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In Response to Codeblack Entertainment

The external links that reference Codeblack are to reference Codeblack Entertainment. All companies have external links to their official websites. What is wrong with linking to Codeblack.com which is the corporate site for the company. Also while I have your attention I would like to know how to do an info box on the left side of the page which will show the company logo and other facts about the company.

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Codeblack (talk • contribs) 23:45, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'd suggest you first to read our conflict of interest guideline. I think you are right that the link belongs on Codeblack pages themselves (but don't overdo it), just undo the bot-edit as suggested. I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 18:32, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Help with my page

I have tried to enhance the piece on Greg Mort, living artist, but it seems to keep getting deleted. Can you review it -- I did source it. Susan Fifer Canby— Preceding unsigned comment added by Susan fifer canby (talk • contribs)

I see an editor already offered help on your talkpage, you might want to read through the policies and guidelines as suggested. Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 18:35, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I added a link of historycal vidoe posted on Youtube. Bot removed it. What should I do?

I added a link of historycal vidoe posted on Youtube. Bot removed it. What should I do? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Contemplor (talk • contribs) 17:08, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the warning says it all. Check the video thoroughly for copyright problems, and read the external links guideline. This link surely does not belong at the top of the list, so I reverted and suggest you suggest the link on the talkpage, and discuss its addition there first. I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 17:51, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Goapele Wikipedia page

RESPONSE: That's fine if you just reverted one link but were you the one who erased all the revisions and new content I provided for Goapele's page which came from 2 hours of meticulous research? Did you erase all the easily accessible Billboard chart action and corresponding reference links seen on every other musicians Wikipedia page but this one? I would really like to know because now her page is back to a myriad of discrepancies. You see "Chocolate" was never a single and changeitall.org doesn't exist. I thought the purpose of Wikipedia was to keep information as factual and consistent as possible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pageofmusic2 (talk • contribs) 04:08, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just undo the edit, and remove the link that the bot had a problem with (or leave it if it is OK). It will not revert you again. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 18:27, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The City of London Migraine Clinic

Could you explain why you removed the links and edits made to the The City of London Migraine Clinics page. These links provide access to a website and videos that provide very useful information regarding migraine. It is a non-profit charity and a leading national research and outpatient service. The youtube link is marked as going to youtube and I will now mark as a video external website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ssim24 (talk • contribs) 08:00, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll refer you to the external links guideline, youtube video's can be informative, and if you believe that this link is really adding, just undo the bot as suggested. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 18:28, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikis

Well this bot removed the link I posted... as links to avoid' #12 says, thats why it got removed. I don't think is fair to not allow external wiki links (lost, heros, pokemon, and otheres have his wikis listed am sure at some point they got 0 articles, but they are listed on the wikipedia pages), if people does not know a wikipedia exist how it is going to grow bigger? If people read the wikipedia article and see that theres a wikipedia with information only related to that article they will go to that wiki and find more information and help it to grow. If its abouth spam...I could remove the link if the wikia site dies after a month or 2 oks?
--200.91.125.234 (talk) 20:38, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikia links are simply very often a problem. Still, as you say, some are OK, and if this is such a case, then please undo the bot's edit as suggested (and I would not even use this wiki as an external link ..). --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 18:29, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Changeing links on Queer

Hi, the links to the Queer-videos on youtube are wrong. At least I get an "invalid video ID"-message when clicking the link. Without the '/' at the end the links work fine. However, the bot reverted my edit so now the links are wrong again. -.-
Any way to correct the links permanently without the bot getting upsed? --84.142.240.140 (talk) 16:28, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just undo the bot edit, it will not revert you again. Are you sure that these links have to be there at all? Please see our copyright policy and the external links guideline. Thanks! --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 18:31, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: July 2009 (Sonic X)

That was actually me who added that YouTube video to the Sonic X article. I knew before about YouTube links not being allowed, but I thought it was due to official reasons. That video file was from 4Kids Entertainment's official channel, 4KidsTV. The thing is, 4Kids is adding uncut episodes of the Sonic X anime to their channel, and I needed a link as proof, as many otaku wish of the same thing and would unsurprisingly add things like that with no proof. Is there any alternative to this method? Matty-chan (talk) 19:04, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, yes, include it in a proper reference (see the footnotes guideline, not as a plain link (XLinkBot should detect that and refuse to revert). However, the section, and especially the following sentence "...This may imply that 4Kids is planning to upload ..." (bolding added by me, see WP:CRYSTAL) needs a rewrite and WAY better references than a (now deleted) video on YouTube. I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 19:12, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pocket God

Erm... Pocket God Forums exists, and it is VERY close with Pocket God, and I think you should put things back the way I made them, please. If one of the links breaks a rule, then I have no problem with you deleting it. Deleting the entire section was a little harsh :( —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.94.138.45 (talk) 23:19, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Choice of setting, this is generally leaving less problems (as removing specific links is very tricky, if not impossible). Just click undo, repair the edit, and save. Hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 21:40, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Edit sections that contain derogatory remarks

Need help. Please explain to me why I can't edit section that contains derogatory remarks about adult children without it reverting to original text. The text is offensive to me and to thousands of others because it has nothing to do with Senator Frist. Any help you can give me in understanding the procedures would be greatly appreciated.

Paradise Daytona Beach (talk) 01:19, 27 July 2009 (UTC)Paradise Daytona Beach[reply]

Not sure what you are asking? Are you referring to an XLinkBot revert? In that case you may have inserted an 'questionable' external link. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 21:41, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Secrets of Droon

Please, why, exactly, was the link removed? Is Wikia not based off of Wikipedia? Ralnon (talk) 15:03, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:ELNO #12 (as it says in the warning on the talkpage. I would not use Wikipedia as an external link, and certainly not as a reference, so why use less stable wikis. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 21:39, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Stacks on Deck Entertainment and others

An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated articles are Stacks on Deck Entertainment, Ramiele Malubay, Syesha Mercado. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion(s) by adding your comments to the relevant discussion pages: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stacks on Deck Entertainment for Stacks on Deck Entertainment, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ramiele Malubay for Ramiele Malubay, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Syesha Mercado for Syesha Mercado. Please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate.

Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 01:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

XLinkBot can't, either ;-) .. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 21:42, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Link on the Georgia Gwinnett College page

Guys -- I work at GGC and I'm trying to place a link on the page for a video the students made about GGC. Mind leaving the link on the page? It's not spam. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.43.124.236 (talk) 22:43, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please note what the external links guideline says about YouTube and links. I do certainly not believe it belongs as the FIRST link. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 21:43, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Herridge

Thank you for the notification. The article [{[Robert Herridge]] is about a television producer. The links are to one representative portion of one edition of one show he produced. More significantly, it is one in which he is seen and heard. Having a subject's face and voice seen and heard is relevant to any biographical article of a person.

Even if this were not so, it might be more helpful to simply remove those links, and not revert the entirety of over an hour of hard work that involved much writing and citation-seeking completely unrelated to those two links. -- 207.237.223.118 (talk) 03:44, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I see you undid, and somebody else cleaned the links for you. It is very difficult, if not impossible, to botwise clean out improper external links, it is more efficient and better to revert and notify the involved editor to check the edit, and ask the editor to again undo (if needed with cleanup) the bot's revert.

You say "The links are to one representative portion of one edition of one show he produced.", that for me sounds like failing 'links to avoid', specifically rule #13. I note that the editor who cleaned up after you also notes that the copyright status of the pages linked to is unclear, see our copyright policy. I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 07:57, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Vedio Hussein Alaa

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hussein+Alaa+hussain+%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86+%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A1+%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86&search_type=&aq=f —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hussein333 (talk • contribs) 06:14, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So? --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 07:51, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Picture Playrt Hussein Alaa HUssein

http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f357/alaa2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hussein333 (talk • contribs) 06:25, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And similar, so? --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 07:52, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Rachael Stewart Page

I got your message about the links. Sorry, I'm new to this. I treid to correct them today, but another admin delted the whole article last night. So time for a re-post I think. lol. Anyway, thanks x Iamtherealnakedclaire (talk) 10:52, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Depends, what was the reason for deletion? --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 12:14, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Book Link Disappearing????

Why is my book link disappearing on the Olive Borden Wikipedia page? I've added it a half dozen times this weekend and it's deleted whenever I check back. Is there a user that's doing this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Borden

My book's link:

http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-4795-4

Help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mvozus1 (talk • contribs) 06:09, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it was not XLinkBot who removed it (it is not on his list). But you really should read the external links guideline and the spam and advertising guideline, because this link is totally inappropriate (commercial link, repeated addition, etc. etc.). I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 06:45, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hero Quest site

Why the site http://heroquestbaker.altervista.org/indexenglish.htm, that has the permission of Hasbro, the publisher of this game, has been removed from the Hero Quest page of Wikipedia while the site http://members.quicknet.nl/lm.broers/download.htm, that is ILLEGAL for Hasbro, remains in Hero Quest page ? I don't understand —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.5.135.81 (talk) 12:27, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The first, being legal is not the only issue, does it add, is it stable, etc. etc. (if so, and it does follow the external links guideline, then you can revert). The second is a case of WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS (in short, there may be other things out there, but we did not come to the point of removing it yet), if it is illegal, I would suggest you help us in removing that site. Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 13:34, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Strange revert

Could you take a look at this edit? Was the removal of every links, including categories and the proper use of Wiki-standard templates for imdb and twitter, appropriate? Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 21:23, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is very difficult (if not impossible) to filter out the 'offending' links only. It is generally better to revert the whole edit and notify the editor. It then generally is a matter of undo-ing the bot edit, either in full, or with removal of the 'offending' link. I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 21:27, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I understand, but if the appropriate templates are being used for twitter and imdb, which indicates at least to some members of the community that those links are appropriate, should the bot not remove them, then? Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 21:30, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, never mind, I misread it, he wasn't using the twitter template. Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 21:31, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Eh, wait, ís there a twitter template? Sigh .. let me put it this way, the existence of a template does not mean that the links are appropriate external links, Twitter/MySpace/BlogSpot are more often unsuitable external links then suitable (per the external links guideline). I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 21:34, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, there is a Twitter template: Template:Twitter. Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 22:08, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dirk cries a little. Oh my, how much would I like a community ruling that external links templates of this type should go. Or maybe I should consider making XLinkBot work on templated additions as well. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 07:33, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Photographer & photography

I write a blog mostly about photography & photographers. Sometimes other things as well; food, fashion, you name it. A bit of wandering & a bit of musing.

You can see it at: http://styrous.blogspot.com/

I also have a website: http://styrous.org

Enjoy, Styrous® —Preceding unsigned comment added by Styrous (talk • contribs) 02:05, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. We write an encyclopedia here, about everything (practically). You can see it at: http://en.wikipedia.org .. like en.wikipedia.org, I am afraid that your links are also not suitable as external links (per our external links guideline). I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 06:20, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

U.S.S. Clamour at Wiki and USS-Clamour.blogspot.com

I am the creator of the weblog: USS-Clamour.blogspot.com.

All the material at that weblog is NOT IN COPYRIGHT and is released into the public domain, in perpetuity.

I'm not good enough at wikipedia work, e.g., entries, links, etc. to keep up with this.

If you don't want my link, you don't have to have it, but why didn't you ask me before you make me do this work OVER?Mark Preston (talk) 20:55, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

But that was done, did you read all the policies and guidelines that are linked when you add a new external link as an IP? --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 20:48, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cal Cunningham page

You were right. I apologize for the unusable external link. I missed that section in the guidelines. Thank you.

Corndogg —Preceding unsigned comment added by Corndogg (talk • contribs) 16:20, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 10:19, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Video

I fail to see how my link was not complying with the Wikipedia link-posting guidelines. The video it linked to was not offensive, it was simply a video (Which were stills of images) with music attached. (Which could not be offensive seeing as how there are no lyrics to the song.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.252.205.174 (talk) 08:48, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, the external links guideline, text on Youtube therein? --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 10:19, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Official twitter sites?

This bot seems to be jumping down the throat of a new user for adding external links to the official twitter page of Bob Evans Restaurants. Is adding links to an official twitter/facebook/etc page? I should also note that the bot reverted a bunch of non-link related edits by the new user, too. youngamerican (wtf?) 19:15, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, these twitter/facebook links are not appropriate per WP:ELNO #10, and I believe that the removal by the bot is correct. It indeed reverts all edits by an editor, and then asks to repair or undo, it is the way that breaks the fewest things (it is a setting, though, the bot can be told to undo only one edit as well, but that sometimes leaves vandalism/rubbish behind). --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 19:33, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. youngamerican (wtf?) 00:01, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Including reverted URLs in edit summary

Is there a reason why you include the URLs in the edit summary when the bot reverts their inclusion? When links are added that are inappropriate for the article (e.g. a porn site linked from an article related to naturism) or are spammy, then I think that immortalising the url in the edit summary is often giving unnecessary prominence to the link. If people want to know what the link was, they can look at the diff. Thryduulf (talk) 22:48, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, yes, that is a point. They are included for transparency: XLinkBot does not have a bot-flag, so that its edits show up in recent-changes, as, though by far most of the reverts are correct, some are not, and recent-changes-patrollers can then see and repair.

The links do show up, and are 'immortalised', though not clickable, searchable etc, and I doubt that someone would look at the history tab to look for porn links. But as I said, I see your point, if there are more editors around who think that this should not be done, they can be adapted in User:XLinkBot/Settings (the bot loads this page before every single revert it does), the two parameters are 'usernotify_editsummary' and 'revert_editsummary'. I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 23:11, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Some errors sorry

Hello Xlink i edit and redit Nelly page so i put it in some links about albums and feature released i get ungry cause u delete that myspace link refers that the album going to be released son please look all links thanks

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 :Hmm, yes, that is a point.  They are included for transparency: XLinkBot does not have a bot-flag, so that its edits show up in recent-changes, as, though by far most of the reverts are correct, some are not, and recent-changes-patrollers can then see and repair.
 :The links do show up, and are 'immortalised', though not clickable, searchable etc, and I doubt that someone would look at the history tab to look for porn links.  But as I said, I see your point, if there are more editors around who think that this should not be done, they can be adapted in [[User:XLinkBot/Settings]] (the bot loads this page before ''every'' single revert it does), the two parameters are 'usernotify_editsummary' and 'revert_editsummary'.  I hope this explains.  --[[User:Beetstra|Dirk Beetstra]] <sup>[[User_Talk:Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">T</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">C</span>]]</sup> 23:11, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
+== Some errors sorry ==
+Hello Xlink i edit and redit Nelly page so i put it in some links about albums and feature released i get ungry cause u delete that myspace link refers that the album going to be released son please look all links
+thanks