User talk:Beshires

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Hello Beshires and welcome to Wikipedia! I am Ukexpat and I would like to thank you for your contributions.

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ukexpat (talk) 15:37, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why are my links considered spam

You wrote - Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Screen Director's Playhouse. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Binksternet (talk) 18:37, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Sorry if my post is not 'kosher', but I'm still learning my way around here.

Can you please tell me why my external links are considered spam when they contain a wealth of information about old time radio in general, series in particular and much much more. I'm not posting these links just to drive people to these sites nor for Google purposes, they are for the purpose of providing the person who is interested in otr with a wider range of information. I would like to be able to post links and not have them considered spam. How can I do this? Beshires (talk) 01:09, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The first place I saw your additions was at John R. Brinkley where you added three links to the top of the list of links that were already there:

http://www.otrr.org The Old Time Radio Researchers home on the web.
http://www.otrrlibrary.org The Old Time Radio Researchers FREE Library of downloadable old time radio broadcasts.
http://www.otrrpedia.net. The Old Time Radio Researchers database of articles about programs and stars.

These three links have no instance of the name "Brinkley" on them. None whatsoever! The first link would only be appropriate on a Wikipedia page about Old Time Radio Researchers Group. The second link would only be appropriate at a Wikipedia article about OTRRpedia. The third link has a prominent "under construction" note which makes me hesitant to say it would appear anywhere, even at a Wikipedia page about OTRRLibrary. I looked at your edit history and found you had been putting these links in other places, and that makes them spam. Check out Wikipedia:External links to see what the guidelines are for such links. Binksternet (talk) 01:55, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you about them not being valid on the 'John R. Brinkly' page. I don't remember putting them there. You deleted my links on the 'Ford Theater page'. I have posted to it's 'Talk' page, some links for consideration. Will you please click on them and see if being put in that format is OK? Beshires (talk) 02:05, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]