User talk:Stevedamien

Hello, Stevedamien! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking

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February 2012

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Ukrainian Village, Chicago has been reverted.
Your edit here to Ukrainian Village, Chicago was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://www.facebook.com/groups/UKVillageWatch/) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia.
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 19:28, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

December 2012

Hello, I'm XLinkBot. I wanted to let you know that I removed an external link you added to the page Ukrainian Village, Chicago, because it 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.
Your edit here to Ukrainian Village, Chicago was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://www.facebook.com/groups/UKVillageCommunity/, http://www.facebook.com/groups/UKVillagePhoneTree/) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia.
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 19:31, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to West Town, Chicago with this edit. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate may links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site 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 article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. DVdm (talk) 19:41, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to West Town, Chicago with this edit. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Thank you. DVdm (talk) 19:49, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note - Please read our policy about external links, specially the part wp:ELNO. Thanks and cheers - DVdm (talk) 19:50, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This is your last warning. You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize a page, as you did with this edit to User talk:DVdm. DVdm (talk) 19:53, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of "Category:Adding link to West Town and Ukrainian Village, Chicago"

A page you created, Category:Adding link to West Town and Ukrainian Village, Chicago, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it is obvious advertising or promotional material.

You are welcome to contribute content which complies with our content policies and any applicable inclusion guidelines. However, please do not simply re-create the page with the same content. You may also wish to read our introduction to editing and guide to writing your first article.

Thank you. DVdm (talk) 19:54, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DVDm, please note my responce below on my talk page, thank you.

trying to talk to DVDm, hopefully this works...

Adding link to West Town and Ukrainian Village, Chicago

I am trying to add a link about a neighborhood group, but its keeps getting denied. To verify the importance of this group, there are combined over 1200 neighbors involved who work together to promote community safety and community building. There should be a link on both pages because areas that we cover are referred to neighbors as both areas of Ukrainian Village and West Town. To also verify the impact, here is an NBC story on us--> http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/unit-5-community-neighborhood-watch-social-media-147237945.html Please allow for this link to be added -- > * Ukrainian Village Neighborhood Watch

Importance of community group

This is not an attempt at promotion for promotions sake, this is a helpful group that no one makes a penny from. It is community building, volunteer based, and should be included as a resource in the communities it works with. Sorry for not being aware of how to edit this page, i am a simple human who barely understands what HTML is.

Hi. Unless the importance of the group is established in the article and backed by reliable third party sources (see wp:RS), adding a link to this is inappropriate per wp:ELNO. Please have a look at wp:COI as well. I have added a few pointers to our basic policies at the beginning of your talk page. Hope this helps. - DVdm (talk) 20:02, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]