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[edit] addition of http://spam.world-religion.org "references"

Please do not mass add reference links to a single site that is not a particularly reliable source and that often do not support the assertions in the article. Such actions can be considered spam and do not support our verification policy. Thanks -- SiobhanHansa 17:28, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Encyclopaedias are not generally reliable sources - they're 3rd party references just like we are. And which encyclopedia is it you think you are referencing? The only details given are to a website with no provenance listed. If you are referencing a reputable encyclopaedia, you need to at least make sure you provide appropriate details on it (version, volume, page number etc., linking to a no-provenance website is not the same thing) - though the way in which the links have been added would be hard to justify if regardless of the source. -- SiobhanHansa 17:44, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
You aren't citing that encyclopedia - you're citing a website you say is a verison of that encyclopedia. The encyclopedia itself is not an appropriate source in most cases. A website you say is a copy of the encyclopedia certainly isn't. -- SiobhanHansa 17:58, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, one or more of the external links you added to the page Advent do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. 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. Thank you.

You are adding external links to an online version of a book. Please refer to the original copy, and link to e.g. the ISBN or to a linkfarm like e.g. worldcat. Please observe our neutral point of view policy. --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:02, 11 September 2007 (UTC)