Ijkfoto
External links (COI, SPA, Free equivalents already available, etc)
editI have already responded to your note on my talkpage. But to repeat:
Firstly, you state that you are adding this link to the Giant's Causeway article because "it lacks pictures". This is neither accurate nor appropriate. There are already 10 images appropriately supporting the article text directly. And 88 other images linked on the Wikimedia commons project. Therefore the argument that "your" pictures are better or more appropriate is inaccurate.
Secondly, I would encourage you to read this project's guidelines on using external links. In general, external links are to be avoided where (to pick just three):
- there is a conflict of interest (this - apparently - is your site, so YOU shouldn't be adding it),
- the site is a personal webspace, blog or similar (as is the case here),
- the site does not represent content that can appreciably be included in the article directly. Which - as above - given that there are already dozens of freely available images ALREADY ON THIS PROJECT is not the case.
Thirdly, if you are so interested in contributing to this project (which is based on open and copyleft principles) you really should consider releasing your images on Commons or elsewhere. Instead of linking from a free content site to yours - which you have apparently copyrighted.
And finally, your statement "I'll keep adding this link, regardless of the guidelines" is inappropriate and not representative of this projects mores on consensus and measured editing. I will be removing your link again for these reasons. Guliolopez (talk) 16:00, 10 June 2008 (UTC)