User talk:Buildingblock

Linkspam

Please refrain from linking articles to advertisements from Amazon and Barnes & Noble, as you did in Albert Theodore Powers. Such links turn Wikipedia into a sales channel, and that isn't the purpose of this project. See Wikipedia:Citation templates for the proper way to cite books. I have corrected the citation accordingly. Thanks. ~Amatulić (talk) 16:26, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou

Thank you for providing the proper way to cite books. I really was not trying to do anything other than cite the book in the references to the article. I absolutely was not trying to sell or advertise the book. I have no interest in the article other than as a contributor and someone who is interested in the subject of the article, and like you, an aficionado of wines. I met the subject of the article at a wine event and was very impressed by him. I am still learning how to contribute to Wikipedia and as you can see, am struggling mightily at times. Please have patience with me and please also understand that my mistakes are well-intended and I hope to learn from my errors. Amatulic any assistance or guidance you can give me is greatly appreciated. Buildingblock (talk) 04:48, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. Feel free to ask me anything on my talk page. I assumed you were editing in good faith.

Wikipedia has evolved the the point where there's now a huge collection of policies and guidelines to follow, and it takes some time to learn the right ways of editing.

You're doing fine. Generally internal links to other articles are preferred when possible. If you need to use an external link, then link directly to the source of information (say on Google Books if you can find it) rather than an indirectly related source. Web sites that exist for the purpose of selling products aren't good sources for an encyclopedia to reference. ~Amatulić (talk) 15:47, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]