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[edit] Box Hill, Burgh Heath, Walton-on-the-Hill and Tadworth

I have just undone your edit to Box Hill which is inline with your previous edits for Burgh Heath, Walton-on-the-Hill and Tadworth. The content appears to be out-of-context within these articles and rather promotional. Advertising links are discouraged in Wikipedia.--John Gibbard (talk) 19:16, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Dear John - I am disappointed that you have considered my edits to be promotional, as About My Area is a community website which is there to benefit the community by sharing information and giving non-profit groups and organisations a voice. It is sponsored by advertising just so that it can exist, but it's primary function is to provide the community with a useful medium, and it has the support of the local councils, residents' associations and charities. I would be very grateful if you would reconsider. Thank you. Jacob74 (talk) 10:45, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Whether worthy in approach or not the promotion of the website itself is the issue. The links that are being added are not deep/contextual to information which enhances the articles in question in any way. If every site that contained content about a geographical region was included then articles would have length 'external link' sections with little discernible value. For this reason my view and (it appears from the section below) the view of other editors is that this content is advertorial in nature. --John Gibbard (talk) 11:27, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] About My Area KT20 additions

[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" is strongly discouraged. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.
--Hu12 (talk) 12:15, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

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It has become apparent that your account is only being used for spamming inappropriate external links or self-promotion, so it has been blocked indefinitely. Wikipedia is NOT a "repository of links" or a "vehicle for advertising" and persistent spammers will also have their websites blacklisted.

--Hu12 (talk) 12:26, 5 June 2008 (UTC)