User talk:Mclean.kane

Spamming

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean 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. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:27, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not trying to spam the source site. Since most of the attribution links I've seen put here have been wrong (most linking to the page on Barron Maclean), I corrected them and added the Publisher link just because the publisher name is a url. I know it doesn't help SEO, I just thought it would be helpful.

BTW the site macleanclan.com is a independent history project, it is not the official Clan Maclean site. Please don't attribute the Clan Maclean wiki page for work that others have done.--Mclean.kane (talk) 20:48, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for businesses. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:28, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I'm quiet removed from Chiefs. I do share the same last name and am hereditary linked to the Clan Maclean, as are all "Macleans". I've been researching the history of the Macleans since 1995, and even run a site specifically sharing that research. I want to help add information and keep it as accurate and neutral as possible.

Apparently someone already things my research and writing is useful and neutral enough to blatantly copy. It doesn't bother me because I know the information is accurate and documentable. Please don't claim a conflict of interest if you are going to copy and paste what I've researched and in some cases written. I'm just here to help.--Mclean.kane (talk) 20:44, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]