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You will probably have noticed that I reverted your first edit (to Reading, Berkshire). I just wanted to explain why I did this. I felt that the link you added was probably a well meaning attempt to promote the target website, but unfortunately that kind of link is in violation of WP:ELNO. I'm sure that you will see that if we were to add links for every online business in Reading to the article, it would become less of an online encyclopaedia, and more of a online listing service.

Anyway please don't be put off by this. - Starbois (talk) 11:30, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Reading, Berkshire do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used as a platform for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, 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.Cavrdg (talk) 17:57, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

September 2010

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did in this edit to Reading, Berkshire. Inappropriate links include links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that serve as advertising or promotion. Thank you. WookieInHeat (talk) 19:03, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

This is the final warning you will receive regarding your disruptive edits. The next time you insert a spam link, as you did to Reading, Berkshire, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 16:29, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because your account is being used only for spamming or advertising. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|Your reason here}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Wknight94 ^talk 19:25, 22 September 2010 (UTC)