User talk:Rubydunes
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added 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. Kingturtle (talk) 17:17, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
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Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --AbsolutDan (talk) 19:42, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, the link in question is simply a map site with very relevant town information. We do not advertise on our pages, nor are we trying to advertise a service. There is nothing for visitors to purchase and therefore we do not consider the link an advertising link. Many city and town wikipedia pages have links to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) sites just like ours. Many towns choose our service as their Official town GIS mapping site. Thank you for interest. Rubydunes (talk) 14:27, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
- It's best to avoid adding links to sites you are affiliated with (conflict of interest) and adding the same link to multiple pages (spamming). If the site is great, bring it up on an article's talk page and allow other editors to consider adding it to the page. --AbsolutDan (talk) 01:38, 28 August 2008 (UTC)