User talk:217.35.112.97

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[edit] Your additions to External links

Please be aware of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines regarding reliable sources and external links when adding links to articles. Thanks, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:13, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External Links

Copied from User talk:SandyGeorgia

Hi, I have received a message on my user talk page about adding external links. I have added links to various articles on our www.youandyesterday.co.uk website and they have all been taken off. These are reliable sources that have been created and offer unique information about Derbyshire. This is information that does not appear within the article and is all factual. It is information which I feel would be of interest to the reader of the wikipedia article. Your article says that external links should be to reliable sources such as Mainstream websites published and maintained by notable media outlets . We are part of the Daily Mail Group and this website has been created by the web division of the Derby Evening Telegraph and all the pages we have linked to have been written by journalists. I cant understand why the BBC have links to its website and yet ours have been removed. Could you please explain this to me? Thanks Claire Shanahan - You and Yesterday Project Manager. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.35.112.97 (talk • contribs)

Hi, Claire; you can sign your posts by entering four tildes ( ~~~~ ) after your entry, and new posts are placed at the bottom of talk pages to preserve chronological order (I almost missed your post, as I wouldn't typically look at the top of the page for a new post). The best place to locate your question—for broader discussion—is at WP:RSN. Note that WP:RS also says, "Reliable publications are those with an established structure for fact-checking and editorial oversight," while it appears that anyone can sign up to submit content to your website (Wikis are not reliable sources). Also, when an editor inserts an External link into dozens of articles (while making no other content additions), it raises WP:SPAM concerns. Reviewing WP:EL might also be helpful. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:12, 13 July 2007 (UTC)