User talk:213.174.99.155

July 2021

Hello, I'm Rdp060707. I wanted to let you know that I removed one or more external links you added to Mark Bailey (rugby union) because they 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. Thank you. ----Rdp060707|talk 08:25, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Mark Bailey (rugby union). 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. ----Rdp060707|talk 08:33, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RESPONSE: I am sorry, but the links are in perfect accordance with Wikipedia instructions, as clearly stated here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links#What_can_normally_be_linked

The link was to the official site of the Oxford lectures and to the book, as per items 1 and 2.

This is a very legitimate and well-sourced update to information on an entry from someone who knows his credentials well, so I would appreciate it if you don't change it again. In fact, it needs another change, because the man played rugby when he was a student, that is not his profession as you can see from his page. He is a historian. The title of the page should be changed but I don't have an account to do so. If you could remove the 'rugby union' part and replace it with 'historian', that would be much appreciated.

Ok. Thanks for letting me know. ----Rdp060707|talk 08:47, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Let's see if it is okay. Sorry about that! ----Rdp060707|talk 08:48, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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