Hello, I'm
McGeddon. I wanted to let you know that I removed one or more external links you added to the page
Kennesaw State University, because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on
my talk page, or take a look at our
guidelines about links. Thank you.
McGeddon (
talk)
12:49, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Not sure what you mean by accusing me of "hunting and erasing articles about South African politics. Your vendetta is not very wiki" (the SA stuff on my talk page is just a PR person disagreeing over a single article about a young, white South African ex-pat artist), but one of Wikipedia's core guidelines is to assume good faith of other editors. I'm assuming you're trying to improve a wiki page and am just explaining how that clashes with a couple of fundamental policies; I'd appreciate it if you took that at face value rather than suggesting I might have some ulterior motive. -- McGeddon ( talk) 13:48, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
I have what appears to be a unique ability. I can write using the English language. "That" is not a noun. A good reason for using "that" correctly is that we can't understand things about which we aren't informed. We can't be informed unless we can understand the language in which information is written. I still don't know what I'm "(taking) at face value" or why you think that writing with a North London accent makes errors excusable.
Please do not add inappropriate
external links to Wikipedia, as you did to
Kennesaw State University.
Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See
the external links guideline and
spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the
nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you.
McGeddon (
talk)
14:38, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Response: WP: COI is not the section containing the rules. It is an article. The rules are found on the other page.
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Hi Carl. I saw your message at Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous) and wanted to respond here, since the pump isn't the place for your question. First off, I wanted to let you know that I've reviewed the situation and he was correct to remove the information from the Kennesaw State University article. Your first addition to the article added a non-notable entry to the alumni list. McGeddon correctly linked you to the WP:COI and WP:PROMO guidelines. While you may not have intended to do it, you were trying to promote yourself. We use reliable sources to reference articles, but you don't have an article, so including an external link in that context is spam.
The second thing I wanted to bring up to you is your behavior.
This message to McGeddon has an overly condesending tone to it and is unacceptable. Please refrain from making those kind of comments in the future. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Ish
dar
ian
14:47, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
I corrected someone's grammar. You got upset and have continued to be averse to correction.
Carl Spencer Krendel (
talk)
23:12, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
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From what I can see, all your edits on Wikipedia so far have one goal in mind - to promote yourself. If that's all you're here for, then please go somewhere else. If, however, you'd like to actually work on encyclopedia articles which have no connection to you, you're more than welcome to stay and pitch in. P.S. I've removed the link to your funding site from your user page per WP:UP#PROMO. Please don't add it again. -- NeilN talk to me 23:40, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I'm
McGeddon. I wanted to let you know that I removed one or more external links you added to the page
Kennesaw State University, because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on
my talk page, or take a look at our
guidelines about links. Thank you.
McGeddon (
talk)
12:49, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Not sure what you mean by accusing me of "hunting and erasing articles about South African politics. Your vendetta is not very wiki" (the SA stuff on my talk page is just a PR person disagreeing over a single article about a young, white South African ex-pat artist), but one of Wikipedia's core guidelines is to assume good faith of other editors. I'm assuming you're trying to improve a wiki page and am just explaining how that clashes with a couple of fundamental policies; I'd appreciate it if you took that at face value rather than suggesting I might have some ulterior motive. -- McGeddon ( talk) 13:48, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
I have what appears to be a unique ability. I can write using the English language. "That" is not a noun. A good reason for using "that" correctly is that we can't understand things about which we aren't informed. We can't be informed unless we can understand the language in which information is written. I still don't know what I'm "(taking) at face value" or why you think that writing with a North London accent makes errors excusable.
Please do not add inappropriate
external links to Wikipedia, as you did to
Kennesaw State University.
Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See
the external links guideline and
spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the
nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you.
McGeddon (
talk)
14:38, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Response: WP: COI is not the section containing the rules. It is an article. The rules are found on the other page.
-- 23:23, Monday, July 15, 2024 ( UTC)
Mission 1 | Mission 2 | Mission 3 | Mission 4 | Mission 5 | Mission 6 | Mission 7 |
Say Hello to the World | An Invitation to Earth | Small Changes, Big Impact | The Neutral Point of View | The Veil of Verifiability | The Civility Code | Looking Good Together |
-- 23:23, Monday, July 15, 2024 ( UTC)
Mission 1 | Mission 2 | Mission 3 | Mission 4 | Mission 5 | Mission 6 | Mission 7 |
Say Hello to the World | An Invitation to Earth | Small Changes, Big Impact | The Neutral Point of View | The Veil of Verifiability | The Civility Code | Looking Good Together |
Hi Carl. I saw your message at Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous) and wanted to respond here, since the pump isn't the place for your question. First off, I wanted to let you know that I've reviewed the situation and he was correct to remove the information from the Kennesaw State University article. Your first addition to the article added a non-notable entry to the alumni list. McGeddon correctly linked you to the WP:COI and WP:PROMO guidelines. While you may not have intended to do it, you were trying to promote yourself. We use reliable sources to reference articles, but you don't have an article, so including an external link in that context is spam.
The second thing I wanted to bring up to you is your behavior.
This message to McGeddon has an overly condesending tone to it and is unacceptable. Please refrain from making those kind of comments in the future. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Ish
dar
ian
14:47, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
I corrected someone's grammar. You got upset and have continued to be averse to correction.
Carl Spencer Krendel (
talk)
23:12, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
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Welcome to the Teahouse Badge |
Awarded to editors who have introduced themselves at the
Wikipedia Teahouse. Guest editors with this badge show initiative and a great drive to
learn how to edit Wikipedia. | |
Thank you for introducing yourself and contributing to Wikipedia! If you have any questions feel free to drop me a line at
my talk page. Happy Editing!
|
From what I can see, all your edits on Wikipedia so far have one goal in mind - to promote yourself. If that's all you're here for, then please go somewhere else. If, however, you'd like to actually work on encyclopedia articles which have no connection to you, you're more than welcome to stay and pitch in. P.S. I've removed the link to your funding site from your user page per WP:UP#PROMO. Please don't add it again. -- NeilN talk to me 23:40, 19 June 2014 (UTC)