Cottrelljamie

Christopher Booker

Thank you for your contributions to the encyclopedia! In case you are not already aware, an article to which you have recently contributed, Christopher Booker, is on article probation. A detailed description of the terms of article probation may be found at Wikipedia:General sanctions/Climate change probation. Also note that the terms of some article probations extend to related articles and their associated talk pages.

The above is a templated message. Please accept it as a routine friendly notice, not as a claim that there is any problem with your edits. Thank you. -- TS 22:47, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

February 2010

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you.--John (talk) 22:57, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. McGeddon (talk) 23:33, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

On every single one of your edits being a link to a site you own

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Actually I'm just treating this as straightforward spam. --TS 23:38, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

You have been indefinitely blocked from editing for continuing to add spam links. If you wish to make useful contributions, you are welcome to come back after the block expires. Persistent spammers will have their websites blacklisted from Wikipedia and potentially penalized by search engines. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 23:42, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Cottrelljamie (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links "Some acceptable links include those that contain further research that is accurate and on-topic, information that could not be added to the article for reasons such as copyright or amount of detail, or other meaningful, relevant content that is not suitable for inclusion in an article for reasons unrelated to its accuracy."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links#What_should_be_linked "Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that is relevant to an encyclopedic understanding of the subject and cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to copyright issues, amount of detail (such as professional athlete statistics, movie or television credits, interview transcripts, or online textbooks), or other reasons."

Decline reason:

No grounds for unblocking provided; contributions show that the block is entirely correct. --jpgordon^{::==( o )} 00:55, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

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Oh, by the way, the links this account was inserting were all to "whocomments.org", which is owned by one Jamie Cottrell. --jpgordon^{::==( o )} 01:01, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

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Cottrelljamie (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I repeat, please read the Wikipedia guidelines, as stated. As for your pithy comment, Jpgordon, regarding username, they seem a bit pointless, as someone wanting to pull the wool over your eyes would have used a different name, wouldn't they?! Further: "Who Comments? is a free to use biographical database" wherease plenty million more links from 'external links area' are to sites such as IMDb, etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links "Some acceptable links include those that contain further research that is accurate and on-topic, information that could not be added to the article for reasons such as copyright or amount of detail, or other meaningful, relevant content that is not suitable for inclusion in an article for reasons unrelated to its accuracy." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links#What_should_be_linked "Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that is relevant to an encyclopedic understanding of the subject and cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to copyright issues, amount of detail (such as professional athlete statistics, movie or television credits, interview transcripts, or online textbooks), or other reasons."

Decline reason:

Misdirection about the acceptability of links won't help, as it's the linkspamming for which you were blocked. TNXMan 01:47, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

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