User talk:Zonethree

Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Zonethree, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

The five pillars of Wikipedia
Tutorial
How to edit a page and How to develop articles
How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! Them From Space 23:16, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

February 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used as a platform for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Them From Space 23:17, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. 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 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. __ Just plain Bill (talk) 03:27, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi-- I saw a quick note on my talk page, and I think that question is best discussed on the talk pages of the articles involved. There is where you will get the appropriate audience for making the case for adding those links. The site seems useful and interesting, but does it add something that the encylopedia lacks and needs? __ Just plain Bill (talk) 03:45, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the advice - I'm just learning. So the appropriate approach is to "ask" / "justify" on the Talk page first?--Zonethree (talk) 14:37, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the time it makes sense to be bold and just add what you think the article can use. If you add a link, and it gets promptly deleted, then a note on the talk page may help, about the benefit you see in your change(s). __ Just plain Bill (talk) 14:47, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Again, thanks for the tips. --Zonethree (talk) 18:10, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]