User talk:Leadsbyfone
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December 2009[edit]
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added such as to the page Water damage 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. 7 23:00, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
December 2010[edit]
Welcome to Wikipedia. One or more of the external links you added in this edit to the page Water damage 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 for advertising or promotion. You may wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. Usb10 Connected? 17:25, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
Talkback[edit]
Message added 23:02, 23 December 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
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- I've also removed the link per WP:ELNO point 5. If you really disagree you should take it to Wikipedia:External links/Noticeboard. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 04:31, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
January 2010[edit]
- Cross-posted to User talk:98.230.143.254, User talk:98.251.28.246 and User talk:Leadsbyfone.
At least four separate contributors have reverted your addition of http://www.waterdamagelocal.com/water-damage-survival-guide.html to Water damage. Your have persistantly re-added this link despite a clear conflict of interest and despite apparent consensus against the link's inclusion. This may lead to your IP addresses and account being blocked from editing Wikipedia, and/or restriction of the article Water damage from being edited by non-established contributors. If you want the link to be included, the burden is on you to explain why at Talk:Water damage. Alternatively, you may request an independent opinion at the External links noticeboard. Note that a website that is spammed on Wikipedia may ultimately be blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to it from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 12:56, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
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