User talk:Web Reader 3

December 2012

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages, as you did to Barrister. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. S. Rich (talk) 21:18, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi and thank you for your message. The contribution I made was genuine, and valid - there was no reference to which work a Barrister cannot undertake on direct access / public access licence, so I added more than one unrelated, and unbiased reference. I do not understand why this has a) been challenged, because the information is accurate or b) why it has been instantly declared as spam - because the 2 chambers I linked would have no need for such devices. I believe the edits should stand, please discuss. Thanks Web Reader 3 (talk) 21:28, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Sorry. When Barristers Direct says "Need a Barrister? Let us find a suitable Barrister for you" it is an advertising link. Same thing for the 53 members of Monckton Chambers -- it is a website that supports the advertising of the members even if it provides other helpful information. We cannot permit such links. The information you hope to add should be available on other, non-commercial sources. Please look at WP:RS for the policies and guidelines which govern. --S. Rich (talk) 22:05, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Also the information you added was wrong. Barristers may do criminal work under public access. The authoritative reference is the rules on the BSB website. While there's not a complete ban on commercial sources (eg we link to newspapers) your link was to some poor quality information on a site primarily aimed at getting instructions for barristers who were members of it. Francis Davey (talk) 09:03, 21 December 2012 (UTC)