User talk:AboutLochaber
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Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Fort William, Scotland 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 to this encyclopedia. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 22:51, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did in this edit to Scottish Highlands. Inappropriate links include links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that serve as advertising or promotion. Thank you. IronGargoyle (talk) 22:52, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
Please do not add inappropriate external links, as you did with this edit to Fort William, Scotland. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing. IronGargoyle (talk) 22:55, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below).
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{{unblock|Your reason here}}, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. IronGargoyle (talk) 23:44, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
Beyond this, you should avoid placing external links for the purpose of promoting your business or organization (per Wikipedia's policy on spam). Your argument that because other promotional links exist, yours should too, is not a valid argument. Instead of adding new promotional links, all the promotional links should be removed. I will do just that. I would also suggest reviewing Wikipedia's guidelines of conflicts of interest if you choose to continue editing Wikipedia. Best, IronGargoyle (talk) 23:49, 19 July 2010 (UTC)