User talk:Nbraver100

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. The links you added to the page Change management have been removed. Please do not add commercial links—or links to your own private websites—to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links. See the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 18:39, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

In response to your message on my talk page, it was not so much the type of link that was the problem, it was the method in which it was added. The link was placed on multiple pages, and the link doesn't serve as a citation for any of the text. External links should be added sparingly to articles - we need more content here, not more links.

Since you are affiliated with the organization the link points to, you should refrain from adding the link to articles yourself (per external links guidelines), and instead mention the link on the article's talk page and allow other editors to determine the merits of the link. Of course, it's best to pick a very small number of articles (preferably just 1) on which to do this.

Please see WP:EL and WP:SPAM for more thorough guidelines on external links. If you have any further concerns or questions feel free to leave me another message on my talk page. --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 23:21, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again - I have taken a look at the article again, and having had several months additional experience since the last time we conversed, I have determined that the other individual links to other organizations are inappropriate as well, and I have removed them. Wikipedia is not a web directory; links should either be citations for content in an article, or should contain properly-sourced information not already in the article. Thus, a simple link to any specific company or organization is not appropriate unless an article is about that specific company or organization. However, if said company/organization contained useful information that could supplement or serve as a source for existing content, then such a link would be appropriate. WP:EL, WP:V, and WP:CITE guidelines/policies have further information about this.

Please let me know if you have any further concerns or questions --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 17:24, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]