User talk:Akwilks

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Happy editing! Celestra (talk) 06:03, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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April 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added 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. Enigma^msg 04:12, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edit request

Hi. I think you meant to make a request to edit a semiprotected article, probably having to do with the Zodiac Killer. Unfortunately, you ended up adding the request to the template instructions themselves. I've fixed that, but if you still want to request the edit, here's how it works: go to the article, then to the talk page for that article by clicking the 'discussion' tab. Click the 'new section' tab and enter a subject like 'edit request' or 'map solution'. In the big edit box enter {{editsemiprotected}} on a line by itself, then your request and four tilde characters (~~~~) to sign your post. Enter an edit summary, click Show Preview to see what it looks like and click Save Page to finish. Good luck and welcome again. Celestra (talk) 06:03, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed External Link

I was afraid that might happen. There are some policies that one could argue apply to this link. The relationship to the main article is marginal, which may violate WP:ELNO. The link may also violate WP:SOAPBOX and WP:NOTLINK, which oppose using Wikipedia to advocate a viewpoint or as a collection of links. Some of the things that swayed me to add the link were:

One should err on the side of satisfying a semiprotected edit request.
The link did seem like something a reader might be interested in.
The preceding link had similar issues. (This is not a valid argument for inclusion, by the way.)
The link wasn't self published.

That last one introduces the copyright issue that I didn't notice. There is nothing wrong with linking to copyrighted material, but we can't link to copyright violations. The issue is whether unazod.com has a license to include a copy of your work. You could have prevented that by including a license along with your copyright claim allowing anyone to reproduce the work in its entirety as long as they include the copyright and license. As far as advice...don't edit war. You need to counter the arguments people make for removing it with dispassionate arguments for its inclusion, if you can find any. Your best argument is that it might be interesting to the reader. Read WP:EL to understand the rules. Ask them to explain clearly why they feel that this violates those policies, so that you can read those sections and understand and respond. Primarily, you need to have a mindset of "how does this improve Wikipedia," rather than "how do I get this into Wikipedia," when you respond to the objections. If you can think of arguments to convince them on the talk page, or if they convince you, that would be best. There are dispute resolution methods beyond that but they should be used only when easier methods fail. I'll keep an eye on how things are going and you're welcome to ask me if you run into a stumbling block. Just so you understand, I have only been doing this for a short time myself and I am not an admin or someone with special privileges, just another editor like yourself. Celestra (talk) 16:14, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

May 2009

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. DreamGuy (talk) 16:51, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You are being discussed

Hi, you have been reported to the conflict of interest noticeboard here due to your recent editing. Please take notice of the COI guidelines below. You are welcome to comment in the discussion. Thanks Smartse (talk) 15:20, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors; and
linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Smartse (talk) 15:20, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed External Link

I was afraid that might happen. There are some policies that one could argue apply to this link. The relationship to the main article is marginal, which may violate WP:ELNO. The link may also violate WP:SOAPBOX and WP:NOTLINK, which oppose using Wikipedia to advocate a viewpoint or as a collection of links. Some of the things that swayed me to add the link were:

One should err on the side of satisfying a semiprotected edit request.
The link did seem like something a reader might be interested in.
The preceding link had similar issues. (This is not a valid argument for inclusion, by the way.)
The link wasn't self published.

That last one introduces the copyright issue that I didn't notice. There is nothing wrong with linking to copyrighted material, but we can't link to copyright violations. The issue is whether unazod.com has a license to include a copy of your work. You could have prevented that by including a license along with your copyright claim allowing anyone to reproduce the work in its entirety as long as they include the copyright and license. As far as advice...don't edit war. You need to counter the arguments people make for removing it with dispassionate arguments for its inclusion, if you can find any. Your best argument is that it might be interesting to the reader. Read WP:EL to understand the rules. Ask them to explain clearly why they feel that this violates those policies, so that you can read those sections and understand and respond. Primarily, you need to have a mindset of "how does this improve Wikipedia," rather than "how do I get this into Wikipedia," when you respond to the objections. If you can think of arguments to convince them on the talk page, or if they convince you, that would be best. There are dispute resolution methods beyond that but they should be used only when easier methods fail. I'll keep an eye on how things are going and you're welcome to ask me if you run into a stumbling block. Just so you understand, I have only been doing this for a short time myself and I am not an admin or someone with special privileges, just another editor like yourself. Celestra (talk) 16:14, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Theodore Kaczynski

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added 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 as a platform for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because 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.

Your recent edits

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