User talk:Speermeister

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Creating an account is a good thing, but adding links to 'quote-fox.com' still seems like spam linking. Please do not add commercial links or links of your own private websites to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. See the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. -- Solipsist 19:53, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hello Solipsist,

Thank you for your feedback. One quick question. I am wondering how my link, to what is a comprehensive quotation resource, is considered 'spam' when numerous less worthy links are not. Quote-fox is a valuable resource for which should be available to your users.

Regards, Speermeister

Hi Speermeister,

You are quite right. The simple fact is that Quote-fox is not necessarily less valuable, I just happened to notice it. The Quotation article in particular looks like it has far too many poor links in the external links section. You have galvanised me to go and prune it now. At least a link to a quotation site is relevant there. -- Solipsist 04:39, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

your recent edits

(to answer what I believe will be you following question, if you are going to put a quote from the Bible or Plato or anything into an article, cite the source not your website. We're all about reliable sources, and you can't get much more reliable than the horse's mouth.)

(Sorry for the general template, but it has good links) Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. JoeSmack ^Talk 06:19, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming, and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising. Thanks. Khoi khoi 07:34, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. If you continue spamming you will be blocked from editing. Khoi khoi 07:51, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. While you are encouraged to contribute to Wikipedia, simply adding links to the same website across multiple pages is generally discouraged. The reason is that Wikipedia doesn't grow this way. It grows when content (rather than external links) is added to articles. For example, if you want to improve an article, try adding information rather than linking to your website. Secondly, we don't want Wikipedia to turn into some directory of external links. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and it's considered inappropriate to use it a platform for self-promotion. If you want to add quotes, consider contributing to Wikiquote. Thanks, Khoi khoi 09:50, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]