User talk:117Avenue

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Calahoo edit

No I wasn't making a test 117Avenue. There was no indication that it was a test. I thought that the reference of the Michel Calahoo Reserve should link to the Michel Band page. I reworded the sentence a bit to make it make more sense. If you don't like how the wording I used, that's fine, I just want the link to stand.

24.222.118.30 (talk) 19:58, 10 February 2016 (UTC)Courtney

I figured you didn't intend to remove the word Calahoo. 117Avenue (talk) 02:26, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Town of Devon

Good morning,

The Town of Devon lies within the borders of Leduc County, however it is its own independent corporation and does not belong to Leduc County or any other municipality.

In fact, the Town of Devon recently annexed land from Leduc County.

Please allow me to change the Wikipedia page to read:

Municipality: Town of Devon

Thank you.

C. Neill Corporate Communications Town of Devon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.70.189.14 (talk) 15:51, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Map links removed by 117Avenue

Hi 117Avenue,

I would like to know why you reverted my edits to several pages. I spent a fair bit of time making these maps using data freely available to the public. I don't have a lot of experience on wikipedia, but I would like to learn more about the process. I like to share data so that all will benefit. These map links were added to the external links sections on Feb 24, 2016. Can you please explain why you removed the map links that I put on the following pages?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipal_districts_in_Alberta

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Areas_Board

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_specialized_municipalities_in_Alberta

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Canadian_Forces_bases_in_Alberta

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_reserves_in_Alberta

Here is a sample of one of the links that you removed:

http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=df71575a6beb4d8f859a99a96ed8e10e — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cpowiki (talk • contribs) 05:27, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia has an external link guideline that ensures the encyclopedic nature of its articles. It is too extensive to go through here, but the Links normally to be avoided section lists the links that are most commonly added. When a user adds links to their website from multiple articles it is seen as spamming; whether it is a conflict of interest, or promotion, it is disruptive behaviour, and will be reverted swiftly. 117Avenue (talk) 03:09, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

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I still don't understand after doing some reading. I am not asking you to go through Wikipedia's external link guideline, since I've already looked at it. The section "Links normally to be avoided" doesn't mention anything about maps, which the links in question are. I can't seem to find any policy regarding links to maps, which are, in my opinion, invaluable for illustration of geographical features. It is not my website that I am linking to; it is a GIS hosting website of ESRI. It is not a conflict of interest since the data is from the Government of Alberta, which is the source of the original data. It is not a promotion because no product or service is being sold. I am simply trying to help the public be aware of the geography of the areas. Please help me to understand how this may be disruptive to you or anyone else. Geographical features are of interest to both of us, hopefully we can co-operate on this subject.