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Hello Cathorserobot! Welcome to Wikipedia! We invite everyone to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, some of your recent contributions 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. For more information on this, see: Policy on neutral point of view Guideline on spam Guideline on external links Guideline on conflict of interest If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your constructive involvement. Happy editing! Versageek 17:36, 21 November 2008 (UTC) Getting started Wikipedia tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Fair use • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

November 2008

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External links

Please don't add external links to amazon.com book pages, or to speakaboos.com. Such commercial pages are not acceptable as external links in articles. See Wikipedia:ISBN if you want to add information on books to articles. --GraemeL ^(talk) 15:15, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

COI/EL

Replied to your note on my talk page. Here's what I posted there- posting it here for your convenience:

Thanks, cathorserobot. Be careful with COI and make sure to read WP:EL. Just because a link is already there doesn't mean they should be there. Thanks for reverting, and please continue to contribute. tedder (talk) 23:23, 23 November 2008 (UTC)