User talk:Bantamsam

External Links - Eden

I'm not entirely sure why you've removed links I had added to some natural history and science broadcaster pages? They were to the specific talent pages on the Eden website and were entirely relevant to the pages in that they contain info on the programmes they appear in (alongside text, photos and videos). Is this really spam?

Thank you for your message. At Wikipedia spam is as much about the action as the content of the addition. Certain editors set up their accounts to only add hundreds of external links. You have added very many to Eden TV, a commercial TV channel. Although I am assuming good faith, this may be taken to be promoting of the organisation. Often the action comes more from enthusiasm rather than intentional advertising but Wikipedia aims first and foremost to be an encyclopaedia not a collection of links. As I'm sure you can imagine, WP articles are a constant target for companies, authors, musicians and everyone else trying to promote their content. The question comes up often and can be tricky, especially with bodies like libraries who want to put links on a thousand pages. For further detail you may want to discuss the issue with the WP Spam Project. I hope this helps to explain the reverts. Thanks Span (talk) 15:40, 10 April 2013 (UTC)