User talk:Delsiegrates
Welcome!
[edit]Hello, Delsiegrates, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like this place and decide to stay.
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
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{{Refend}}
Advertising images
[edit]Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages, as you did to Clamp. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. --CliffC (talk) 21:37, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Citation spam
[edit]Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Back pain. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. --CliffC (talk) 14:59, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
March 2011
[edit]Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Talk:Bass guitar. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. CliffC (talk) 15:07, 4 March 2011 (UTC)