User talk:Ianmbell

Hi, Ianmbell, Welcome to Wikipedia!

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External links[edit]

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. The links you added to the page Stealth (roller coaster) have been removed. 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. See the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 13:15, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop adding commercial links to Wikipedia, as you did in Oakwood Theme Park. It is considered spamming, and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising. Thanks. --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 21:11, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ian,

In response to your message on my talk page [1], I removed the link because you added it to multiple articles. This is counter to Wikipedia guidelines regarding spam (WP:SPAM).

Regarding the other links that are at the article, if they were spammed or they are otherwise inappropriate for the article, they should go too. I or other editors simply may not have had the chance to get to them yet.

If you feel that your link is truly appropriate for an article, try mentioning it on the article's talk page, and allowing other editors of the article to discuss the value of the link. If they agree that it's useful, then they can add it to the article.

I hope this helps explain the link removal. Let me know if you have any further questions --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 03:01, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]