User talk:Krystal M Thomas

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Hello, Krystal M Thomas, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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You might find it helpful to be aware of this WikiProject: Wikipedia:GLAM getting started. Good luck, and if you need help, ask someone. Happy editing! BusterD (talk) 14:57, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added 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. Elton Bunny (talk) 15:35, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please ignore my last message. I have looked more closely at the links you were adding, and I see no problem with them. Elton Bunny (talk) 15:37, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Elton, I am glad they will work for you - the DL is a new resource rich in a lot of materials that will be helpful to readers of the articles I am adding them to - I am being very careful that it adds to the page, that it is not simply an ad for the collection Krystal M. Thomas 15:40, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

WP:COI "Digital Library Coordinator" of http://.theodorerooseveltcenter.org[edit]

http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/About-Us/Staff/Krystal-Thomas.aspx

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Comment about you on another user's talk page[edit]

Hello, Krystal. You may be interested in this edit, which refers to you. JamesBWatson (talk) 17:22, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There has now been a response to that message, and I have in turn responded to the response. The essential point which has been pointed out to me is that the External links policy on Advertising and conflicts of interest says "in line with Wikipedia policies, you should avoid linking to a site that you own, maintain, or represent—even if WP guidelines seem to imply that it may otherwise be linked. When in doubt, you may go to the talk page and let another editor decide. This suggestion is in line with WP's conflict-of-interest guidelines." So perhaps, if you have any more similar links to make, you should suggest them on the relevant articles' talk pages, rather than posting them to the articles yourself. JamesBWatson (talk) 21:11, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]