User talk:71.241.214.230

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[edit] Addition of http://www.antonkisieldesigns.com external links

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the external links you added do not comply with our guidelines for external links. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. This IP address may be used by many people. If you did not add the link in question, please ignore this message. You can avoid receiving messages intended for others by creating an account. -- Siobhan Hansa 15:21, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Spam sock accounts

71.241.214.230 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log)
70.105.253.171 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log)
71.241.201.86 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log)
70.105.243.62 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log)
71.241.209.123 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log)
--Hu12 22:59, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi Anotn, I'm responding tothis message left on my talk page (I'm posting this on my talk page and on the IP addresses where previous messages have been left about this link in the hope that you will see this response).
The links were removed because they violated our guidelines in several ways:
They were systematically added to multiple articles by single or related IP addresses without community consensus. Mass addition of links in this manner is spamming by our definition, regardless of the website that is being added.
None of Wikipedia's articles allow "community links", we encourage the addition of a few external links that add encyclopedic value to an article. And occasionally editors of an article will agree that a link that doesn't add encyclopedic value is nevertheless a good link to have and should stay. A link to free software does not add encyclopedic value, though it may be considered useful by editors.
We also ask that people connected to a website do not add links to that site directly to the article but instead put a request on the article talk page asking regular editors of the article to consider adding it.
If you still believe the link should be added you need to post to the talk page of each article you believe the link is appropriate for (for each article there is a "discussion" tag at the top of the page, click on this to get to the talk page) and ask other editors to consider the appropriateness of the link. -- Siobhan Hansa 12:21, 30 March 2007 (UTC)