite any concerned editor to double-check them. I doubt anyone will, but that way there's a record. Hope this helps. Best, Khazar (talk) 17:08, 17 June 2011 (UTC)