User talk:Lhalbert
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Hi Lucas,
After reading your message on my talk page, I can understand why my removals and warning may have seemed a bit confusing. Wikipedia is beginning to suffer from its own popularity in that a significant amount of linkspam (spammed external links) is being added by people who see WP as a wonderful target to promote their site. Because of this, external links guidelines are tightening up some. The consensus is that external links should be added very sparingly to articles (the exception of course being links that serve as citations for text in the article itself). A link to a particular site should be added to preferably only one article, and even then it's recommended to mention the link on the article's talk page (especially if you run, maintain, or otherwise are affiliated with that site) and allow a consensus to be reached among regular editors of the article regarding its inclusion.
I know this may sound slightly draconian, but unfortunately the amount of spam some articles receive warrants being a bit tough on ELs.
Here is a link to guidelines for adding External links: WP:EL. Also, I will leave you a welcome message below this entry. Yes, it is also a "rubber stamp", but it does provide a number of useful links for new editors. I hope you find it to be helpful. Please don't hesistate to let me know if you have any further questions, concerns, or just need some help! --AbsolutDan (talk) 22:01, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
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Hey thanks for reverting that edit to my userpage, I appreciate it! --AbsolutDan (talk) 22:10, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
