License tagging for File:NYC Diesel.jpg edit

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April 2011 edit

  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. Acroterion (talk) 13:17, 23 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

While links to producers do have their place, it isn't appropriate to use references to producers and retailers except under exceptional conditions,. Third-party sources are needed top keep the article from becoming promotion for the product. Please look for third-party material and use that for cites. See WP:RS. Acroterion (talk) 13:19, 23 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
Please actually address the problems before you remove the templates. You've added a copyrighted image, which I've deleted. Please provide a free-content image if you wish to use an image, not one from another site that we can't use. The taxobox is appropriate for species, not for commercial products. Also, the sourcing is almost entirely inappropriate: please read WP:RS for appropriate sourcing. I've removed the "Availability" section, as it amounts to advertising. You wouldn't say "Auld Peat Single-Malt is available at the following locations," in an encyclopedia, would you? I'm unconvinced of actual notability - a paragraph in High Times is better than nothing, but this needs real sourcing, not links to growers and suppliers. Acroterion (talk) 04:07, 24 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
I've reverted your revert of Discospinster: we don't insert random unsourced commentary into articles: if you have a source for the assertion, please provide it. Likewise, your addition to Cannabis (drug) is an opinion, not clearly expressed, and unreferenced. Acroterion (talk) 11:35, 26 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Fair use rationale for File:NYC_Diesel.jpg edit

 

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