Talk:West syndrome

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I have recieved a message from Artisana, because she feels like I am violating the nuetral view policy. This was brought about, because I have a link to my daughter's web page, which contains a video of her while she is having an infantile spasm. Artisana is the only person that has expressed concern over this. The Nuetral View policy discourages the posting of a link to your own personal page, unless it is pertinent to the article. I feel that a video of a child experiencing a Spasm is an educational item, and and serves purpose in the article. I am not expressing an opinion about Infantile Spasms, nor does the page I have linked, therefore I do not see how this could violate the nuetral point of view policy. I would like feedback from others interested in this article. Thanks, Johnppd24

First, my name is Aristiana, not Artisana. Second, when writing in a place like this, you should sign using the 4 tildes (~~~~), which adds your name and the date. This way people will know when you wrote that message.

Now, about the reason why I contacted you. I'll copy here all I wrote on your talk page, since you don't mention it.

I don't want to fall into an edit war, so I'm contacting you about 
the West Syndrome article. You keep adding a link to your personal 
website, which is not along Wikipedia's guideline. As a reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links

This site is your personal web site, as I mentionned earlier, but 
it's also heavy with java/javascript, doesn't work well with some 
browsers and require technology not everyone has one their computer. 
So if you could either remove it or start a discussion on the Talk 
Page, I'm sure we could find a solution. Aristiana 12:03, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

As you can see, it's not just about the neutral point of view policy. If you want to publish a video, you can link directly to it. Use this link as a guideline on how to publish rich media on Wikipedia: Rich media

Also, something I didn't mention in my first message to you. You ask for donation on your website. This could be seen as a way to have free publicity for your donations.

Oh, by the way, calling me a "Nazi" won't help anything, except start a flamewar. A good thing I don't fall for it so easilly. --Aristiana 12:37, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I've removed all the external links that fail to meet Wikipedia's guidelines. I've actually moved the remaining two links into the references section. I know they possibly were not used as references when "creating" the article but they have certainly been used when reviewing this article. Removing the "External links" section also helps discourage spam.

Whilst links to charities and forums may be perceived as "useful", they are not what Wikipedia is about. Remember: Everyone has Google and can very easily find such web sites themselves.

Wrt the personal/fundraising web site - this fails on many of the negative criteria on Wikipedia:External_links. In particular, a web site owner/author is explicitly forbidden from adding a link to their own site.

Please read Wikipedia:Civility before responding. Thanks. Colin°^Talk 13:05, 3 July 2006 (UTC)