User talk:Sajansan

Addition of http://sss.sangesh.com.np external link

Hi Sanjansan. Welcome to Wikipedia. You keep adding the link above to the street children article and it keeps being removed so I wanted to let you know why. We have guidelines on external links which indicate that blogs are not appropriate. We attempt to reflect the significant opinions of experts in the field even when they do not agree but we do not include the opinions of those who are not yet well know in a field. Hope this makes it clear why the link is deleted. Please don't let this put you off editing. Well sourced content for our articles is dearly needed! You can find out more on contributing at our welcome page and if you have any questions please feel free to leave me a message at the bottom of my talk page. Thanks. -- SiobhanHansa 11:24, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi Sajansen. Thanks for responding on my talk page. One of the reasons we don't generally allow blogs is because the data is not confirmed by a mechanism that helps build public trust (peer review, organizational reputation, editorial oversight, etc.). If the NPO publishes the report on their website - and the survey methodology and NPO reputation are such that it would probably be considered reliable - it might be worth using as a source in the article itself (survey results about glue sniffing on a narrow population of street kids sounds like it isn't really broad enough to meet our external links guidelines, it would be better used as a source to build article content).

Since you work for the NPO it would be best if you suggest the report and a proposed content addition on the article talk page (with a disclosure about who you are). This is in keeping with our guidelines on editing with a conflict of interest. Sorry these rules seem designed to keep you from editing on an article you're likely to have some expertise in - but as an encyclopedia it's important that we try to institute fairly high editorial standards. Using the talk page to provide independent oversight when there is a possibility of a conflict of interests is one way we try to do this.

Along the same vein, you should not add links to websites you are involved with directly to the external links section of any article (see our external links guidelines. Again suggest on the talk page and gain a consensus from non-connected first.

If you're not adding links or information about something you're personally involved with, editing becomes much simpler! See our welcome page for more on how to contribute. And happy editing! -- SiobhanHansa 10:51, 19 March 2008 (UTC)