User talk:193.151.57.7

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[edit] Spam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Forums page? Keeping those links makes me think I can add my own news. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.151.57.7 (talk • contribs) .

      • Well IPS is a major player in the forum area, your forum does not have Wikipedia:Notability --bdude 06:37, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Please stop adding commercial links to Wikipedia, as you did in Tag cloud. It is considered spamming, and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising. Thanks. --AbsolutDan (talk) 19:40, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

In response to the message you left on my talk page, yes the above message (which is {{spam2}}) does say "commercial". The wording of it is not perfect, and in fact there is currently discussion to change the wording to be more in line with spam guidelines, which include any link that violates WP:SPAM guidelines. These guidelines indicate (among other things) that one shouldn't add links to websites that he/she is affiliated with, and the same link shouldn't be added to multiple articles. This is what you appeared to do by adding the link in question to this article and at least one other article as well. If you feel your link should be included, please mention it on the article's talk page.
You are right about the mention of the german site and that it's uncited too. As such I have removed it as well. --AbsolutDan (talk) 21:53, 1 October 2006 (UTC)