User talk:Verona25
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```Buster Seven Talk 14:22, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Katherine Mansfield 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 as a platform for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because 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 constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you.-gadfium 20:47, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Persephone books
I think adding details of reissues is OK in a bibliography section, but it's not really startling enough for the body of the text, unless you can show that it has happened after a long period of neglect of the author, or something like that. If you combined your additions with a brief look at the British Library Catalogue, you might see other recent editions and add them too. Otherwise you may be accused of "sock-puppetry" and have your additions nixed, which is irritating. Blessings. Bmcln1 (talk) 20:59, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Persephone books continued
[edit]Hi, I would advise stopping with the links to Persephone books. While I'm sure you are adding the links in good faith, the adds may well be taken as spam linked to promote the publishers, especially as you opened a new account and have, as yet, added nothing other than the publishers links. Spamming, at Wikipedia, is often taken more a reflection on the actions of the editor than the content itself, which may be useful, if it adding substantive content not already in the article. Publishers do sometimes rock up and try to plaster articles with references to their company. You are very welcome as an all round literary editor, or indeed in any other element of Wikipedia. It can all seem a bit confusing to a new editor as to why their useful contributions are not welcome. I would encourage you to stay with us and explore this strange new world, assuming, of course, that you are an editor new to us. We are first, foremost and last an encyclopaedia, not a blog site or anything to do with promotion. Please feel free to ask questions or make comments on my talk page. Best wishes Span (talk) 23:21, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!
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Hello! Verona25,
you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! Sarah (talk) 23:59, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
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Women's History
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