User talk:172.159.184.222

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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 to the encyclopedia. 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. Thanks. -- Nigel 17:57, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

I've removed the link you readded to Cape Verde. Links that offer services, even if non-commercial, are not desired for Wikipedia articles. As this is a reference work, they don't add to the article and have questionable neutrality concerning the information they contain. In this way, Wikipedia is conservative about what links are included in its articles and it is preferred to have a few high-quality and carefully-chosen links than many of varying quality. — Saxifrage ✎ 20:44, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi Mark - I'll place this answer on both talk pages in case you miss it. Given what is now on your talk page you will probably understand that it is not just my view that these links constitute spam as far as Wiki is concerned. A problem you have is that while you continue to only add external links from an IP address rather than an account you will be seen as placing spam by almost any editor. If you want to get an account and join Wiki and contribute your knowledge - fine, if you continue to place links they will probably get removed (and you might find you IP address blocked). -- Nigel 07:46, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Well thanks you for getting back to me Mark. The question that occurs to me (other than why you don't get an account) is are you interesting in people learning more about the Cape Verde area or in bringing people to your website? I'm sure you have a great deal of knowledge about the area so to get an account and put useful information into the pages concerned would be good. However otherwise any number of editors on Wiki will merely take the links out again - I guess it's your choice. It would be good if you would sign your posts to talk pages to - it is quite simple -
Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You may also push the signature button Image:Wikisigbutton.png located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you!
Thanks -- Nigel (Talk) 13:23, 5 August 2006 (UTC)