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Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your recent contributions, such as your edit to the page History of BBC television idents‎, seem to be advertising or for promotional purposes. Wikipedia does not allow advertising in articles. For more information on this, see

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Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added 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 for advertising or promotion. Since 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. DrFrench (talk) 20:59, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

August 2008

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did in this edit to BBC Canada. 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. Thanks. Bfigura's puppy (talk) 20:59, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Please do not add inappropriate external links, as you did with this edit to CBBC. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing. Bfigura's puppy (talk) 21:00, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

This is your last warning. You will be blocked from editing the next time you add inappropriate external links, as you did with this edit to RTÉ One On-Air Identity. Bfigura's puppy (talk) 21:02, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

{{HELPME}}

Addition of external links

Hi. You recently sent me a message regarding a number of external links that I have added to a number of pages.

The external links that I have been adding link back to a NON-PROFIT reference site on television branding and presentation. This site provides more in-depth information on the presentation and branding of the television channels concerned.

Please do not delete the links that I have added, as these references provide links to more information, on a non-profit-making website, The TV Room.

I should also point out that Wiki contains a large number of images from my website, The TV Room

Regards, The TV Room

http://thetvroom.com

• It's the Conflict of interest that's the main concern. If you think it should stay, you might want to check out the reliable sources noticeboard. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 21:24, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi I posted the two notes at the top of the page, which has some information on the use of external links and 'conflicts of interest' . Check out the relevant part at WP:EL#ADV; "Due to the rising prominence of Wikipedia and the amount of extra traffic it can bring a site, there is a great temptation to use Wikipedia to advertise or promote sites. This includes both commercial and non-commercial sites. You should avoid linking to a website that you own, maintain or represent, even if the guidelines otherwise imply that it should be linked. If the link is to a relevant and informative site that should otherwise be included, please consider mentioning it on the talk page and let neutral and independent Wikipedia editors decide whether to add it. This is in line with the conflict of interest guidelines. Note that since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links may not alter search engine rankings." So however well-intentioned your actions, you should never add a link to your own site. You should let independent editors add a link to your site if they feel if it is justified, rather than add it yourself. Cheers. DrFrench (talk) 21:29, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

I should probably point out our guidelines on conflict of interest at this point. You really shouldn't be adding links to your website, whether or not it is a non-profit. Even if your site is perfectly relevant to the articles, you shouldn't be the person adding the links. (This seems to reflect what 10LbHammer has stated). Further, the fact that you tacked the links onto every BBC-related article, even if branding isn't terribly relevant comes across as link-spamming.

While I'm willing to believe that you're acting out of good intentions, I'd suggest you moderate your link-addition. (Especially given the conflict of interest). Sites that are persistently spammed may be added to the spam blacklist, which will prevent the links from being added anywhere in wikipedia (and if added to the mediawiki blacklist, to any site running mediawiki). Best, --Bfigura ^(talk) 21:31, 11 August 2008 (UTC)