User talk:Amir9a

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Geographic information system 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 to this encyclopedia. Thank you. -AndrewDressel (talk) 23:39, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Link spam

Dear Andrew,

I was quite surprised when I realized you removed my educational links from the Wikipedia website, while many useless external links are almost everywhere. The link I provided on Copulas is one of the few resources where students can learn about this new emerging topic.

You removed my link to "tail dependence"; please take your time and search online see how many educational topics do you find on this mathematical topic. I don't think you will find any useful short article.

Also, I see that you removed my lecture notes from the GIS page while links to useless associations and companies are there.

I only added those links since I have seen many desperate students who alway look for an answer in Wikipedia. I think instead of linking people to associations/organizations, it is better to provide links that serve Wikipedia mission of public education.

Thanks - Amir9a (talk) 00:15, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

If you have some useful information to contrubute to these articles, by all means please add it as text. However, merely adding links to your web site is a form of self-promotion and against Wikipedia policy, as I tried to explained in my original message on your talk page. -AndrewDressel (talk) 00:24, 16 June 2010 (UTC)