February 2018 edit

  Hello, I'm Grayfell. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to Public speaking have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Grayfell (talk) 23:51, 6 February 2018 (UTC)Reply

  Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Speakers bureau. 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. Grayfell (talk) 23:51, 6 February 2018 (UTC)Reply

Managing a conflict of interest edit

  Hello, Bluechloe. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the article Silver Donald Cameron, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. Editing for the purpose of advertising or promotion is not permitted. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

  • avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
  • propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
  • disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
  • avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
  • do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID). Thank you. Grayfell (talk) 23:52, 6 February 2018 (UTC)Reply

February 2018 edit

  Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Roberta Bondar. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Grayfell (talk) 23:55, 6 February 2018 (UTC)Reply

  You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you insert a spam link, as you did at Roberta Bondar. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. Grayfell (talk) 23:59, 6 February 2018 (UTC)Reply

 

You have been indefinitely blocked from editing Wikipedia for continuing to add spam links. If you wish to make useful contributions, you may place {{unblock}} on your user talk page to have the block reviewed. Persistent spammers will have their websites blacklisted from Wikipedia. OhNoitsJamie Talk 20:43, 19 April 2019 (UTC)Reply