NecroCephalic

January 2012

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used as a platform for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, 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 constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Versageek 20:48, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

In response to your feedback

Revert, try to discuss, and if this doesn't work, find some friends who can support you in the "battle". Good luck!

Juice Leskinen (talk) 12:35, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

 

Black List and removal of external link

I am a new user that upon adding an external link to the application software page on Jan.23, 2012 my link was removed and I later found out through a message that my contributions were black listed. The link I supplied did not violate any rule of external linking. My link only allows the user of an I-Pad tablet computer the opportunity to access training on how to use it. Apple does not supply any information on the I-Pad's use and my link gives the user that option! Wikipedia was founded to be a website organization where the content can be modified by the World of users! When a handful of self-righteous so-called intellectuals control what is presented on this site then, the purpose of Wikipedia has been defeated! I personally will be watching the person that black listed me and if possible I will remove his/her contributions as well. I can see why college professors tell us not to use Wikipedia because it is being controlled by a few pseudo intellectuals! Mr. Vesageek obviously has a closed mind and has appointed himself as GOD of Wikipedia! Heaven help us from the self-righteous! My link was to a page called 7tucsonfacts.com. NecroCephalic (talk) 13:31, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Please calm down. Wikipedia has stringent guidelines over what we can link to externally, so please take a look at them here before trying to add links. In addition, watching the contributions of another user and reverting them, as you threaten to do above, is called wikihounding and is considered abuse - if you carry out your threat, you will be blocked almost immediately.

I'm sorry your early experience of Wikipedia has been a negative one, but please try to understand that we have policies and guidelines for a reason. You aren't expected to know them all before your first edit - there are quite a lot - but you are expected to conform to them once other users bring them to your attention. If you need any help, please feel free to contact me on my talkpage. Yunshui 雲‍水 14:36, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Added to which, the link added was [http:ma7tucso.com | I-Pad and Computer Learning], which was formatted incorrectly so didn't display as a link, and in any case even adding the // to make it http://ma7tucso.com gets nowhere, as that domain apparently doesn't exist. - David Biddulph (talk) 15:27, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

That was my first attempt at adding an external link. If you will read my original post above, I put the correct link at the end. Putting external links that help users, is no reason to black ball a contributer! How would you pseudo intellectuals like it if the first time you made a change to an article you were imediately black balled! P.S. You say watching another contributer is wikihounding. What do you call black-balling a contributer the first time he/she tries to make a valuable contribution? Also, I did read the external links blurb and my link does not violate any rules! Why don't you go to the site and see for your self. It will not harm you to do so! NecroCephalic (talk) 19:51, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

The site is a promotional one selling an iPad tutorial video series, and thus violates point 5 of the "Links to be avoided" policy. Generally the insertion of such links is considered spamming. That doesn't go over well here, as you've seen. In addition, please refrain from tarring other editors - especially those trying to help you - with phrases like "pseudo intellectual"; we get often called a lot worse, admittedly, but we still like folk to be civil. Yunshui 雲‍水 22:20, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Well it's obvious that I can't reason with closed minds! The site does not sell anything it supplies a link to another site that allows the user the opportunity to get software that will instruct the I-Pad user how to use the device because Apple does not provide any instructions! Once again I can see why Wikipedia is to be shunned by anyone wanting true knowledge! Once a person closes his mind the world his lost! P.S. I have been civil, I called you pseudo intellectuals because it's true. NecroCephalic (talk) 05:18, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

The site offers three "tips", followed by an apparent "below the fold" section which purports to contain the rest of the article. Clicking the expansion link takes the reader directly to the sales site. That's a commercial link, masquarading as an article. Please don't add it again. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:24, 30 January 2012 (UTC)