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Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Spice Girls 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 for advertising or promotion. Since 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. NeilN ^{talk ♦ contribs} 16:47, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Spice Girls. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. NeilN ^{talk ♦ contribs} 16:57, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

From WP:EL: Links to be avoided: Links to blogs and personal web pages, except those written by a recognized authority. --NeilN ^{talk ♦ contribs} 17:04, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're arguing semantics. Web page = website. There's a *reason* why the article doesn't have links to the hundreds/thousands of Spice Girl fansites. --NeilN ^{talk ♦ contribs} 17:26, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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 [[Image:Information.svg|25px]] Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added {{#if:Spice Girls|to the page [[:Spice Girls]]}} do not comply with our [[Wikipedia:External links|guidelines for external links]] and have been removed. [[Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#LINK|Wikipedia is not a collection of links]]; nor should it be used for [[Wikipedia:Spam|advertising]] or promotion. Since 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 {{#if:Spice Girls|[[talk:Spice Girls|article's talk page]]|article's talk page}} before reinserting it. Please take a look at the [[Wikipedia:Welcome|welcome page]] to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. {{#if:|{{{2}}}|Thank you.}}<!-- Template:uw-spam1 --> [[User:NeilN|'''<font color="#003F87">Neil<font color="#CD0000">N</font></font>''']] <sup><font face="Calibri">''[[User talk:NeilN|<font color="#003F87">talk</font>]] ♦ [[Special:Contributions/NeilN|<font color="#CD0000">contribs</font>]]''</font></sup> 16:47, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
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 From [[WP:EL]]: Links to be avoided: Links to blogs and personal web pages, except those written by a recognized authority. --[[User:NeilN|'''<font color="#003F87">Neil<font color="#CD0000">N</font></font>''']] <sup><font face="Calibri">''[[User talk:NeilN|<font color="#003F87">talk</font>]] ♦ [[Special:Contributions/NeilN|<font color="#CD0000">contribs</font>]]''</font></sup> 17:04, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
+:You're arguing semantics.  Web page = website.  There's a *reason* why the article doesn't have links to the hundreds/thousands of Spice Girl fansites. --[[User:NeilN|'''<font color="#003F87">Neil<font color="#CD0000">N</font></font>''']] <sup><font face="Calibri">''[[User talk:NeilN|<font color="#003F87">talk</font>]] ♦ [[Special:Contributions/NeilN|<font color="#CD0000">contribs</font>]]''</font></sup> 17:26, 24 February 2008 (UTC)