User talk:Sohtanaka

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[1][2]westcoastpoppin.com spam[edit]

[3]Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. 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. Thank you. --Hu12 16:31, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please reconsider westcoastpoppin.com[edit]

I appologize for not understanding the system that wikipedia runs on, I am very new to this and am currently reading up on how to contribute my information for the category "Popping". Please re-consider the website www.westcoastpoppin.com for it contains many valuable information about history and interviews with pioneers of this dance culture. I was in no way trying to spam or abuse the wikipedia system, please accept my appology~ How should I go about getting the website information on this page? Please let me know, this web site holds much value in contribution for the scene, thank you~—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sohtanaka (talk • contribs) 00:02, 29 December 2006.

Your contributions to wikipedia consist mainly of adding external links and is considered WP:Spam. Looking through your contributions as a whole, the majority seem to be westcoastpoppin.com related only. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a link farm. If you have a source to contribute, first contribute some facts that you learned from that source, then cite the source. Don't simply direct readers to another site for the useful facts; add useful facts to the article, then cite the site where you found them. You're here to improve Wikipedia -- not just to funnel readers off Wikipedia and onto some other site, right? see see Links normally to be avoided Hu12 07:37, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

understood :-)

Thank you for the response~

I will gather up some material to contribute 411 to the wikipedia poppin page and not only the site URL.

I appreciate your guidance, thank you for your patience!

Please reconsider westcoastpoppin.com[edit]

Hi, Im very curious to as of why the links I have provided keeps getting deleted? It says there were popups but there are none on the site. I have contributed information to the wikipedia on Poplocking and Popping. I am not here to spam or self promote, just giving information regarding history of this danceform. Please let me know why? Thanks~