Filslo

November 2022

Hello, I'm MrOllie. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. MrOllie (talk) 17:13, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

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 websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website 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 page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. MrOllie (talk) 17:18, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Hello MrOllie,

Thanks for the friendly notice.

In my hypothes.is links that I submitted to talk pages, I was inspired by these that seemed in line with the policies: Working with Wikipedia Articles, Recommendation on Open Education Resources (iv)(b), and Safe Harbor Policies as described on Wiki here and here.

If I understand it correctly, the problem was that I listed, among others, a software I am affiliated with without explicitly following the guidelines. The better way to procceed would be to claim the conflict of interest with a template and go about sugesting an edit in the talk page, right? Also, if I wanted to elaborate on some topic with a resource that I have a conflict of interest, I should either not link it back to the article/talk page or claim the confict of interest (or both).

Thanks for your time. Filslo (talk) 18:24, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a place to spam external links, not even on talk pages. Acknowledging your COI is appreciated, but does not provide a pass to add external links. MrOllie (talk) 18:31, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

So the problem was that the link was external (out of Wiki)? How else could I procceed if I wanted to bring a resurce that is relevant to the topic to attention? Even if I submitted the conflict of interest, this would be still an external link. Filslo (talk) 18:43, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Since the purpose of Wikipedia is not to bring relevant resources to attention, the way you proceed would be to find some other website on which to promote your cause. MrOllie (talk) 18:45, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the link. I have looked through it before. I get that there is a need to keep the info succint and free of spam and as a user, I think that it is better to err on the site of leaving out.

Still, if there is an important conceptual gap in some articles (Website Monetization, Micro-doanations, Payment Strategies...) that is acknowledged even in the talk page, it seems fair to include it. For me, it is not about propagation of some resource or software. What I tried to explain was that it would be a pity if readers did not know of the option. It is a proposed W3C standard, not some obscure app. Filslo (talk) 19:08, 27 November 2022 (UTC)