User talk:Helpful Hippopotamus

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Again, welcome! Masum Reza^📞 12:28, 16 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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August 2019

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Artificial hair integrations. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), 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 page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Railfan23 (talk) 01:09, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Railfan23 Hi, I researched all of those links that I added and felt that they added to the user experience as they further explained the different types of hair and added authority to the actual wiki page. Helpful Hippopotamus (talk) 01:15, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

They are completely inappropriate. They are not reliable sources and worse they are spam. They do not add any authority, they are so bad they actually detract from the authority and usefulness of the page. Please don't re-add them. If the material you are trying to add is worthwhile, it will be covered in proper published, independent sources. Find those. Railfan23 (talk) 01:17, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Railfan23 In addition to those links, I rewrote the majority of the Types of Hair section because most of it was incorrect and/or hard and confusing to read. Helpful Hippopotamus (talk) 01:16, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I saw, but your changes were based on spam sources, so were unacceptable, Railfan23 (talk) 01:18, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Even worse, most of what you added are clear copyright violations as you copied the text direct from those same, spammy sources. This is forbidden at Wikipedia. Do not do that again, Railfan23 (talk) 01:20, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Railfan23 I cited those. However one link was from Yale, how is this spam? As for the other links they are authoritative blogs in the hair industry. Helpful Hippopotamus (talk) 01:22, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You absolutely cannot copy text from a website (or any other source) and claim you are not violating copyright because you cited the place you copied from. Copyright law says you can't copy text, under any circumstances. Please read and follow Wikipedia:Copyrights. The Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute link was not spam. You could potentially add the 1-2 sentences sourced to the Yale reference - assuming you haven't directly copied the text from there, of course. I strongly dispute that the commercial websites you attempted to use are in any way authoritative. Even if they were, they are not independent, published sources. Please read (and follow) the Wikipedia guideline on reliable sources which I have linked for your convenience 4 times now. Railfan23 (talk) 01:26, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Railfan23 Ok, I will edit and add the Yale Link in, as for the virgin and Remy topic the way it is written is confusing at the moment. The link I added really clarified what the differences were between Remy and virgin hair types. Helpful Hippopotamus (talk) 01:30, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Railfan23 I really believe that what I wrote made the article better, I simply won't include any links in the work. Helpful Hippopotamus (talk) 13:19, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't do that. What you added is a series of copyright violation, which is not allowed on Wikipedia. You have to source material to reliable sources so that readers can verify the article. You need to: 1) find actual reliable sources and 2) write your own text that summarises the relevant information in those sources. Railfan23 (talk) 14:17, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

https://spam.endlesshairextensions.com

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you insert a spam link. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 17:01, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]