User talk:Mtablerputnam
July 2023
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Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Rectal bleeding. 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 websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website 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 page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. [1][2] MrOllie (talk) 13:55, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
- The sources I added are from articles from a Proctologist. It was not for promotion or advertising but to better the page that had missing citations and incorrect information that need to be updated. The rectal bleeding page had little to no information on it, as well as missing citations. If an article from a verified proctologist is considered "inappropriate" for a citation, then what is? I've seen many a Wikipedia with zero citations that are published. Mtablerputnam (talk) 14:12, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
- Repetitively adding links to marketing content such as an individual practice's website is in fact spamming, and even if it weren't these citations do not meet Wikipedia's minimum standards for medical content. MrOllie (talk) 14:18, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
- Okay, I understand on that page. Thank you. Mtablerputnam (talk) 14:22, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
- Repetitively adding links to marketing content such as an individual practice's website is in fact spamming, and even if it weren't these citations do not meet Wikipedia's minimum standards for medical content. MrOllie (talk) 14:18, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
Please stop. If you continue to add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. 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. MrOllie (talk) 17:23, 26 July 2023 (UTC)