Nyawa

September 2014

Hello, I'm Donner60. I wanted to let you know that I removed an external link you added to the page Sports in New York City because it seemed 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. Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 22:28, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Sports in New York City with this edit. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links may include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated, 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 article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Donner60 (talk) 22:29, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Sports in New York City with this edit. 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. Thank you. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 23:03, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Sports in New York City

I now think that with some changes, much of your addition to Sports in New York City about the New York Arm Wrestling Association could be kept. I viewed the addition as completely promotional in violation of Wikipedia policy. A closer look leads me to conclude that although some changes and deletions are needed, some of the text should be includible.

The citation of the association web site in the text is not needed for reference and violates Wikipedia's policy on advertising. See Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion.

The following sentence, the last sentence of the paragraph, is promotional. It starts with "We", which does not refer to Wikipedia but the association, and invites the Wikipedia reader to contact the association. Wikipedia certainly does not offer this invitation, as it would appear, and does not allow other organizations to do so. The sentence "We would like to share our insights and demonstrate how New York Arm Wrestling® events can offer a viable lifestyle sporting event that can help build your strength, engage your mind and enhance your image." This sentence or anything like it cannot be included.

At least two citations should be given for the assertions that the association is (1) "one of the most innovative and recognizable sports-entertainment organizations in NYC" and (2) has spanned 38 years with visible evidence of “hard work, promotion and performance credibility”, which is evidently a direct quote from some text or web site.

A smaller problem with your additions is that some of the text does not conform to Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trademarks where it states among other things:

• Follow standard English text formatting and capitalization rules, even if the trademark owner considers nonstandard formatting "official", as long as this is a style already in widespread use, rather than inventing a new one:

avoid: TIME, KISS, ASUS

instead, use: Time, Kiss, Asus

• Do not use the ™ and ® symbols, or similar, in either article text or citations, unless unavoidably necessary for context (for instance, to distinguish between generic and brand names for drugs).

avoid: LittleBigPlanet™, REALTOR®

instead, use: LittleBigPlanet, Realtor

Usually a detailed review of promotional material is not useful because there is no truly informational content that can be separate from the improper content. In this case there seems to be informational content that is includible, so I am glad you brought it up. Donner60 (talk) 03:15, 14 September 2014 (UTC)