User talk:Shermanmonroe

Welcome!

Hello, Shermanmonroe, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! - CrazyRussian talk/email 05:16, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Commercial links[edit]

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 to the encyclopedia. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thanks. -- Donald Albury^(Talk) 03:06, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is the only warning you will receive. Your recent spam vandalism by insertion of commercial content and/or links will not be tolerated. The next time you insert of commercial content and/or links into a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. John254 21:33, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Articles[edit]

Hi: if you add articles consisting only of links or redirects, they are guaranteed to be tagged for early deletion. If you want to write about something, then write about it.--Anthony.bradbury 21:35, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You have been temporarily blocked from editing Wikipedia for continuing to add spam links. If you wish to make useful contributions, you are welcome to come back after the block expires in 24 hours.

—Mets501 (talk) 21:42, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

More spam on Pattern matching[edit]

Please stop. If you continue to use Wikipedia for advertising, you will be blocked from editing. -- Donald Albury^(Talk) 01:21, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Our policy on external links is at Wikipedia:External links. We don't distinguish between different commercial links, so much as we don't like intentional promotion. If a neutral editor adds a link to a commercial page and others agree it is of use to the article, it stays. If a non-neutral (i.e., one with a vested interest) adds a link, it is almost always removed due to its promotional nature. (Note that it's considered promotional regardless of what is being promoted—companies and products definitely, but also ideologies, techniques, people, anything really.) If a link is added by a neutral editor and other editors don't think it adds to the page, then it is also removed. Generally, we rely on the sum of the opinions of masses of people to determine the quality and appropriateness of a link. Note that no-one has the authority to grant exceptions, and that a link was kept in the past has no bearing on whether it will be kept in the future. — Saxifrage ✎ 20:51, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for being understanding! I hope you enjoy your time at Wikipedia, and all the best for your project. — Saxifrage ✎ 07:28, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]