User talk:Paulbracegirdle
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Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Mak (talk) 23:33, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Commercial links
Greetings, welcome to Wikipedia. I saw your post on Makemi's talk page. Please read the external links policy, with particular attention to No. 5 under "Links normally to be avoided". Once in a while commercial links are OK but not all that often; this situation only occurs when there is considerable encyclopedic content about the subject at the site, but not when the primary purpose of the external site is to sell something related to the Wikipedia article. Hope this helps, Antandrus (talk) 00:00, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Corporate Vanity Policy Enforcement
Seeing that you re-contributed the commercial link removed by Makemi, let me offer this for perspective, and in support of Antandrus and Makemi:
From Corporate vanity policy enforcement.
Dear Community:
The volume of corporate vanity/vandalism which is showing up on Wikipedia is overwhelming. At the office, we are receiving dozens of phone calls *per week* about company, organization, and marketing edits which are reverted, causing the non-notable, but self-aggrandizing authors, to scream bloody murder. This is as it should be. However, I am issuing a call to arms to the community to act in a much more draconian fashion in response to corporate self-editing and vanity page creation. This is simply out of hand, and we need your help.
We are the #14 website in the world. We are a big target. If we are to remain true to our encyclopedic mission, this kind of nonsense cannot be tolerated. This means the administrators and new page patrol need to be clear when they see new usernames and page creation which are blatantly commercial - shoot on sight. There should be no question that someone who claims to have a "famous movie studio" and has exactly 2 Google hits - both their Myspace page - they get nuked. Ban users who promulgate such garbage for a significant period of time. They need to be encouraged to avoid the temptation to recreate their article, thereby raising the level of damage and wasted time they incur.
Some of you might think regular policy and VfD is the way to go. I am here to tell you it is not enough. We are losing the battle for encyclopedic content in favor of people intent on hijacking Wikipedia for their own memes. This scourge is a serious waste of time and energy. We must put a stop to this now.
Thank you for your help.
Brad Patrick
User:BradPatrick
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
-- Paleorthid 17:16, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
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Since when is the US Patent Office "Spam"! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Paulbracegirdle (talk • contribs) 11:28, 6 November 2006.
[edit] November 06, 2006
Removed external link spam from Biosolids, Dredge, and Fiber reinforced concrete - Paleorthid 17:29, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Heat Recovery Bin
Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia by creating the page Heat Recovery Bin. Your test worked, and the page that you created has been or soon will be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. -WarthogDemon 03:09, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Patent cite template
You may be interested in these templates used to link to US patents: {{US patent}}, {{US patent reference}}, and {{US patent application}}. Use "what links here" to survey use. -- Paleorthid 01:21, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
