Wikipedia:AMA Requests for Assistance/Requests/November 2006/Saffronrobe

Wikipedian filing request:

• Saffronrobe (talk · contribs)

Other Wikipedians this pertains to:

• USERNAME (talk · contribs)

Wikipedia pages this pertains to:

• Five Tibetan Rites (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Questions:

Have you read the AMA FAQ?

• Answer:Yes

How would you describe the nature of this dispute? (policy violation, content dispute, personal attack, other)

• Answer: Content dispute

What methods of Dispute Resolution have you tried so far? If you can, please provide wikilinks so that the Advocate looking over this case can see what you have done.

• Answer:FAQ's

What do you expect to get from Advocacy?

• Answer:Clarity of direction and clearing up confusion

Discussion:

Hello. I don't understand why I am being accused of spamming. When I first joined I did but I hadn't read the instructions and now I have. The external link I am trying to add is to my blog which assists people with questions about the Five Tibetan Rites. I also post articles that help people practice and understand them better. The blog acts as a forum and advice centre for many people all over the world who are interested in doing (or are doing) the Five Tibetan Rites. My blog is www.thefivetibetans.blogspot.com I am a teacher and author of the Rites and have looked at all the external links listed and can't see why I am being excluded. Here are the external links on that page already and why they are either no different to me or are infringing the author and publishers copyright:

1. http://www.tibetanyoga.com/five_tibetan_rites.html - This is a site that offers classes on the Tibetan Rites which is exactly what I do
2. http://www.mkprojects.com/pf_TibetanRites.htm - this website has copied the images directly out of the book "Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth" ISBN 0385491670 Doubleday; 1st Doubleday Ed edition (January 19, 1999) - she also sells a booklet which is marketed extensively on the web which is a direct copy of the author's book which is still in copyright (1939)
3. http://www.night-thunder.com/fivesecret.html - images also copied from the book as above
4. http://www.totallyok.com/yoga/5tibetans.htm - this one is genuine
5. http://www.lifeevents.org/5-tibetans-energy-rejuvenation-exercises.htm - this one is genuine
6. http://www.tkdtutor.com/11Training/Rites/TibetanRites01.htm - this one has infringed copyright of the images from an earlier version of the Peter Kelder's books.

Unfortunately, external links to personal blogs violate wikipedia policy (WP:EL, WP:COI and WP:OR), hence why they've been removed. Unfortunately there is'nt muich the AMA can do for you in this case - the policy is quite certain on the issue. Thanks Martinp23 21:49, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

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AMA Information

Case Status: closed

Advocate Status:

• Pending on response from advocee Martinp23 22:19, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Closed, no edits since late Nov/06. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk·Review Me!) 04:37, 13 January 2007 (UTC)