User talk:PaulSem

July 2024

Hello, I'm Belbury. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to Sleeping bag have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. The blog of a sales website like rei.com is not an appropriate source for Wikipedia. Belbury (talk) 12:06, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK, sorry, I'll try to find a better reference. Thanks. PaulSem (talk) 13:14, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for adding spam links. Persistent spammers will have their websites blacklisted from Wikipedia and potentially penalized by search engines.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:17, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Am I still blocked? What do I have to do next? Please help. PaulSem (talk) 15:26, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. Can you please explain. I do not understand. I tried to post references. What was the spam? I really do not understand. Please help. PaulSem (talk) 17:20, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, any update? Can you please please explain why this was considered to be spam. OK, my references were from a seller's website, but they were technical details to explain temperature ratings of sleeping bags. Surely that is useful, and is not spam. Please help. Thanks. Paul PaulSem (talk) 12:59, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Paul, I've unblocked on an assumption of good faith. Please have a read of our policy on external links. In a nutshell, we don't allow links to sites that sell things. I'm happy to answer any more questions you want to ask. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:11, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. And thanks for the clarification. PaulSem (talk) 14:20, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. I apologise for the rocky start but I hope your time here is productive and feel free to ask me if I can do anything to help with that. You're also welcome to remove or archive all of this from your talk page if you want. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:26, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

PaulSem (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Your reason here sorry, I will try to use better references. PaulSem (talk) 15:28, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

You were posting blatant spam, the issue is not poor references. 331dot (talk) 17:09, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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