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A barnstar for you!

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The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
You're pretty good at this! Fanfanboy (talk) 19:42, 8 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thanks! :) Bigcheese26 (talk) 15:30, 9 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hi!
My name is Paul, I am the owner of The Vines skate shop in Solihull town centre. We collaborated with the Parks and Recreation team at Solihull council to bring a new full concrete skate ramp to the skate park in 2022. I was doing some research into the skate facilities in Solihull and came across this article about Solihull which included information on the skate park. As its missing certain vital information I proceeded to update it.
Apologies I wasnt in contact before making the edit (this is my first experience with a Wikipedia edit so wasnt sure of the process!). I saw that the edit has been removed (citing an unneccesary link). As I believe any local skateboarders (or bmxers, scooterers or inlince skaters) who are reading the article would also benefit from the new information and from knowing where our shop is, would it be possible to re-add it? In addition, it would be beneficial for the promotion of our local business and enable us to continue the community work that we carry out such as free skateboard lessons, skateboard events and free film nights (we are a not for profit company called West Midlands Skateboards CIC).
If there is any other info you would need to include the new information and link please let me know - and please feel free to drop into the shop for a coffee if you'd like to discuss in person
Kind regards
Paul 92.239.161.250 (talk) 10:01, 1 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Solihull - Leisure and Tourism

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Hi! My name is Paul, I am the owner of The Vines skate shop in Solihull town centre. We collaborated with the Parks and Recreation team at Solihull council to bring a new full concrete skate ramp to the skate park in 2022. I was doing some research into the skate facilities in Solihull and came across this article about Solihull which included information on the skate park. As its missing certain vital information I proceeded to update it. Apologies I wasnt in contact before making the edit (this is my first experience with a Wikipedia edit so wasnt sure of the process!). I saw that the edit has been removed (citing an unneccesary link). As I believe any local skateboarders (or bmxers, scooterers or inlince skaters) who are reading the article would also benefit from the new information and from knowing where our shop is, would it be possible to re-add it? In addition, it would be beneficial for the promotion of our local business and enable us to continue the community work that we carry out such as free skateboard lessons, skateboard events and free film nights (we are a not for profit company called West Midlands Skateboards CIC). If there is any other info you would need to include the new information and link please let me know - and please feel free to drop into the shop for a coffee if you'd like to discuss in person Kind regards Paul Thevinessupplyco (talk) 11:10, 1 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hello! I've only been editing Wikipedia for a few months, so I apologize for not knowing much about the rules for external links. Looking back at your edit and what you said here, the link appears to be advertising, which is not allowed on Wikipedia. Based on what I do know about external links, you can put them in an "External links" section, but I don't know the rules to what links are allowed there. Go to here for all the rules regarding external links.
If you want, I suggest talking to someone with more experience, because as I said before, I'm pretty new here. Thanks! :) Bigcheese26 (talk) 14:02, 1 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hi
Thanks for the response
Ive had a look and I believe an external link here would be justified as our website contains the potential for further research in this field (we have info on our skateboard events at Tudor Grange skate park, guides for skate spots in the area and how-to guides for all manner of skateboard related subjects) all of which I believe would be of interest to skateboarders reading this wiki piece.
Im meeting with the Council Events team next week so I'll get further clarification from them and ensure they concur that an external link is beneficial here.
If you don't mind, I'll add it back in for now and can get them to remove should they deem necessary?
Thanks again
Paul Thevinessupplyco (talk) 14:30, 1 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

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The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
I remember incorrectly leaving a warning template on your talk page while I was just beginning to get into the hang of anti-vandalism patrolling, hahah. I keep seeing your name bump up on Huggle and other user pages, and just wanted to say keep up the good work! Synorem (talk) 14:20, 9 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
Nice, a second barnstar. Thanks! :D Bigcheese26 (talk) 15:09, 9 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

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